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‘Abject horror’: the troubling history of paedophile-hunting TV shows

A man would arrive at a house after chatting to someone he believed was underage, with a plan to have sex or engage in a sexual act. The house would be rigged with hidden cameras and the child would be an actor of age, playing the role of an excitable pre- or young teen, maybe even suggesting they both drank alcohol as a further illicit act.

The Guardian

PREDATORS / 2025

The documentary film explores the rise and fall of the television program To Catch a Predator, which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007 featuring interviews with some of the former decoys, clips and unseen raw footage from the series (alongside other archival footage featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Oprah Winfrey and Jon Stewart praising the show's impact on popular culture) and an interview with host Chris Hansen.

 
CREDITS

Director
David Osit

Producer
Chad Beck
co
executive producer



Arthur Bradford
co
executive producer



Frances Dewey

associate producer



Luke Dittrich

consulting producer



Liza Burnett Fefferman

executive producer



Molly Gilula

supervising producer



J. Gonçalves

producer



Adrianne Jeffries

associate producer



Jennifer Ollman

executive producer



David Osit

producer



Kellen Quinn

producer



Margaux Sax
co-producer

Edited by
David Osti
Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani

Music by 
Tim Hecker

Cinematography by
David Osti

Cast
Chris Hansen
David Osit
Dani Jayden


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