Boys Like Me

CBC
Weekly podcast.

Why are some lonely, young men a growing threat to our safety? In 2018, a Toronto man drove a van down a busy sidewalk, killing 11 people and injuring many more. He was linked to the "incel" movement, a dark online world fueled by violent misogyny, extreme isolation and perceived rejection. In the wake of the attack, Evan Mead discovers a disturbing connection to the perpetrator. They were former high school classmates; both outcasts, existing together on the fringes of social acceptance. How did two young men who started in similar circumstances, end up on such drastically different paths? This five-part series examines how socially-isolated young men can vanish into an online world of nihilism and despair that radicalizes them into angry — potentially deadly — misogynists. Hosted by Ellen Chloë Bateman and produced by Daemon Fairless (Hunting Warhead). For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

7 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
E5·
Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021
44 mins
E4·
Dec 7, 2021
Dec 7, 2021
37 mins
E3·
Nov 29, 2021
Nov 29, 2021
39 mins
E2·
Nov 22, 2021
Nov 22, 2021
34 mins
E1·
Nov 22, 2021
Nov 22, 2021
36 mins
Trailer·
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
3 mins