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Web of Lies

We're increasingly living our lives online, unaware of the risks that might happen. Looking for friendships, love, sex or work has led many into a twilight world of seduction, danger, and false identity. You never know where the web of lies will lead.
IMDb 7.9201413 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Lost Rider
    January 13, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A young girl loves her new BMX bike and goes online for tips and tricks on how to deck it out. On Homecoming Day 2012, she goes missing. A trail is left behind on Facebook that leads to a shocking discovery.
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  2. S2 E2 - Mr. Fix It
    January 20, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A city-girl moves south and meets a man on Craigslist. At first he seems perfect, he's nice and helpful around the yard. Once she discovers his criminal record, she realizes she isn't the only casual encounter he has made online.
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  3. S2 E3 - Friend Request
    January 27, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A vulnerable 13-year old girl living in a small town in Missouri, turns to the internet for socialization outside of school. When she meets a16-year old boy online, she falls in love, but this love story turns tragic.
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  4. S2 E4 - Crowded House
    February 3, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A lonely teen turns to the internet to find other so-called "Juggalos" who share her interests in edgy music. She makes new friends and even finds a boyfriend. After moving in with them, she soon finds herself unable to escape.
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  5. S2 E5 - Job of a Lifetime
    February 10, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    An unemployed man applies to an online ad offering a lifeline just as the recession hits. The job sounds perfect -- a live-in caretaker for a ranch in Ohio. As soon as he is hired, he disappears, and he isn't the first.
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  6. S2 E6 - Too Fast, Too Young
    February 17, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    After a troubled childhood, a 13-year old girl's life seems to be improving. Now living with her beloved aunt, she is a popular honor student and cheerleader, but when her online life is revealed, it tells a more tragic story.
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  7. S2 E7 - The Perfect Bride
    February 24, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A 36-year old courts a beautiful 18-year old online. She travels from her home in Kyrgyztan to Seattle to marry him, but her American dream turns into a nightmare when she realizes that Indle is not the man she thought he was.
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  8. S2 E8 - Online Education
    March 3, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Texas A&M University professor Dr. Jim Aune appears to have it all, but unknown to his family or students, his life is in freefall as dark online secrets threaten to spill out into real life.
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  9. S2 E9 - Pipe Nightmare
    March 10, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    A man accidentally detonates a pipe bomb in his own driveway when he kicks a mysterious package. Suddenly, an online terror campaign against his 17-year old son ensues, leading police to wonder who wants to hurt his family.
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  10. S2 E10 - Separated at Birth
    March 17, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Jamie Stice is seven months pregnant, but with no father around, she reaches out to the internet to share her hopes and fears. As the weeks progress, Jamie enters a dark world that will shatter her dreams forever.
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  11. S2 E11 - Hate Mail
    March 24, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Shortly after a man starts a new job as Security Chief for a Christian ministry, he begins receiving threatening emails. Then, his wife and two sons are found dead. Police must work to trace the emails back to the killer.
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  12. S2 E12 - Sender: Unknown
    April 1, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    12-year-old Justin Bloxom is attached to his cell phone. One night, Justin sneaks out of a friend's house to meet a new friend, but never returns. The investigation unravels a tangled web of fake identities and false promises.
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  13. S2 E13 - Only Way Out
    April 7, 2015
    44min
    TV-14
    Teenagers Robert and Grace meet online and fall in love. After several years, Robert moves 2000 miles to be closer to Grace, but when her father nixes an attempt to meet in the real world, the pair hatch a devious plot online.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Tom PollockSean GrundyDan CliftonAdam WarnerMary DownesMatthew CatlingHarry HewlandBen MoleStan GriffinChris Holt
Starring
Megan MeierSarah DrewLori Drew
Studio
Investigation Discovery
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