‘Unknown Number,’ the True Crime Sensation that Won't Die

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In the never-ending deluge that is the true-crime streaming market, most titles fade within weeks, if not days. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish remains an exception. Mentioning it even weeks after its release still elicits a wide-eyed pause and a can you believe it? This latest documentary from Skye Borgman ( Abducted in Plain Sight , Girl in the Picture ) is a horror story that delivers a question without an answer.

If you haven’t watched it yet, get thyself to Netflix and hit play. It’s a short documentary, coming in with a runtime of 94 minutes.

Beware: here be spoilers .

The story is straightforward on the surface: In a small town in Michigan, a teenage girl, Lauryn Licari, and

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