Teen Predator/Online Killer

Documentary

How does a Northern Irish teen become one of the world's worst online child sex abusers? Victims, families and police share how catfish killer Alexander McCartney was caught.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Season 1

3 Episodes

EP 01

01.Uncovering a Predator

28m

2024-11-11

01.Uncovering a Predator

28m

Aired 2024-11-11

Twenty-year-old Alexander McCartney from Northern Ireland is questioned by police after a 12-year-old girl in Scotland reports serious catfishing online.

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EP 02

02.A Race Against Time

29m

2024-11-12

02.A Race Against Time

29m

Aired 2024-11-12

A huge discovery on McCartney’s devices triggers an international investigation as the race to identify thousands of victims across the world gets under way.

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EP 03

03.Justice

28m

2024-11-13

03.Justice

28m

Aired 2024-11-13

Homeland Security discovers an obituary page for a 12-year-old girl in West Virginia. Police in Northern Ireland connect the death to McCartney, opening a manslaughter investigation.

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