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The FOX True Crime Podcast

The Dark Side Of The Internet: Taking Down Pedophiles

The FOX True Crime Podcast

Fox News

True Crime

4.7 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

WARNING: This episode features sensitive topics involving children. Listener discretion is advised. In 1993, 10-year-old George Burdynski Jr. went missing from his Maryland home. While his case remains unsolved, the investigation into his disappearance led the FBI to uncover the dark and disturbing ways in which child predators interact with one another and with children online. This discovery led to the bureau's Innocent Images National Initiative. Retired FBI Agent Stacey Perkins discusses her involvement with the creation of this initiative, as well as her work taking down a kingpin behind an international child pornography website. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.

0:02.8

We'll be on it all the time.

0:04.1

He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.

0:24.2

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0:21.4

usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone. Choose EEE safer Sims, only on the UK's best

0:26.9

network. To verify best network see e.e.com.uker. For better or for worse, the internet changed

0:32.3

the world. With only a few clicks, you can learn about any subject, shop for just about anything,

0:38.8

and connect with strangers.

0:40.8

It's a tool that has the power to build community and networks,

0:44.2

not just for ordinary people, but for predators as well.

0:48.1

In 1993, 10-year-old George Bredinsky Jr. went missing from his home in Brentwood, Maryland. Although George's

0:55.8

case still remains unsolved, the ensuing investigation into his disappearance led to a horrifying

1:02.8

discovery. Three men were ultimately arrested and convicted of sexually abusing young boys in

1:09.3

George's neighborhood. But their crimes were made easy thanks to the digital age.

1:15.2

Authorities learned of online chat rooms and networks that allowed these monsters to connect

1:20.3

with one another and share and distribute child pornography, and even worse, to connect with the

1:26.9

children themselves. This is a look into that

1:30.5

dark, disturbing world. I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. The

1:47.0

The The FBI's discovery of this vast child pornography ring operated by pedophiles online, led to one of the most important developments within the Bureau, the Innocent Images National Initiative.

2:20.1

Agents from all across the nation were called upon to study and investigate the techniques

2:25.4

and technologies used by these criminals to film, secure, and distribute child pornography,

2:31.7

and to evade detection by law enforcement.

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