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When 17 year old Jessie reacted poorly in the chatroom when Tommy told her he was 46 years old, he said he was just joking and was 18. The two spent almost a year chatting online, talking on the phone, and having virtual sex. In addition to Tommy, Jessie was also talking to a college student named Brian, which incensed Tommy. Eventually, Tommy decided that Brian had to be taken out of the picture.

Chris, a CIA agent, is sent to Mountain City, Tennessee to keep 30 year old Jenelle Potter safe from some mean girls in town who have been hacking her Facebook. As time goes on and the Potter parents worry about their daughter's safety, they tell Chris that they want him to kill one of Jenelle's alleged tormentors, Billie Jean Hayworth. When Billie Jean actually IS murdered, the police discover that Chris doesn't exist- so who killed her?

Despite growing up lower middle-class in Bavaria, Germany, Christian Gerhartsreiter found himself living high life on both coasts of the United States in his adulthood. He managed this by lying his way through everything- and if he was caught, he just threw that life away and began another one.

After Mark meets Rachel West in an MSN chatroom, he is devastated when she is kidnapped and murdered by another MSN chat group member. Luckily, Mark has Rachel's stepbrother John to lean on.

#MeTooSTEM, a Twitter movement created by Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, was an internet gathering place for all the STEM women online to congregate and support one another. BethAnn's right-hand woman, known only by her Twitter handle, @Sciencing_bi, was always there to retweet and support BethAnn's latest project. But when COVID hit in March of 2020, Sciencing_bi blamed her getting it on her employer, Arizona State University. And when Sciencing_bi died of COVID complications, the mourning #MeTooSTEM community made the mistake of looking into their friend's life.

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13 year old Megan Meier had just started a new school after being bullied at her previous one. Missing her friends, she created a MySpace. Megan's parents took all the right precautions: only they had the password, they had to be in the room while Megan was signed on, and they had to approve all friend requests. But even with all their safety precautions, a boy named Josh Evans slid into Megan's DMs. Megan was in love with him and, as it turned out, was correct when she said that Josh was the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over. But who was Josh REALLY?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier
https://www.meganmeierfoundation.org/megans-story
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/megan-meier
https://medium.com/@alissaphillips/cyberbullying-and-the-tragic-case-of-megan-meier-9bb9d3611094 

Treva Throneberry was 25 when she enrolled at Evergreen High School, saying that her name was Brianna Stewart and she was 17. Over the past few years, Treva had bounced from city to city using different names and staying with foster families, always claiming to be a teenager. She told tall tales of Satanic ritual abuse, murder, and sexual assault. People believed her, but for how long?

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In 2015, a new singer called Lucia Cole released her debut album. She had allegedly worked with famous singers and claimed her godfather was Shaquille O'Neal. After people realized that Lucia's music was actually repurposed Jessica Simpson songs, one would think she'd step out of the spotlight... but Lucia did just the opposite.

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