Summary
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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
Jenny, Hannah's mother, speaks publicly for the first time about the years-long harassment campaign against her daughter. As a teacher whose job enabled Hannah to attend private school and travel, Jenny witnessed her once-happy, sociable daughter transform into an anxious person consumed by online harassment. She describes the frustration of police inaction and the confusion when Kin simultaneously harassed her while positioning himself as Hannah's protector.
- Jenny describes Hannah as a happy, sociable child who would organize entire hotels into social groups on holiday
- Jenny went to police after receiving a threatening message saying 'I know where you live' but was told to just block the sender
- Kin sent Jenny messages claiming to protect Hannah while simultaneously being suspected of harassing her
- Hannah admits feeling 'quite nervous' and 'anxious' - behavior very different from her personality growing up
" It's a real mind fuck because you just think you can't work out what's going on anymore. "
" I felt that there was a kind of inner anxiety that I noticed. Like if I'd ask you about emails, you would like sort of shut down. "
Kin's Dual Role: Harasser and Protector
The investigation reveals a disturbing pattern where Kin simultaneously appeared to be both perpetrator and defender. He would insert himself into WhatsApp groups with fake Hannah accounts to defend her, email hackers threatening them to stop, and offer to help solve the harassment through his supposed IT connections. This calculated behavior created confusion and maintained his connection to Hannah even when she tried to distance herself.
- Kin appeared in WhatsApp groups with fake Hannah accounts, telling them to stop and threatening police action
- Kin would email hackers directly saying 'Karma is a bitch' and threatening to make their lives a nightmare
- When hacking started in 2018, Kin offered to get IT company Gemini to investigate and find the hackers
" If you stop your nonsense now and leave Hannah alone forever, that will be the end of it. We will not look for you. We will not pursue you. But if you don't, we will look for you. We will find you. And we will make your life a nightmare and will not show any mercies for people like you. "
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