Mathan/Leah

Catfish: The Podcast

MTV | Wondery

Relationships, Exhibit C, Nev Schulman, Mtv, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Nev and Kamie Crawford help Mathan find Leah, a girl he's been talking to for a decade yet has never met. It turns out Leah has shocking secrets beyond their wildest imagination.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to Catfish, the podcast. Add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:08.0	A listener note. This episode contains adult content and language.
0:20.0	Nathan, since he was 13, has been talking to Leah. It's been nine years.
0:26.0	I love her and I care about her, you know. I can't just drop her. I need to meet her. Something is not right.
0:31.0	What is with just disappearing?
0:33.0	Oh, what is this? Oh my god.
0:36.0	Fugitive watch.
0:37.0	This could get really ugly.
0:39.0	So he's coming. So much money.
0:42.0	From MTV and Wondry, I'm Nev Shulman. And this is Catfish, the podcast, where we uncover the truths and lies about love in the digital world
0:50.0	and help people find out if someone really is who they say they are.
0:54.0	Now our most shocking episodes are adapted for your ears for the very first time.
0:59.0	On this episode, Nathan and Leah.
1:02.0	We got in the email, I need your help. My name is Nathan. I'm 22 years old and I just moved to Los Angeles.
1:09.0	This is about my best friend, Leah. She lives in Washington State and I'm in love with her.
1:15.0	Oh, you came to the right place, Nathan. Alright, we're gonna help you.
1:19.0	I started talking to Leah back when I was 13.
1:22.0	We went from chatting to text to phone calls from a few minutes to a few hours.
1:27.0	We had an amazing connection. We really started to love each other and began talking about building a future.
1:33.0	We even, lightweight, talked about marriage. I love that. Lightweight. Lightweight. It's like low-key.
1:39.0	The problem is, Leah has always been kind of mysterious, like she's never telling me the whole story.
1:46.0	She'll go in and out of my life for months on end.
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