As the opening credits roll in the new documentary “Predators,” a young girl speaks with a much older man on the phone. In a tiny, high-pitched voice, she says she’s nervous about talking to him; the ...

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Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...

To Catch a Predator ran for three years, and its unique selling point seemed to be that it was, as Jimmy Kimmel once jokingly referred to it, “Punk’d for pedophiles.” The series touted its noble ...

Directed, produced, edited, and filmed by David Osit, Predators (not Predators) is a documentary that asks questions of To Catch a Predator, the early-2000s investigative series, part of Dateline NBC, ...

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 ...

From 2004 to 2007, To Catch a Predator was must-see TV. Pervs targeting underage girls and boys online were lured to meet their prey as huge audiences tuned in. Host Chris Hansen would emerge from a ...

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 ...

A new documentary looks at the true crime TV program "To Catch A Predator" and its copycats. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker David Osit about some of the uncomfortable questions "Predators" ...