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Kelsey and Gen discuss Predators, directed by David Osit, released December 8th 2025 on Paramount+, as a product of MTV Entertainment, and revisits the cultural phenomenon of To Catch a Predator, the early-2000s Dateline NBC series that set out to publicly expose men seeking sexual contact with minors online. Using archival footage, behind-the-scenes material, and interviews with people involved on all sides, including Chris Hansen himself, Predators poses questions about accountability, spectacle, and the human cost of turning crime into content.

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Mentioned:

IndieWire interview with David Osit

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI21Vvu7X1w⁠

NBC News article on Bill Conradt’s suicide

⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15592444⁠

Roblox controversy

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox⁠

Chris Hansen’s Roblox controversy coverage

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox⁠

Charges dropped in internet sex-sting cases - Murphy, TX

⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20070609144452/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060707dnmetsexsting.36ff8b8.html⁠

Where Are They Now?

Chris Hansen

⁠https://www.instagram.com/officialchrishansen?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==⁠

⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-a-seat-with-chris-hansen/id1543252280⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6ia78zSNRXH9n35pd4yNYf?si=336a23236f674268⁠

Skeeter Jean

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@therealskeeterjean⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/therealskeeterjean?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==⁠

Support Resources:

National Center for Exploited and Missing Children

⁠https://ncmec.org/theissues/trafficking⁠

US Dept of Justice - Criminal Division - Citizen's Guide To U.S. Federal Child Exploitation And Obscenity Laws

⁠https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-child-exploitation-and-obscenity-laws⁠

International Protection Alliance - Stop Online Predators

⁠https://protectall.org/what-we-do-to-stop-online-exploitation/prevention/⁠

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