Kendra Licari Unmasked | The DARK Psychology of Netflix's Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Source: YouTube · Hidden True Crime · published Sep 11, 2025 · 1:31:29
This video analyzes the Netflix documentary "The Unknown Caller," exploring the complex psychological dynamics of mother Kendra who cyberbullied her daughter Lauren and Lauren's boyfriend Owen 3:22.
Key Takeaways:
• Kendra engaged in relentless cyberbullying against her daughter Lauren and Lauren's boyfriend Owen, including texts encouraging self-harm and making degrading comments about appearance 3:22
• The cyberstalking was driven by Kendra's inappropriate infatuation with Owen, which led her to view Lauren as competition and try to break up their relationship 4:05
• Unlike Munchausen by proxy theory, the stalking continued even after Lauren and Owen broke up, when Kendra targeted Owen's new girlfriend 25:35
• Kendra's troubled marriage with poor communication and secrets contributed to her psychological issues and projection of feelings onto others 37:00
• Lauren struggled to believe her mother was the stalker due to their enmeshed codependent relationship, showing how abuse victims often maintain connections to their abusers 30:05
The analysis reveals Kendra used primitive defense mechanisms like splitting and projection while escaping her unhappy life through inappropriate emotional connections and fantasy relationships with her daughter's boyfriends.
Sources:
- 3:22 Details of the cyberbullying and harassment
- 4:05 Revelation that Kendra was behind the stalking
- 25:35 How the stalking continued after the breakup
- [30:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8Yi1gz0z0&t=18
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Kendra can't see the complexity of this. She can't see. She understands at some unconscious level that her attraction to Owen is inappropriate, right? And and not normal. She understands that it's society is not going to approve of that, I think. But but what she can't do is she can't figure out a way to get Lauren out of this triangle. She makes it into this really unhealthy competition where unfortunately for Lauren, Lauren becomes kind of the in the splitting, Lauren becomes kind of the the bad person. >> Hello everyone. My name is Lauren Matias and this is Dr. John Matias, my co-host of Hidden Chew Crime, also a criminal psychologist and I am a former broadcast reporter. still a journalist. Once a journalist, always a journalist. And we're here to break down what all of you have been r…