High school is often considered one of the most difficult times in a person’s life — but while hormones and cliques can be truly awful, few of us have faced the horrors recounted in Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, a new Netflix documentary about a cyberbullying incident that spiraled far beyond expectation.

The Watch With Us team breaks down why you need to watch this darkly fascinating documentary, which sometimes feels more like a horror film, in September 2025 — find out more below.

‘Unknown Number’ Has One of the Most Shocking Twists We’ve Seen in a Doc

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish follows two teenagers — Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend, Owen McKenny — who began receiving threatening texts from an unknown number in 2020. One of the early texts received by Lauryn

See Full Page