I Met My Murderer Online
I MET MY MURDERER ONLINE is an immersive true crime audio experience that will make you think twice about your next Google search, DM, or dating app swipe. Hosted by Jillian Lee Garner and Kourtney Bell, each episode tells a true, but tragic tale, of how the internet can ensnare the unsuspecting into a devastating date with death. Each chilling story is told by the actual people involved in these deadly encounters, including law enforcement, victim’s family members, and sometimes the murderers themselves. A Production of Crossover Media Group & 4:44 Production + Development Hosted by Jillian Lee Garner & Kourtney Bell Executive Producers: Joe Garner and Scott Calka
Episodes
A teenage girl living in Anchorage, Alaska, Cynthia’s learning disability caused her to function at a middle school level, and as such could easily be taken advantage of. In a stunning series of events, Cynthia was set up by her so-called friends and executed. The teens planned Hoffman's murder after meeting a man online (from Indiana) who said he would give them $9 million to kill someone and send him videos and phot...
An immigrant from the Philippines searching for the American Dream, Jepsy Amaga met Dane Kallungi online and they quickly got married in Colorado Springs in 2017. Dane became abusive and when they would argue, he would stay with his ex-wife for up to a week at a time. Jepsy began to date several soldiers from the nearby Army base. Then, Jepsy was found dead. Was it Dane, the soldiers, or was it a random attack?
Working as a nurse at a New Jersey hospital, Samantha Stewart of Jamaica, Queens, had a very busy schedule. Meeting people online was an efficient and successful platform to find someone to date. She met Danueal Drayton on Tinder and as misfortune would have it, Drayton was a serial killer in the making. Hours after Stewart’s death, Drayton allegedly raped and choked a woman he had met on Tinder in Sunset Park, then f...
Tech entrepreneur and CEO Fahim Saleh was found dismembered in his luxury Manhattan lower east side apartment. An international businessman, the search for his killer would span the globe. The regular practice of wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic made the NYPD’s job more difficult. Could the masked man on his elevator security camera be the murderer?
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A NYC radio personality, George Weber was a very popular man-about-town. What many friends and co-workers didn’t know was that George led a secret life seeking men in online personal ads as “SmotherBoy” (He liked to be smothered). He met a 16-year-old knife fanatic on Craigslist and was found butchered in his Brooklyn brownstone the next day.
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A single father of a five-year-old girl in Auburndale, Florida, Adam Hilaire worked at a local gas station. He met a woman named Hailey on the “PlentyofFish” dating app. The next day, Adam was executed in his home by several men and his X-Box, some hats and his cell phone were missing…Did his date set him up?
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Ingrid Lyne was a single mother of three young girls. She was a nurse and her marriage was ending. She found a date using Okay Cupid. There was no indication whatsoever that this relationship would lead to her savage dismemberment and her body spread across Seattle.
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Meredith Chapman was working in the marketing department at the University of Delaware when she received an online job request for a creative director from Mark Gerardot. After interviewing Mark, she hired him, but it quickly turned into a soon-to-be deadly affair. When Meredith, who had just taken a job as an SVP at Villanova University, was killed in her home, was Mark the murderer, or was it his wife?
1. Jenae Gagnier of Houston was an Internet sensation known as ‘Miss Mercedes Morr.’ With her curvy figure and a following of 2.5 million on Instagram alone, it was through her ONLY FANS account that viewers could send her gifts. Kevin Accorto from Florida found Jenae, then killed her and himself.
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Kourtney and Jillian share the tragic story of Bashar "Pop Smoke" Jackson, a Brooklyn-born superstar rapper whose hit single “Welcome to the Party,” had over 74 million views on YouTube. He was murdered during a late-night home invasion while on a trip to Los Angeles after posting pictures on Instagram of himself and his entourage flaunting their purchases and cash, and inadvertently exposing the address of their Airbnb re...
David Messerschmitt was a successful Washington D.C. attorney with a bright future. He was married and he and his wife appeared very happy together. But things took a turn for the worse when David told his wife he would be home within an hour on February 10, 2015. Instead, he was found stabbed to death in what many described as a popular gay hotel. A mystery person using the staircase was caught on a survei...
A beautiful young, wealthy heiress from China was studying abroad in Cardiff, Wales. She met Jordan Matthews a local pub chef on the Plenty of Fish dating app. The couple would move into an apartment together. Soon after, Jordan would humiliate and beat Xixi often. Her brother and friends tried to help Xixi, but did Jordan eventually beat her to death?
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Do you like Pina Colada’s and getting caught in the rain? Well, this may be the story for you? A seriously twisted love triangle turned deadly where an innocent young man named Brian Barrett paid with his life. Was it a jealous lover or an online web of lies beyond anyone’s imagination?
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...Sarah Butler was a student at New Jersey City College. She was described as a hard working young woman who was loved by many. As things go for young women these days with busy schedules, dating apps have become the best device to meet new people. Sarah wasn’t necessarily looking to date when she met @lilyachtrock on the Tagged App. She just wanted to connect with someone.
Things took a turn when @lilyach...
Tiara Pool was a married mother of two young boys. Her husband was deployed in the Navy while Tiara was finishing college. Well, while the cat was away, the mice will play, as they say… On Craigslist Personal Ads… Tiara was found four days later, stabbed to death in her bedroom. It’s always the husband, right? Well, this time, it wasn’t. Who killed Tiara Pool?
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Tim Kern was down on his luck in Northern Ohio’s Noble County. He was getting a divorce and he was flirting with homelessness. By a sheer stroke of luck, or so he thought, he found a job online that came with room and board. Maybe his luck was taking a turn in the right direction? Sadly, this wouldn’t be the case as he was about to meet “The Craigslist Killer’s.”
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Julissa was a former Brooklyn bartender who overcame alcoholism and quit her job to stay sober. She began giving sensual massages online in Boston so that she wouldn’t run into anyone she knew back in New York City. Her last customer of her trip to Boston would be an engaged, medical student, an unlikely “clean cut,” criminal known as “The Craigslist Killer.”
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Mackenzie Lueck was an independent young woman, a student at the University of Utah, where she was also a sorority sister as well. But what many did not know, was that Mackenzie was also seeking “Sugar Daddies,” on the Seeking Arrangements dating app.
Mackenzie didn’t find what she was seeking, she found a psychopath.
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Cody Virgin worked at a local prison in Arizona. He had a good relationship with his girlfriend. Things were cool. Until a woman on Facebook named Paige Woods offered to meet Cody deep in the desert alone.
Cody took the bait and Cody was murdered.
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