Web of Lies
Docu-Series
With one quick click the internet allows people to share information like family photos and professional accomplishments, making it easy to ignore or forget that behind clever screen names and witty captions is a dark digital world with real dangers and risks. In hourlong episodes, Web of Lies unravels tragic stories of deception and manipulation triggered by online interactions, from predators lurking behind Facebook profiles to creeps scouring chat rooms for their victims. Re-enactments are buttressed by comments from law enforcement personnel, true-crime experts and psychologists, plus first-person accounts from friends and families of the victims.
Upcoming TV Listings for Web of Lies
Web of Lies Tainted Love
Lonely retiree Alex Strategos finds comfort in the arms of a 69-year-old woman whom he met online, then he begins suffering from a wave of unexplained illnesses.
4:00 AM on Investigation Discovery USA - Eastern 242
Web of Lies With Friends Like These
Fifteen-year-old Audrie Pott has no recollection of what happened at a friend's house party, then lewd photographs of her are shared through text messages, turning her world upside down and pushing her to the edge.
5:00 AM on Investigation Discovery USA - Eastern 242
Web of Lies Murder Goes Live
After a woman tries to move on from her open relationship, she unwittingly gets into a war of words with her boyfriend's lover; as the online insults begin to escalate, he takes matters into his own hands with devastating consequences.
6:00 AM on Investigation Discovery USA - Eastern 242
Web of Lies Lonesome Cowboy
When a body is discovered in a backyard, police have little to go on; the homeowner has recently disappeared, and all that he has left behind are clues posted online; police wonder if they will lead to the identity of the victim -- or the killer.
7:00 AM on Investigation Discovery USA - Eastern 242