"TikTok Murder gone viral"
"TikTok: Murder Gone Viral," produced by Nine Lives Media for ITV1, ITVX, STV, and STV Player, and distributed by ITV Studios, is returning for a second season later this year. This true crime documentary series, which launched in 2024, continues to explore compelling and tragic murder cases that went viral on the social media platform TikTok.
This true crime continues with more compelling murder cases, each of which went viral on the global social media app TikTok. Series two tells the stories of the killings of young British amateur footballer, Charlie Cosser, and American 13-year-old cheerleader, Tristyn Bailey, among others.
TikTok, one of the world’s fastest-growing social media platforms, captures the responses of social media users and the victims’ families to each of these teenage murders at every stage of their case. In Charlie Cosser’s case, TikTok was the platform his father, Martin, used to pour out his grief in real time. American cheerleader Tristyn Bailey also used the popular app to share her cheerleading dance routines, as well as the means through which many shared their own grief and followed the investigation.
Series two of "TikTok: Murder Gone Viral" is also timely because the UK is currently experiencing an increase in younger people being affected by knife crimes, and in this series, each case is about a fatal stabbing, with both the murderers and their victims being teenagers. The documentaries explore the motivations behind each of these cases, asking why these frighteningly young perpetrators chose to kill.
But there is some hope. In each of these cases, the parents of the teenage victims are turning their terrible pain into positive action by campaigning in different ways to prevent similar crimes in the future. Each wants to stop others from suffering in the way that they and their children have been forced to.
"TikTok: Murder Gone Viral," series two was commissioned by Jo Clinton-Davis, Controller of Factual ITV, and Sue Murphy, Head of Factual Entertainment ITV. For Nine Lives Media, the Executive Producers are Cat Lewis and Jazz Gowans, the Series Producer is Katie Boyd, and the Producer/Director is Robin Anderson.
Jo Clinton-Davis, Controller of Factual ITV, praised the title:“The murders in this series are all about very young victims tragically killed by their peers. Most were active on TikTok, and through this prism, we also see how the platform has impacted a murder case, from its use by armchair detectives to generating worldwide discussion, to acting as an emotional outlet. But above all, each is an individual story of heartbreak and a testament to the victims' family and friends who have been determined to share their stories with a wider public and find ways to bring an end to the senselessness of child-on-child murder," commented.
Cat Lewis & Jazz Gowans, Executive Producers Nine Lives Media, spoke about the production process of the title: “It has been a real privilege to work closely with the families of young murder victims, each of whom was taken far too early but each had already made a big, positive impact on the world, and especially on their families and friends. They will never be forgotten," expressed.
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