Scammer stories have become a hot topic in the streaming world, especially for Netflix with documentaries like this The Tinder scammer and the drama series Invent Anna, and it continues to expand its documentary library with the latest installment: Sweet Bobby: My catfish nightmare, which exposes one woman’s nine-year catfish ordeal.
While Sweet Bobby: My catfish nightmare has taken the world by storm since its debut on the top streaming service on Wednesday, October 16, that’s not the only catfish story being told this week as Hulu has also jumped on the catfish bandwagon with the upcoming documentary Fanatic: The Catfishing by Tegan and Sara, which will be released on October 18th.
Sweet Bobby: My catfish nightmare has promised to be one of the best Netflix documentaries due to its crazy and complex catfish scheme, which is especially shocking if you haven’t listened to the popular podcast it’s based on. But if you’d like to see another true crime documentary, it’s from Hulu Fanatic: The Catfishing by Tegan and Sara is sure to grab your attention as it shows how a music duo and fanbase were targeted in a cruel catfish plot.
What are Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare and Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara about?
Based on the Tortoise podcast of the same name, Sweet Bobby: My catfish nightmare follows Kirat Assi, a woman whose online romance takes a disturbing turn when she discovers her mysterious fiancé harbors a dark secret that turns her life upside down.
The podcast was a great success and attracted thousands of listeners, but now Assi tells her story again in this Netflix documentary, ideal if, like me, you are unfamiliar with the source material. Assi realizes this in her interview with Radio times as she revealed: “It’s just sharing the story with a wider audience. A lot of people don’t listen to podcasts and if this helps people to speak out (and) speak out, to fight for themselves a little bit harder when it comes to not doing podcasts.” be believed, then that’s what matters.”
In the meantime, Fanatic: Tegan and Sara’s catfish fishing is an investigation into what the queer indie rock duo has experienced for over fifteen years. Tegan Rain Quin enlists the help of documentary filmmaker and investigator Erin Lee Carr to find the person posing as her and terrorizing her fans with sinister and unexpected twists. The documentary shows how terrifying and damaging the nightmare has been for the identical twins, their families and unsuspecting fans who were forced to believe they had formed a real friendship with Tegan.
A press release from Hulu states, “This is a sprawling yet intimate story of how Tegan’s identity was stolen and weaponized in a complex catfish scheme to entrap community members. This film is an examination of the serious ripple effect of distrust, fear and anxiety. , and self-doubt that resulted from Fegan’s (Fake Tegan) actions.
Sweet Bobby: My catfish nightmare is now available to stream on Netflix Fanatic: Tegan and Sara’s catfish fishing will be released on Friday October 18th.