Murder on the Internet
TV Show · Crime · Documentary

This new series will explore some of the online dates that have ended in murder. Cases featured in this documentary include serial killer Stephen Port, who used various dating sites to lure four young men, who he subsequently poisoned with lethal doses of the drug GHB, before raping their unconscious bodies; 26-year-old Carl Langdell, who presented himself as a successful and upstanding young man via his social media, but in reality, had a history of mental health issues and was known to the police. After a date in London’s trendy Shoreditch, he took 23-year-old Katie Locke back to his hotel room, where he strangled her to death, and had sex with her dead body; schoolgirl groomer Luke Harlow who formed an online relationship with 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood and, after building her trust he invited her to his house, where neighbour Stephen Beadman raped and murdered her; Grindr killer Stefano Brizzi, the Breaking Bad obsessive who murdered a policeman he met on the gay dating app and dismembered him, dissolving parts of his body in acid and cooking other parts in the oven. And Miles Donnelly, who brutally beat and strangled and killed a woman he met on a dating site, who was later found by her 5-year-old son.

2017 · 43m
Starring Emma Kenny, Siobhan McFadyen, Sam Meadows

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    No Matter What Platform You Use It Is Very Easy To Present Yourself Any Way You Like So You Can Curate The Types Of People You Match With. Carl Seemed Like A Normal Successful Harmless Lawyer. He Met Katie On Online And She Was None The Wiser That He Was On The Hunt For A Victim. And Serial Killer Stephen Port Used A Popular Gay Match Sites To Find His Targets.
    43m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Dating sites are not the only places people are hunted. Every day, social media sites are also used to target people. Kayleigh Haywood formed an online relationship with Luke Harlow, which ultimately led to her tragic, untimely demise. And not being vulnerable does not always keep you from harm. Officer Gordon Semple was brutally murdered by Stefano Brizzi, after getting an invitation to a party.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

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    Emma Kenny
    Guest Star
  • S‌M
    Siobhan McFadyen
    Guest Star
  • S‌M
    Sam Meadows
    Guest Star

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Murder on the Internet

Crime

This new series will explore some of the online dates that have ended in murder. Cases featured in this documentary include serial killer Stephen Port, who used various dating sites to lure four young men, who he subsequently poisoned with lethal doses of the drug GHB, before raping their unconscious bodies; 26-year-old Carl Langdell, who presented himself as a successful and upstanding young man via his social media, but in reality, had a history of mental health issues and was known to the police. After a date in London’s trendy Shoreditch, he took 23-year-old Katie Locke back to his hotel room, where he strangled her to death, and had sex with her dead body; schoolgirl groomer Luke Harlow who formed an online relationship with 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood and, after building her trust he invited her to his house, where neighbour Stephen Beadman raped and murdered her; Grindr killer Stefano Brizzi, the Breaking Bad obsessive who murdered a policeman he met on the gay dating app and dismembered him, dissolving parts of his body in acid and cooking other parts in the oven. And Miles Donnelly, who brutally beat and strangled and killed a woman he met on a dating site, who was later found by her 5-year-old son.

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Studio
Channel 5
Released
2017
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio
English
Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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