Spoiler Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, streaming now on Netflix.
Netflix’s latest true crime documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish plunges into the chilling case that rocked Beal City, Michigan.
At first glance, it’s a story about relentless cyberbullying. But as the layers are peeled back, it becomes a portrait of fractured family ties, unspoken desires, and one mother’s extraordinary betrayal.
A Shocking Revelation
The documentary traces how Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend, Owen, began receiving a barrage of cruel, threatening texts from an “unknown number.” What set this case apart was the intimate knowledge the messages contained — details only someone close to Lauryn could have known.
After months of suspic