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“To Catch a Predator” decoy wanted to warn would-be pedophiles about hidden cameras and police: 'Go home'

Casey Mauro acted as a decoy in numerous child molester stings on To Catch a Predator as a young adult in the 2000s. She says that she wanted to warn the show's unwitting subjects to "Go home" on ...
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‘To Catch a Predator’ Casts a Long Shadow Through Our Culture and Politics

“Predators,” the new documentary about the TV news program “To Catch a Predator,” comes across as painfully, almost uncomfortably conflicted in the view of its subject. Yet those NBC specials that ...

'Predators' documentary looks at sensation, scandal of 'To Catch a Predator'

That was the formula for "To Catch a Predator," the popular television news program that ran on NBC from 2004-2007. The legacy of the show is examined in "Predators," a new documentary that arrives ...
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How Hours of Unedited ‘To Catch a Predator' Footage Shaped ‘Predators,' a Doc That Connects Chris Hansen to America's True Crime Addiction

"My life may be crappy, but at least I'm not on TV." That's one explanation for the mass appeal of "To Catch a Predator" put forth by a subject in "Predators," a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...
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“To Catch a Predator” participants reflect on subject's suicide during production: 'I've blocked that out'

To Catch a Predator decoy Dan Schrack said that he has "blocked out" the death of investigation subject Bill Conradt. Conradt died by suicide as investigators from the Dateline segment entered his ...
Miami New Times

To Catch a Predator

Ding-ding. It’s the sound of your daughter’s instant messenger. You might think she’s trading LOLs with friends, but in reality, FriendlyOldGuy69 is telling her how mature she sounds and how much he’d ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Predators’ examines the tactics of a reality TV phenomenon that may have gone too far

It took just 20 episodes for the Dateline NBC program “To Catch a Predator” to leave a mark on the culture. A sting-operation-meets-hidden-camera-prank, the show had a riveting hook: Men engaging in ...

Documentary explores the rise and fall of the controversial series 'To Catch a Predator'

"To Catch a Predator" was a hit with viewers in the 2000s and something of a cultural phenomenon. Now it's the focus of a new ...
Iowa Public Radio

A new documentary raises questions about the true crime TV show 'To Catch A Predator'

Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up - it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. HANSEN: Would you have a seat over in that chair, please? RASCOE: That's ...
The New Yorker

Why Did We Love “To Catch a Predator”?

A new documentary explores how the show turned troubled individuals’ actions into a quasi-pornographic exhibit meant for an ...
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“To Catch a Predator” decoy wanted to warn would-be pedophiles about hidden cameras and police: 'Go home'

"I didn't realize at the time how taxing it was emotionally and mentally," Casey Mauro says in the new documentary "Predators." A performer who pretended to be a child on To Catch a Predator is ...