Unknown Number - The High School Catfish omg 😨 Spoiler Alert (added by MNHQ)

[BloodyHellKenn]

Has anyone seen this on Netflix?!

It’s honestly the most horrific thing I have ever seen. Absolutely evil to do that to your own child. I cannot fathom it at all!

There's a Reddit thread and there is so much more to this story that they didn't show.

There's an article that explains a lot more about the Owen situation but I can't bloody find it!

Is anyone has any links to any of these, please post🙏

Oh interesting! 🤔

I think she's going to need a lot of therapy to enable her to cut of completely, which she obviously needs to do.

But seemingly more concerned about her lying about her employment than abusing her child!

Kendra and her family dynamic were toxic, but can we also add Khloe’s parents to that? They were completely unsympathetic to Lauryn and her dad and I can absolutely see how Khloe was described (and shown) to be a bully/not a nice person. Some serious parenting classes needed in Beal City.

I called it in the first 15 minutes.

Totally bizarre situation and the explanation made no sense.

Sure. This was the childrens’ fault. 😆

It said the mum had worked in IT so she was good at computers, getting info etc

It leaves children at the mercy of people who wish them harm

Not that its the children's fault, they're the ones who need protecting

Hope thats clearer for you

I so agree with this.

I was disturbed by many aspects of this documentary. Including Kendra’s obsession with Owen, who was essentially a young boy at the time. The documentary seemed to skim over this. How K is not on the sex offenders register is beyond me. The messages she was sending were grotesquely sexual, and repeated.

Why did the police not immediately separate K and L on arrival at the house? L is the victim here, K is the perpetrator and she’s clearly been abusing and manipulating her daughter for years. The level of enmeshment, orchestrated by K for her own sick reasons, was stark. It was sickening watching her continued manipulation by being all over L, when she clearly needed space to process.

I really hope L gets therapy, she seemed so dissociated (understandably) and like she still hadn’t really acknowledged what her mother had done. K also obviously needs intensive therapy but is probably beyond that, considering how she takes no responsibility at all and is minimising of the abuse she perpetrated.

I hope L can heal from this, and detach from her truly narcissistic mother.

I knew who it would be because that's the sort of thing my DM would have done to me including the constant reference to sex.

I saw the daughter reaction as resignation as I would have done. And like all children she still wanted a mother's love. I thought the Dad's focus was off, but then they had moved 4 times over a short period due to finances.

Yes I also found it strange how the dad’s initial focus seemed to be on the fake job, rather than the 2 years of cyber abusing her daughter. Very odd dynamics.

With the right therapy she can. Poor Lauryn.
I managed to break free from my narcissistic mother who damaged me a lot.
Had really good regular therapy and it took 2 years, so it's possible.

Beal seems like such a claustrophobic and toxic place

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I think the girl is going to have a lot of mental health problems in the future from this.
So many things are so bizarre about it,

SPOILERS...

Wow, just finished this. So shocking - poor Lauren, Kendra took no responibility for any of it. Also afree that she should be on the Sex register list - obivously was unhealthily obsessed with Owen.

I said very early on this must have been an adult, and not a teen (based on the language used). I wouldn't have thought for a sec it could have been the mum. I thought school staff.

The mum didn't show any remorse or took any responsibility, just excuses. How can a mother do this to their child? I felt so so sorry for the girl and how she still loves her mum and is desperate for a relationship. Much must have happened in the last. She has clearly been messed up. who knows what her upbringing was like. It's a very unusual reaction. Poor girl. I