Online true crime communities

Subject in Society & Culture

Online true crime communities has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Love Trapped. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Clayton EchardFormer star of The Bachelor and respondent in the Arizona paternity case

  • Echard argued the online support community formed because Owens's claims triggered people's own trauma, and that the story is now about the community healing.

    “I believe that this support system has been created from trauma triggering that Laura has done. She's triggered more than just me and other victims”

    Love Trapped: All the Best | EP 12 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:36

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Dave NealContent creator and unofficial leader of the Justice for Clayton online community

  • Neal advised anyone facing private threats or abuse to make it public, arguing communities will rally and sunlight led to the truth.

    “air that shit out and the communities will rally around you. I've said it all along. Sunlight's the greatest disinfectant”

    Love Trapped: All the Best | EP 12 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 37:19

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • All the Best | EP 12

    Love Trapped · May 7, 2026 · 1 h 10 min

    In the Love Trapped season finale, Stephanie Young revisits the Laura Owens case with Clayton Echard, Mike Marraccini, an anonymous childhood friend, and online investigators while Owens's plea decision remains pending.