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TV series

Social Media Monsters

20251 season

Social Media Monsters examines serious crimes where social media played a significant role, meeting victims, friends and families, and gaining insight from police, psychologists and other experts

Availability

Not streaming in United States

Checked Jul 22, 2026

Social Media Monsters premiered October 6, 2025. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

Social Media Monsters examines serious crimes where social media played a significant role, meeting victims, friends and families, and gaining insight from police, psychologists and other experts

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Episode 1

47m

When 15-year-old Holly Newton split up with Logan MacPhail, he hacked her social media accounts, tracked her movements and brutally attacked her. Can the police prove the attack was premeditated?

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Episode 2

Episode 2

47m

When businesswoman Justine Wright lets an employee go, it sparks a decade-long stalking campaign against Justine and others

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Episode 3

Episode 3

47m

Teenager Joe Dix was groomed on social media by a county lines gang. Despite his parents' attempts to get him out of drug-dealing, he kept getting pulled back in, with tragic consequences.

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Episode 4

Episode 4

47m

When Leah Ware stopped posting on Facebook, her family assumed she was still living on a farm with the boyfriend she'd met online. But then another woman vanished after visiting the same remote farm.

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Episode 5

Episode 5

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Carson Sistrunk disappeared after going to see a woman who he met on Snapchat. The police investigation uncovered a disturbing pattern of deception and crime.

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Episode 6

Episode 6

47m

Shortly after 15-year-old Elianne Andam's friend broke up with 17-year-old Hassan Sentamu, a meeting between the ex-partners ended in humiliation for Hassan, prompting him to tell his friends online that 'he can't let it slide'. The next time he saw the girls, he was carrying a knife

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Episode 7

Episode 7

47m

Lyne Barlow's Facebook page advertises incredible holiday deals that are too good to be true - until Durham police unearth one of the largest fraud cases they've ever seen

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Episode 8

Episode 8

47m

'Chloe' has been messaging boys in Essex on Snapchat and Instagram and exchanging intimate pictures. But 'Chloe' is an alter ego for a prolific paedophile bent on abuse.

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Episode 9

Episode 9

47m

When James comes to the aid of a homeless man while celebrating a family birthday, he's murdered by an irate teenager with a knife. And it's on Snapchat. And Essex Police are onto it.

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Episode 10

Episode 10

47m

Ali Abulaban becomes TikTok famous when his character Jinnkid gathers hundreds of thousands of followers. Meanwhile, in the real world, his behaviour spirals into domestic abuse and more.

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about Social Media Monsters

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
10
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Channel 4United Kingdom
  • Channel 4 TelevisionUnited Kingdom

Themes

crimeharassmentmurdersocial mediatrue crime