About this episode

This episode covers the catfishing experience of Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend Owen McKenny, highlighting the dangers of online interactions.

When this episode starts in 2020 Lauryn Licari was 13 and was living the life of an average teenager, she had a boyfriend and was attending high school in her extremely small town. In October her and her boyfriend, Owen McKenny, would get a group text message from an unknown number. That would be the start of an almost 2 year nightmare for the teenagers. This episode is gonna be a little different but we wanted to cover it since catfishing is a big problem and can get ominous, especia...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara, not Tara

Topics covered

• catfishing
• teenagers
• online safety
• true crime
• relationships

Keywords

• catfish
• teenage relationship
• online harassment
• true crime
• 2020

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