"I Am Your Worst Nightmare" : Episode 517
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I look at the disturbing case of Matthew Falder, a seemingly ordinary university administrator who led a disturbing double life online. Using fake identities, manipulation and blackmail, Falder targeted vulnerable victims across the world, coercing them into degrading and harmful acts.
I explore how his crimes were uncovered, the international investigation that brought him down, and the devastating impact his actions had on those he targeted. It's one of the most disturbing online abuse cases ever prosecuted in the UK.
I will be back with another episode of the podcast on Tuesday - a shocking murder story - so please do join me then.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:12.9 | Hello and welcome to episode 517 of the UK True Crime podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:19.1 | Thank you so much for joining me today for a really shocking |
| 0:21.8 | story about online chat rooms and the monsters who prey on innocent victims from them. It really is |
| 0:28.2 | the stuff of nightmares. As we enter the dark world of a depraved man who abused, controlled, |
| 0:34.3 | and blackmailed hundreds of victims for years with devastating consequences. |
| 0:39.4 | As you will know, I don't normally say you should listen with caution, but even though I have |
| 0:44.1 | not included the most shocking material, you should be aware that this story does also involve |
| 0:49.3 | the sexual abuse of children. It really is a particularly disturbing story and one that once again shows us on |
| 0:56.5 | the internet. Not everybody is who they say they are. But before we begin, let's set some context |
| 1:03.0 | for today's story with our guest a month and year game. You ready? Top of the UK music charts |
| 1:09.6 | was one republic and counting stars. In the US it was Lord |
| 1:13.4 | with Royals. I didn't like that song at all, did you? And in Australia, the top album was Lightning |
| 1:19.0 | Bolt from Pearl Jam. In the news this month, exciting times from Epstein's mate, as Microsoft |
| 1:26.3 | released Windows 8.1, |
| 1:28.7 | former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, arrived in the UK to serve his remaining jail |
| 1:33.8 | sentence for war crimes, incredibly, the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes |
| 1:39.0 | since World War II. |
| 1:41.1 | The government approved Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear plant to be constructed in the UK since |
| 1:47.3 | 1995, and there were super-stone pickings that UK cinemas, I'd suggest, with the top films |
| 1:53.7 | including prisoners and turbo, no, nor me. |
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