“An exploration of the ethical consequences of turning real-life trauma into prime-time spectacle.”
In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.
Rating
6.7/10
54 votes
Runtime
97 min
Theatrical cut
Released
2025
Released
Language
EN
Predators
Director
David OsitStudio
Cast
Chris Hansen
Self - Host, To Catch a Predator
Mark de Rond
Self - Ethnographer
Dani Jayden
Self - Decoy
Casey Mauro
Self - Decoy
Dan Schrack
Self - Decoy
Greg Stumbo
Self - Former KY Attorney General
Byron Harris
Self - Retired WFAA-Dallas Reporter
John Roach
Self - Former District Attorney
Walt Weiss
Self - Former Detective, Murphy Police Dept.
Skeeter Jean
Self - Predator Hunter
T Coy
Self - Decoy
David Osit
Self
Shawn Rech
Self - Co-Founder, TruBlu
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