Warning: The following post contains discussions of cyberbullying.
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish is the documentary at the top of the Netflix charts. The Skye Borgman-directed doc examines the shocking cyberbullying scandal that rocked the small town of Beal City, Michigan.
In 2020, teenagers Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny began receiving text messages from an unknown number. Lauryn and Owen were in a relationship at the time, and the texter sent disparaging messages to the teens, hoping to break them up. They eventually split, but the texts didn’t stop. The texter was relentless, often sending cruel remarks about Lauren’s appearance and shocking sexual messages.