S31E3: To Catch a Predator's Chris Hansen

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Chris Hansen became a household name by confronting child predators who'd been lured out of hiding by undercover officers posing as children online on Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. But it was his choices in his personal life that sent him careening off into other directions - dumped by NBC, marriage on the rocks, and even sporting a mugshot or two to his name. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Today's episode is brought to you by Incogni. Protect your personal information from scammers, spammers, and data brokers - with 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/trashy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:07.6	My name is Stacey.
0:08.8	Hey friends, Alicia here. Thank you for joining us for today's tale of marital misadventure.
0:15.8	Oh my. This one has a lot of layers about a guy who normally confronts predators.
0:21.6	Today we're talking Chris Hansen from To Catch a Predator.
0:25.6	And it turns out he has had some rather trashy behavior.
0:29.6	Included in this one is everything you like.
0:32.6	We got lots of levels of trash. Only one divorce.
0:36.6	But man, did it take a lot of time and a lot of bad behavior to get there?
0:42.8	I see no other choice for us to catch this trash candy ride and go, go, go.
0:48.6	Go, go. Oh, Stacey, I'm delightfully excited about this one because it's so, so dirty.
1:07.1	Like, when we talk about the epitome of trashy, I think this really does qualify in ways that are off the charts.
1:16.5	See, I thought you would be excited because half the time you fall asleep listening to this guy telling you true crime stories, right?
1:24.1	No, different guy.
1:25.5	I think you're thinking Keith Morrison. Okay, yeah,
1:28.6	today we're on Chris Hansen from to catch a predator. Okay, all right, I'm clarifying in my brain.
1:35.4	Let's go. We're going to catch you up into 2025 any day now, babe. Okay, let's go ahead and take a quick
1:43.1	survey of where we've been. Because back in the early 2000s, the landscape of television was far different, vastly different than it is today.
1:54.1	And although we were beginning to have far more choices than what was available in the decades prior to the early 2000s,
2:03.1	it was also still a time with network and cable television predominantly being the choices available.
2:10.3	Sure.
2:11.5	Yeah, I think YouTube existed at that point, but it was not...
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