Brien Terry

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Chris confronts a predator who should have known better—but didn’t stop anyway. When 25-year-old Brien Terry is caught in a Marion County sting after pursuing what he believed was a 14-year-old girl, the case quickly reveals something more troubling than a single bad decision: a pattern. What begins as defiance turns into a tense, psychological unraveling—excuses, contradictions, and ultimately a moment of raw remorse. But as Chris digs deeper into Terry’s past, one question lingers: when someone has already faced consequences for crossing this line… why do they come back? A chilling look at repetition, rationalization, and the dangerous mindset of a predator who knew exactly what he was risking—and did it anyway. Sponsored by: Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/chrishansen and use promo code HANSEN to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warranty OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANSEN at https://www.oneskin.co/HANSEN #oneskinpod American Hartford Gold: Protect your wealth with precious metals! Call American Hartford Gold today & get up to $20,000 in free silver on your 1st order! Call 866-508-6029 or Text HANSEN to 65532, or Click the link below: https://offers.americanhartfordgold.com/content-affiliate/?Leadsource=Affiliate&utm_sfcampaign=701Nv00000aEv8GIAS TruthFinder.com. To get the answers you’re looking for about the new people in your life, and to discover information on potential predators, go to www.TruthFinder.com/predators Get your official Chris Hansen merchandise at https://haveaseat.dashery.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've confronted hundreds of men over two decades, men online looking for children to sexually
0:07.4	assault.
0:07.7	Oh, Cody, I'm Chris Hansen.
0:09.2	I'm not who you are.
0:10.0	I tried to get into their heads and understand why.
0:13.4	But you have it on your phone.
0:14.9	That's true.
0:15.5	And ultimately, make sure they face justice.
0:19.5	Can I just give you some money on me?
0:21.4	I don't want money. I want the truth.
0:23.6	These are the predators I've caught.
0:26.8	I'm Chris Hansen.
0:30.0	I have this internal debate when it comes to the take-down investigations.
0:37.8	Which style is better?
0:41.2	As you likely know, some of the jurisdictions,
0:45.4	the law enforcement agencies with which we work,
0:49.8	allow me to have the first contact with their predators who surface in our investigations.
0:58.4	In other words, the guy has the chat with the decoy who is a member of law enforcement.
1:04.1	He shows up to meet the child.
1:07.3	The decoy, the on-site decoy, meets the predator at the door and then invites him in and comes up with an excuse to leave.
1:13.5	You've seen this many times.
1:15.5	I walk in and I initiate the conversation.
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