“Predators,” MTV Documentary Films’ “To Catch a Predator” documentary has officially made its way to select theaters after its Sundance Film Festival debut. The film, which is directed, produced, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality ...

The setup was always the same: An adult male would visit the home of a minor they had been communicating with online, and while they were expecting some sort of sexual encounter, they would instead be ...

Several groups have formed in recent years to carry out citizen-led sting operations targeting suspected online child predators. Sergey Zolkin via Unsplash When Jason Velasquez set out to catch online ...

“Predators,” a look into the rise and fall of the pedophile-baiting series “To Catch a Predator,” has sold to MTV Documentary Films following its debut at Sundance. David Osit directed and produced ...

“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 ...

Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in coordination ...

Sergey Zolkin via Unsplash When Jason Velasquez set out to catch online child predators nearly five years ago, he didn’t expect to expose a high-ranking law enforcement official. The chief of police ...

They reported being inspired by the predator-catching trend seen on TikTok, according to the outlet. On Jan. 16, five students pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy charges, the Associated ...