“They know everything.” <\/p>
Can I Tell You A Secret? is a new Netflix<\/a> documentary joining the streamer, telling the horrifying story of the UK\u2019s most prolific cyberstalker and the impact his crimes had on his victims.<\/p>\n The documentary, which is set to debut on Wednesday 21st February<\/strong>, features testimonies from some of the women who were targeted by Matthew Hardy and in an exclusive clip (above) shared with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, the harrowing nature of his crimes are clear.<\/p>\n \u201cI know how to hack your account, you know, and your closest family\u2019s accounts,\u201d a distorted voice can be heard saying in just one of the many messages sent to various women who were stalked online.<\/p>\n One of Hardy\u2019s victims, Abby, says: \u201cThey know everything. What I\u2019m wearing, who I\u2019m with, what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2022, Hardy was sentenced to nine years in prison<\/a> after pleading guilty to three counts of stalking with intent to cause alarm or distress, two counts of stalking without intent to cause alarm, and breaching a restraining order from 2013.<\/p>\n Lia was another woman who had been targeted by Hardy, who had created several fake accounts and bombarded her with messages<\/a> across three years.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI used to picture in my mind that they have a diagram,\u201d Lia says in the clip. \u201cThere was me in the middle and then they\u2019d have my family and then they\u2019d have everyone connected\u2026 My work friends, my social friends\u2026 because at this point I didn\u2019t know that there were other women out there that were affected by this.\u201d<\/p>\n It took more than a decade to put Hardy behind bars, with Cheshire constabulary alone being contacted about Hardy more than 100 times over 11 years<\/a>.<\/p> Can I Tell You A\u00a0<\/strong>Secret will be available to stream on Netflix on Wednesday 21st February. <\/b>Looking for something else to watch? Check out more of our Documentaries<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n “They know everything.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":46268,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/can-i-tell-you-a-secret-gives-sinister-look-at-real-life-horror-story.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\"They know everything.\"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/46267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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