
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.
Chris HansenSelf - Host, To Catch a PredatorMark de RondSelf - Ethnographer
Dani JaydenSelf - DecoyCasey MauroSelf - DecoyDan SchrackSelf - DecoyGreg StumboSelf - Former KY Attorney GeneralByron HarrisSelf - Retired WFAA-Dallas ReporterJohn RoachSelf - Former District AttorneyWalt WeissSelf - Former Detective, Murphy Police Dept.
Skeeter JeanSelf - Predator HunterT CoySelf - DecoyDavid OsitSelfShawn RechSelf - Co-Founder, TruBlu