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Death by Social Media

Death by Social Media

2018TV Episode⏱️ 43mTV-14
DocumentaryCrimeMystery
6.6
IMDB Rating
8 votes

A 12 year-old girl stabbed in the name of a mythical online creature. A 24 year-old man posts his darkest fantasies before slaying 3 co-workers. What would have motivated these horrific acts and is social media responsible?

Director
Rob Traegler
Writers
N/A
Stars
Soledad O'Brien, Lori B. Andrews, Ramani Durvasula
Release Date
January 19, 2018
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Soledad O'Brien
Soledad O'Brien
as Self - Host
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Lori B. Andrews
as Self - Social Media Expert, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Ramani Durvasula
Ramani Durvasula
as Self - Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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Jeff Mitchell
as Self - District Attorney, Wyoming County, PA
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Joseph Kohut
as Self - Crime Reporter, Scranton Times-Tribune
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Stacy E. Lange
as Self - Reporter, WNEP-TV Scranton, PA
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Skater Landau
as Self - Friend & Animator
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Paul Renkas
as Self - Sheriff's Lieutenant, Waukesha County (Ret.)
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Angie Geyser
as Self - Morgan's Mother
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Abigail Jones
as Self - Senior Writer, Newsweek

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color

🏷️ Keywords

slenderman stabbingreference to slendermansocial mediastabbingnotoriety

🎯 Categories

CrimeDocumentaryMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Can we say "sick transphobic bigotry"?
by sicklittlebunny2025-06-30
1/10

"The other story was the Slender Man stabbing. There, I've reviewed it. Wtaf?!?!? It's the 21st century, we do not say someone was mentally ill and murdered three innocent people because they were trans. That's not even a thing an intelligent or remotely decent person thinks. What kind of sick psychopath takes the tragic story of a mentally ill and isolated young person, who lived through their computer because the real world was too hard, and killed 3 people before committing suicide because this life had become unbearable and maybe the next one would be better, and turns tha..."

💡 Did You Know?

The Slender Man case inspired the film Mercy Black (2019). The film is set years after the crime, when one of the now adult perpetrators is released from the hospital and returns home.

📖 Synopsis

A 12 year-old girl stabbed in the name of a mythical online creature. A 24 year-old man posts his darkest fantasies before slaying 3 co-workers. What would have motivated these horrific acts and is social media responsible?