Bonus Ep: Unpacking the Shocking Revelations of 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish' (feat. Christie Bosch)
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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In this bonus episode of Decoding TV, David chats with Christie Bosch (AKA @thatdocumentarygirl) about the new Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.
What was our overall reaction to the movie? How did we feel the film handle its subjects? And what details did the documentary leave out? Listen to hear us discuss these questions and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains conversations about some challenging topics, including self-harm and child abuse. |
| 0:05.7 | Please keep that in mind before you listen to the conversation. |
| 0:08.3 | Hope you get something out of it. Thanks. |
| 0:10.2 | Close it? |
| 0:10.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:11.5 | The people in my high school, I've grown up with since kindergarten, basically. |
| 0:17.7 | I first met Owen in seventh grade. |
| 0:20.5 | They were just like a high school couple in a movie. |
| 0:23.2 | We were like best friends. |
| 0:24.7 | But the more friends you have, the easier it is to be betrayed by them. |
| 0:32.1 | Something dangerous could happen. |
| 0:34.0 | A high school girl in Michigan was cyber bullied for more than a year. And who turned out to be |
| 0:39.6 | the suspect shocked everyone? It was so bad to the point where I didn't want to even go to |
| 0:45.5 | squandymour. It was relentless. I mean, one in the morning, three in the morning. I would question |
| 0:50.3 | how I thought about myself. There are some sick messages. They were enough to make a 53-year-old man blush. |
| 0:57.4 | It's crazy out having a phone can become the worst thing that happened to me. |
| 1:02.0 | Things are about to get so much worse. |
| 1:07.3 | Sorry, not sorry. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to a bonus episode of Decoding TV. |
| 1:13.1 | Today of the podcast, we're going to be discussing unknown number, the high school catfish, which is a new documentary that's available on Netflix. |
| 1:20.5 | And joining me for this conversation, I'm really excited to introduce this guest to you. |
| 1:25.1 | Every week, Christy Bosch reaches millions of people online through her |
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