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New Statesman
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Statesman
The BBC Sounds series Stalked is thrilling and worrying
Photo by Tim Robinson/Millenium It all started with a selfie. It was 2015 and Hannah Mossman Moore, a 23-year-old graduate, had just arrived at her first London Fashion Week, bristling with excitement. Mossman Moore was interning with Alighieri, a jewellery start-up. Her job involved rubbing shoulders with models, fashion insiders and journalists. She was searching, among the hordes of well-dressed somebodies, for a cash-rich foreign buyer. And it wasn't long before she found one. Mossman Moore was introduced to an elegant Hong Kong national who seemed, to her, to be a big player in the Asian fashion market. The pair took a selfie together, and swapped contact details. This seemingly innocuous chance meeting would change her life, forever. Stalked, a ten-part podcast series on BBC Sounds, tells how Mossman Moore's life was upended after meeting the man. For most of her twenties, she was stalked by a barrage of faceless creeps: each day, she received thousands of emails, texts and messages from unknown accounts who seemed to know everything about her. These anonymous tormentors somehow knew details of her private life, her family, her job and her location. She had to change her phone number over and over again – but still the messages kept coming. Mossman Moore was the stepdaughter of the journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who joins her as the co-host of this podcast. Cadwalladr has had her own experience of vicious cyber-stalking, following her investigation of Cambridge Analytica and the weaponisation of social media in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum. In this thrilling yet deeply worrying series, Mossman Moore and Cadwalladr work together to uncover the stalker's identity. They are fearless in their pursuit. Using sensitive reporting of an extraordinary personal story, they highlight the shocking lack of care being taken to safeguard victims of stalking. Stalked BBC Sounds [See also: Misogyny in the metaverse] Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe Related
The Guardian
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Carole Cadwalladr takes on cyber stalking: the best podcasts of the week
This terrifying tale of a cyber-harassment campaign against Hannah Mossman Moore sees her and her family hacked after a meeting with a high-flying fashion insider. It's a gripping, immersive tale, hosted by Mossman Moore and her ex-stepmother, Guardian and Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who she turned to for help – with the promise that in future episodes they launch an investigation to uncover the real perpetrators. Alexi Duggins BBC Sounds, episodes weekly To mark 50 years since the death of one of the greatest comic novelists, the PG Wodehouse Society is releasing this series of celebrity musings. First up is Alexander Armstrong, commemorating the fact that the novelist died on Valentine's Day, by reading a Bertie Wooster tale about a moonlit romantic meeting. AD YouTube, episodes weekly Looking for something to drift off to? This pod stands out in a crowded sleep-aid market, with Canadian host Julie Gauthier reading out restaurant menus, ASMR-style. If episode titles like Live. Laugh. Linguine don't already have you hooked, then maybe an episode devoted entirely to American diner food will. Hannah J Davies Widely available, episodes weekly James Robinson co-hosts this travel tips show with Chelsea Dickenson AKA the Cheap Holiday Expert, who has 400k Instagram followers – so your next holiday is in safe hands. Come for the travel hacks, stay for the banter between two mates who had to stop their last podcast (Tipsy Tourists) because they ended up getting drunk too much. Hollie Richardson Widely available, episodes weekly This podcast promises stories about people who have pushed their bodies to the limit – and the second series, about a disaster on the world's second-highest mountain, K2, certainly fulfils the brief. What happened on the weekend when 11 climbers died in two disastrous days, asks Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and why did the group attempt the feat in the first place? HJD BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
