Lover, Stalker, Killer

A mechanic starts dating women he meets online and soon finds his life inside a harassment campaign: fake accounts, thousands of messages, threats, defamation. Who is behind it is unclear, and for a long time the police do not treat it seriously. Sam Hobkinson's documentary lays the case out chronologically and deliberately steers the viewer toward the wrong conclusion, because the real investigation also fixed on the wrong person for years. It is a story about digital identity, evidence and persistence, and the most unsettling part is how technically easy the whole thing turns out to be. Netflix released it in 2024, mixing reconstruction with the actual digital record. Who it is for: viewers who follow true crime and cases of digital stalking. Who it is not for: anyone who would rather not sit with detailed harassment and threats.