Social media is considered a gift by some but for others, this increasingly connected world can be creul and relentless. The stories on this list showcase how our online encounters while fun for some, can just as quickly turn fatal for others. These are 5 Online Encounters That Turned Deadly. Please support Scary Mysteries! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries?alert=2 - There's a lot of cool access, giveaways and even a custom episode!Buy awesome original shirts made by Scary Mysteries https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteries-store/Subscribe for Weekly Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE86yS_VM7qjiICqRPmwLQ?sub_confirmation=1_________________________________________________________5 ONLINE ENCOUNTERS THAT TURNED DEADLY5. Jenelle PotterIn a small town in Eastern Tennessee, Jenelle Potter was a sweet but naïve girl who lead a sheltered life thanks to her overprotective parents. However underneath that childlike, “innocent” exterior, lay a calculated and manipulating woman. Victims, Billie Jean Hayworth and Billy Payne were at home on January 31, 2012 when they were mercilessly killed. Billy was shot in the head and his throat had been slashed. His partner, Billie Jean was killed with her infant child still in her arms, the child was left unharmed. But the reason for the killings were a little more baffling. Jenelle and Billy were once good friends. Billy’s sister Tracy took pity on the loner Jenelle and introduced her to Billy whi in turn introduced Jenelle to Jamie Curd, his cousin. Jenelle and Jamie ended up dating, but then things began to get strange. 4. Chris Dean To everyone he spoke with, Chris Marquis was a grown man with a wife and kids. He operated a buy and sell shop online from his Fair Haven, Vermont home selling CB radio equipment to enthusiasts. The problem was that Chris Marquis was only a 17-year old kid living with his mom and worse, he was defrauding customers by taking their money and not holding up his side of the deal.It was in one transaction police believe he encountered 35-year old trucker, Chris Dean from Pierceton, Indiana. The burly 6-foot tall driver is described by people who knew him as good humored and helpful. 3. J.R. RobinsonJohn “J.R.” Robinson was known around his Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood as a personable man with a “winning smile.” He was a doting father who made it a point to attend his children’s soccer game and band activities. He was a successful businessman too, always talking about new ventures and even helped found a nearby Presbyterian Church. But behind the all-American façade was a sinister man that got off on BDSM, torture, kidnapping and murder.2. Christian GrotheerChristian Grotheer of Germany spent hours and hours online. Using the nicknames “Rosenboy0207” and “Riddick300,” he perpetually flirted and chatted with women, charming them with love poems and pictures. For him, the Internet was a fantastic way to meet people. It made it easy to strike up a conversation and he said that almost everyone in the conversation were looking for “sexual contact.” Christian admits he built up to 300 contacts and have met more than 100 women in person. This was his life – his family, But eventually he went too far. 1. Phillip MarkoffPhillip Markoff led a mysterious double life. In one, he was a successful medical student studying at the Boston School of Medicine and engaged to his college sweetheart, Megan McAllister. But in the other, he also frequented casinos, gaining a considerable debt of over $130,000. So there were 5 ONLINE ENCOUNTERS THAT TURNED DEADLYDeath by social media is a scary thought. As our world becomes more connected online, it’s not hard to believe that these crimes will only grow more and more common.Support the show