
Teen Predator/Online Killer
2024
Documentary
How does a Northern Irish teen become one of the world's worst online child sex abusers? Victims, families and police share how catfish killer Alexander McCartney was caught.
Production
DoubleBand Films
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
November 11, 2024
Last Aired
November 13, 2024
Networks
BBC One Northern Ireland
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
Uncovering a Predator
Air date: 2024-11-11
Twenty-year-old Alexander McCartney from Northern Ireland is questioned by police after a 12-year-old girl in Scotland reports serious catfishing online.

E2
A Race Against Time
Air date: 2024-11-12
A huge discovery on McCartney’s devices triggers an international investigation as the race to identify thousands of victims across the world gets under way.

E3
Justice
Air date: 2024-11-13
Homeland Security discovers an obituary page for a 12-year-old girl in West Virginia. Police in Northern Ireland connect the death to McCartney, opening a manslaughter investigation.











