Boys Like Me
CBC


Boys Like Me
CBC
Why are some lonely, young men a growing threat to our safety? In 2018, a
Toronto man drove a van down a busy sidewalk, killing 11 people and injuring
many more. He was linked to the "incel" movement, a dark online world fueled by
violent misogyny, extreme isolation and perceived rejection. In the wake of the
attack, Evan Mead discovers a disturbing connection to the perpetrator. They
were former high school classmates; both outcasts, existing together on the
fringes of social acceptance. How did two young men who started in similar
circumstances, end up on such drastically different paths? This five-part series
examines how socially-isolated young men can vanish into an online world of
nihilism and despair that radicalizes them into angry — potentially deadly —
misogynists. Hosted by Ellen Chloë Bateman and produced by Daemon Fairless
(Hunting Warhead). For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit
apple.co/cbctruecrime.


Boys Like Me
CBC
Why are some lonely, young men a growing threat to our safety? In 2018, a
Toronto man drove a van down a busy sidewalk, killing 11 people and injuring
many more. He was linked to the "incel" movement, a dark online world fueled by
violent misogyny, extreme isolation and perceived rejection. In the wake of the
attack, Evan Mead discovers a disturbing connection to the perpetrator. They
were former high school classmates; both outcasts, existing together on the
fringes of social acceptance. How did two young men who started in similar
circumstances, end up on such drastically different paths? This five-part series
examines how socially-isolated young men can vanish into an online world of
nihilism and despair that radicalizes them into angry — potentially deadly —
misogynists. Hosted by Ellen Chloë Bateman and produced by Daemon Fairless
(Hunting Warhead). For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit
apple.co/cbctruecrime.
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