Inside the violent world of online pedophile hunters
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
You might remember To Catch a Predator with Chris Hansen, but now streamers are making their own version, and they’re a lot more violent. New York Times reporter Aric Toler takes us inside the world of modern-day “pedophile hunters,” while Stefan Turkheimer, VP of Public Policy at RAINN, shares what justice could—and should—look like for survivors.
Check out Aric's visual investigation on online pedophile hunters.
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you are not alone. RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline offers free, confidential, 24/7 support in English and en Español. Call 800.656.HOPE (4673), chat at hotline.RAINN.org, or text "HOPE" to 64673.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Devin. Just a heads up. You may have guessed from the title, but we're going to be dealing with some tough stuff in this episode. So if you want to skip this one, we totally understand. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm Mani. I'm Noah. And this is Devin. And this is no such thing. The show we've set our our dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research. On today's episode, we go deep inside the world of pedophile hunters. |
| 0:25.2 | There's no such thing. |
| 0:27.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:30.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:33.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:34.0 | No such thing. |
| 0:36.1 | No such thing. Growing up, did you watch the show. Growing up, did you watch the show to Catch a Predator? |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah, not did I watch it. I mean, that was one of my favorite shows. |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah, I was locked in. |
| 0:51.3 | That was pretty locked in. |
| 0:52.3 | They're online, they're at the door, and tonight they're on this very beach in our latest |
| 0:58.1 | to Catch a Predator investigation. |
| 1:00.5 | For those of you who don't know, The Catch a Predator was a show on NBC that ran in the mid-2000s. |
| 1:07.1 | It was hosted by this guy named Chris Hansen, and he would work with these teams that would pretend to be children online chatting with adults. |
| 1:16.0 | They would invite these guys over to their, quote, unquote, house, which would be outfitted with hidden cameras. |
| 1:22.2 | Got someone in the driveway. Someone in the driveway. |
| 1:24.7 | The team inside Dateline's hidden camera house quickly moves into position. |
| 1:28.3 | They would have an actor pretending to be a child telling the guys that, oh, come on in, |
| 1:33.3 | and then they would make some excuse to go in the back. |
| 1:36.3 | Hey! |
| 1:37.3 | Come on in! |
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