Stalked
At 25, Hannah’s life begins falling apart. An anonymous intruder has made her phone her enemy. Aided by the technology we all rely on, this intruder is watching Hannah, threatening her, even pretending to be her. Feeling increasingly unsafe, Hannah goes to the police, but they can’t stop it. Worse, they don’t even recognise it for what it is: stalking. Hannah doesn’t know for sure who is behind it all, but she suspects an older man she met more than two years earlier at London Fashion Week. Initially, he claimed to have been hacked. Even today, he disputes stalking her. To make sense of what’s happening Hannah turns to a woman she’s known since she was seven years-old, and who also happens to be an investigative journalist. Together with her “ex-step mum” Carole Cadwalladr, they set out to piece together something the police couldn’t: the true identity of Hannah’s stalker. Doing so means untangling a web of deception spanning continents. On her suspected stalker’s trail, Hannah realises nothing about them is as she first thought.
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10. David
Apr 15, 2025In a leafy suburban town in England, we find traces of Kin. Here, people know him as David. And the descriptions we hear of David bear few similarities to the Kin Hannah remembers. [email protected]...
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In this episode, Carol and Hannah explore new revelations about Kin's true identity and whereabouts. Producers Georgia and Rob visit a Surrey town where they discover Kin is known by the name 'David' and lives in a surprisingly modest, shabby house - a stark contrast to the luxury properties and international jet-setter lifestyle he portrayed. The episode also features powerful messages from listeners sharing their own stalking experiences, highlighting how widespread and devastating this issue is. The investigation reaches a frustrating conclusion as legal advice prevents them from confronting Kin directly, but Hannah finds empowerment through sharing her story publicly.
- Discovering David: Kin's Double Life in Surrey
- The Shabby House: Reality vs. Fantasy
9. The “Girlfriend”
Apr 01, 2025In her search for answers, Hannah turns her attention to some of the strangest messages she received.
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Hannah and Carol continue investigating Kin's alleged stalking, focusing on mysterious emails from a supposed girlfriend. Forensic linguists analyze the messages and conclude the girlfriend appears to be a real, separate person—not Kin using another identity. The team traces connections to a woman in Surrey who may have been Kin's partner and business associate. As Hannah goes public with her story, she grapples with online criticism and processes the trauma through testimony at an international court, where she breaks down recounting her experience.
- The Girlfriend's Phone Number Mystery
- Hannah Goes Public and Faces Backlash
8. Alice
Mar 25, 2025Hannah speaks to the parents of another young woman who has been stalked, with tragic consequences.
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In this deeply moving episode, Hannah and Georgia visit the parents of Alice Ruggles, a young woman who attended the same school as Hannah and was murdered by her ex-boyfriend after months of relentless stalking. Sue and Clive share Alice's story to highlight the devastating failures in how stalking cases are handled and to prevent similar tragedies through their work with the Alice Ruggles Trust.
- Meeting Alice's Parents and Learning About Their Daughter
- The Controlling Relationship and Break-Up
7. Social Proof
Mar 18, 2025There are a lot of questions Hannah still has. She revisits some of her contacts and connections in the hope of getting answers. [email protected] Hosts: Carole Cadwalladr and Hannah Mossman Moore....
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This episode of 'Stalked' follows Hannah and the BBC team as they investigate her stalker Kin's connections in London's exclusive social circles. Through interviews with doormen, club owners, and contacts from the fashion world, they uncover evidence that Kin may have created an elaborate persona by leveraging access to wealthy individuals' properties and events. The investigation reveals that Kin doesn't own the luxury properties he claimed, and may have been working as a facilitator or assistant to ultra-wealthy clients, using their resources to appear affluent himself. A major breakthrough comes when they discover Kin was involved in a £16.5 million property transaction, flipping a building to businessman Raymond for a potential £2 million profit.
- Searching for Kin in London's Exclusive Venues
- The Art of Social Proof and Infiltrating Fashion
6. The Peak
Mar 11, 2025Kin was supposed to be a successful fashion buyer; a man who jetted between the runways of Milan and Paris to his apartments in London and Hong Kong. Someone who seemed so at home in this world, no ...
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In this episode of Stalked, Hannah and Carol investigate Kin's true identity and business credentials after three years of harassment suddenly stopped. They uncover significant discrepancies between the wealthy, well-connected fashion buyer Kin presented himself as and the reality - questioning his employment claims, discovering possible fake employees, and finding suspicious patterns that suggest much of his high-flying lifestyle may have been fabricated. Despite finding evidence he knew some genuine fashion industry figures, most of his business connections appear questionable or non-existent.
- The Mystery of Why It Stopped
- The Fashion Buyer Persona
5. Manufactured Coincidence
Mar 04, 2025Hannah felt like she was being watched for years, but never understood how. As she begins to unpick her stalker’s techniques, she hears something she wasn’t expecting. [email protected] Hosts: Caro...
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This episode of 'Stalked' investigates how Hannah's anonymous stalker, believed to be her former friend Kin, may have gathered extensive personal information about her life. The hosts explore theories of surveillance, from sophisticated spyware to simple social engineering, while data analysis reveals discrepancies in Kin's claims about his whereabouts. Experts help unpack how easy it is to access someone's private information through hacking, social media, or manipulating service providers, leaving Hannah questioning whether she was truly under surveillance or if Kin was simply exploiting publicly available information and human vulnerabilities.
- The Surveillance Question: How Much Did He Know?
- Spyware and Sophisticated Hacking: Investigating the Technical Possibilities
4. Identity Leakage
Feb 25, 2025Hannah's digital intruder has left a trail of data in the menacing messages, that could be clues to their identity. It's time to call in the experts. [email protected] Hosts: Carole Cadwalladr and ...
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In this episode of Stalked, Hannah Mossman-Moore and Carol Cadwalladr enlist experts to analyze years of anonymous emails Hannah received. Forensic linguists, data scientists, and psychologists examine the harassment campaign, comparing anonymous messages to known emails from Kin. Through linguistic analysis revealing 'identity leakage,' IP address tracking, and psychological profiling, the evidence increasingly points to a coordinated campaign by one person. Hannah confronts the emotional toll of revisiting the abuse while her mother Jenny shares her own experience of being targeted and dismissed by police.
- Hannah's Mother Breaks Her Silence
- Kin's Dual Role: Harasser and Protector
3. Case Closed
Feb 18, 2025When the digital intruder starts impersonating Hannah, she goes to the police. Meanwhile, new anonymous email accounts start contacting her with sexually explicit, abusive content. [email protected]...
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Hannah's stalking case was closed by London's Metropolitan Police due to 'evidential difficulties' despite overwhelming evidence of harassment. After fleeing to Sri Lanka to escape the torment, Hannah was tracked down there too, receiving violent, sexually explicit emails and threats. The police struggled to link all the anonymous emails to one source, and despite attempts to arrest Kin, they failed to locate him. Hannah's case reveals systemic failures in how police handle stalking cases, with experts noting that stalking is often treated as isolated incidents rather than a pattern of obsessive behavior.
- Police Investigation Begins and Stalls
- Obtaining and Reviewing the Police Files
2. Online Reputation Management
Feb 11, 2025A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Miami with a charming friend turns into a nightmare for Hannah. Back in London, weird things start happening. Someone claims to be taking control of her online reputatio...
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In Episode 2 of Stalked, Hannah Mossman-Moore describes the escalating harassment campaign following a disturbing trip to Miami for Art Basel with Kin. After fleeing Florida in fear, Hannah becomes the target of an intensive 'online reputation management' operation involving relentless emails, phone calls, fake WhatsApp groups, and physical mail. The perpetrators demonstrate alarming knowledge of Hannah's private details, cancel her phone contracts, impersonate her to friends and family, and systematically isolate her from her support network. What begins as confusing messages spirals into a coordinated attack that forces Hannah to abandon her phone entirely and question her own reality.
- The Miami Trip and Escape from Florida
- The Aftermath and Kin's Confusing Explanations
1. The Selfie
Feb 04, 2025At 25, an anonymous digital intruder is ruining Hannah’s life. To start to make sense of it all, she goes back to London Fashion Week. And a selfie. Episodes released weekly. Contact: [email protected]...
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This podcast introduces the story of Hannah, a young woman in the fashion industry who became the target of a sophisticated stalking campaign. In 2018, after months of harassment, she reported the incidents to police, but the case was eventually closed due to lack of evidence. The series follows journalist Carol Cadwalladr, Hannah's ex-stepmother, as they work together to investigate who is behind the stalking and why it happened. The story begins with Hannah meeting a glamorous fashion industry mentor named Kin at London Fashion Week in 2015, which unknowingly set events in motion.
- Hannah Reports to Police and the Case Goes Nowhere
- Carol and Hannah's Relationship and Parallel Stories
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Jan 31, 2025There’s an anonymous digital intruder in Hannah’s life. She’s being watched. Threatened. Impersonated. The police can’t help Hannah, so her “ex-step mum,” investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, i...
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This podcast introduces 'Storked,' an investigative series from BBC Sounds launching February 4th. Journalist Carol Cadwalladr examines a disturbing digital stalking case involving her ex-stepdaughter Hannah, who has been targeted by an anonymous intruder for years. The stalker has threatened, impersonated, and invaded Hannah's life while evading police, leading to an investigation that spans multiple countries and reveals sophisticated digital harassment tactics.
- Introduction to Hannah's Digital Nightmare
- The Investigation Begins