It starts the same way... A seemingly innocent message from someone who appears to be a young woman: ‘Can I tell you a secret?’ But as this six-part podcast explores, people are rarely their true selves online – and one man took it much further. What happened when this cyberstalker wreaked havoc across the internet and ruined people’s lives. And why did he do it? Can I Tell You A Secret - a Guardi... more
Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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Category | News |
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I have empathy for the victims and I have empathy for what happened to Matthew. No one deserves that but maybe he needs that sentence to learn to stop unfortunately. Cut his Mum some slack. No one has had to walk a day in her shoes and she loves her son. She hurts for her child. That’s perfectly normal.
Good and well researched podcast
Was a decent listen until I found out they are pursuing someone with severe autism, that’s like making a podcasts about a kid who’s schizophrenic, he needs help fam not a podcast about him haha
Matthew is someone who hurt over 60 people but more attention is given to his recovery than to the recovery of his victims. The emotional and financial abuse he inflicted is downplayed in favor of solving his problems and blaming a system that didn’t provide enough oversight for people with stalking tendencies. In addition to manipulating his mother, he managed to manipulate the podcast creators into forgetting the people he substantially harmed.
Either you side with Matthew or his victims.
What’s more sinister - physical harm or psychological harm?
Either you take stalking seriously or you don’t.
So much of this podcast is presented as a simple binary assessment, but the reality is so much more complex.
It is possible for there to be multiple victims in this scenario - including the perpetrator and his family. Victims who will be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their lives; but also a neurodivergent person who didn’t ... more
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