Web of Make Believe release date, synopsis, trailer and more

June is shaping up to be a good month for people who like watching true crime docuseries. Netflix has a pretty great track record with documentaries and in June we’ll get Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, followed by Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & The Internet, a six-part anthology series from director Brian Knappenberger, Luminant Media and Imagine Documentaries.

If you’ve ever heard stories about the dark corners of the internet and the chilling tales of people falling down rabbit holes and coming out the other end radicalized, then this docuseries is the perfect watch. It’s a deep-dive into the twisted web of digital deception and modern misinformation campaigns.

Besides directing, Knappenberger also serves as an executive producer alongside Eve Marson, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes and Sara Bernstein.

Web of Make Believe release date

The entire series will be released on June 15, 2022, only on Netflix.

Web of Make Believe synopsis

As an anthology series, Web of Make Believe will focus on different facets of online deception, exploring everything from IRS heists to SWATing to counterfeit Beanie Babies.

Here’s the entirety of the official synopsis:

"Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & The Internet is a 6-part anthology series from director Brian Knappenberger, Luminant Media and Imagine Documentaries that tells stories of people caught in a dark and twisted web of modern misinformation and digital deception. Haunting, bizarre and up-to-the-moment relevant, the series explores consequences of “SWATing”, takes a chilling trip down the rabbit hole of white supremacy, joins a Federal hunt for the suspect of a brazen IRS heist and investigates a murder set against the backdrop of Russian election interference. Rich with distinctive characters and surprising plotlines, reality is warped when the ordinary American household collides with a chaotic web of misinformation."

Web of Make Believe episode count and information

There are six episodes in total and each one deals with something different, apart from the last two episodes which revolves around hunting down an elusive hacker and is split into two parts. Here is the episode breakdown, provided by Netflix.

• Death by SWAT – When an online gamer makes a series of fraudulent 911 calls to lure SWAT teams to innocent people’s homes, his targeted trickery turns to tragedy.
• A Murder in D.C. – The murder of political staffer Seth Rich in 2016 spawns a myriad of unfounded conspiracy theories as the man’s family — and the truth — hang in the balance.
• I’m Not a Nazi – A women recounts her journey to becoming a mouthpiece for white nationalist hate speech, work that culminates in high-profile violence and murder.
• Sextortion – Several women recall their harrowing experiences with one man’s heinous attempts at virtual blackmail, aimed at obtaining sensitive sexual material.
• The Stingray, Part 1 – From counterfeit Beanie Babies to very real tax fraud: Two skilled hackers revisit the cyber schemes that landed them in the sights of law enforcement.
• The Stingray, Part 2 – The FBI escalates its pursuit of an elusive hacker, but he soon turns the tables by questioning the legality of a key tool in their investigation.

Web of Make Believe trailer

The first trailer for the docuseries is here and it teases a tense and nail-biting story with the edge of a thriller. It’s scary to consider how easy the internet makes it for people to perpetuate criminal activity with virtually no limits if they know how to hack.

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Web of Make Believe will be released June 15, 2022 on Netflix.