The ChatRoom: Episode 372 (part 1/2)
At the beginning of this century, when the internet was new for most people - and before the social media giants claimed their turf - chatrooms were very popular, especially with teenagers. Mark was 16 and lived in Stockport in the north-west of England. He was a regular on the Manchester Teens chatroom. But whilst he was there to have some fun and chat to girls, not everyone he spoke to had such simple motives. As he was soon to discover... Please support my sponsor: Shopify Sign-up today for a £1 per month trial period. Go to: https://www.shopify.co.uk/uktruecrime Writing Credit: Gemma Gould Part of the bylines network. When not listening to true crime or walking her dogs you can find Gemma on twitter at this link: https://twitter.com/gemmagould Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources: https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/mark-and-john-the-fantasists https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-boy-who-incited-his-own-murder https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/may/29/crime.uknews https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/02/bachrach200502 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-14-posed-as-spy-to-arrange-his-own-murder-565124.html https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/internet-murder-boys-told-never-1110248