Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen
PREDATORS I'VE CAUGHT is a deep dive into the most shocking cases from the infamous TO CATCH A PREDATOR and TAKE DOWN, hosted by award-winning journalist Chris Hansen. Chris revisits unforgettable investigations in each episode, revealing new insights, behind-the-scenes details, and “Where are they now?” updates on some of the most notorious predators. Sponsored by TruthFinder.com Have a question or case suggestion? Email Chris directly at Chris@PredatorPodcast.com. For advertising or sponsorship-related questions, visit RedSeatVentures.com. For more on To Catch a Predator, visit the official fan Wiki.
Episodes
August 4, 2025 • 36 mins
Calvin Veldt is a predator caught in a Marquette County, Michigan investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. He is notable for
offering Chris money in return for him being able to leave. Veldt had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl. After finding out the decoy's age, Veldt said, "I would love to fuck the shit out of you. You sound young. Do you swallow?" Veldt told her that she made him "horny," bu...
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July 28, 2025 • 30 mins
Juanmiguel Diaz is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen.
He is notable for his claim that he was investigating the decoy to gather
evidence to report to police. Juanmiguel Diaz communicated with a decoy who he believed to be a fourteen-year-old girl. The decoy was un by the Polk County Sheriff's Office as a part of its Operation Cyber Guardian II. Initially, he was in contact wit...
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July 21, 2025 • 29 mins
At the time of the sting, Clifford Mitts lived in Chesaning, Michigan with his wife of 46 years, but believed that the incident may cause a divorce. He had two children who were 40 and 35 years-old at the time, and similarly believed that he would be "disowned" if they were to find out about the incident. Mitts had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl. After entering the sting house and communicating b...
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July 14, 2025 • 38 mins
Trevor Kyle Walker is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation. Walker arrived at the sting house at approximately 4:30am. The decoy foster mother met him outside, where they briefly spoke, before he walked in. He was immediately apprehended by deputies who took him to the ground outside of the front door. He was processed by police before being sat for an interview. Through tears and sniffling, his first words we...
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July 7, 2025 • 33 mins
Dylan Joseph Abramson is a predator caught in the Marquette, Monroe, Michigan sting. He is mostly known for his resemblance to actor Tony Revolori, as well as his mental breakdown during his interview and arrest, whining about losing his job and making an odd face when asked if he'd had sex with a child before. At the time of the sting, Dylan was twenty-one years old and an aerospace engineering student at Michigan Tech College. He...
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June 30, 2025 • 40 mins
Matthew John Bonjean is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen.
He is notable for being a fan of Chris', mentioning Chris' name in the chat, and anxiously laughing throughout the interview. Bonjean began communicating exclusively with the decoy posing as the minor, saying, "I would like to be sexual with a young girl." The decoy again told him her age, 12, and asked if that was ok...
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June 23, 2025 • 29 mins
The Professor's Double Life
In this disturbing episode of Predators I’ve Caught, Chris Hansen confronts Dr. Vijay Mannari—an award-winning chemistry professor and respected academic leader—after he arrives at a sting house believing he’s meeting a 15-year-old girl. Despite a decorated career in sustainable polymer research and decades in education, Mannari attempts to justify explicit chats and a proposed cash-for-contact arrangeme...
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June 16, 2025 • 38 mins
Branden Keith Orr is an alleged predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. Known for working as a lifeguard at Disney World and giving ghost tours, Orr became infamous for fleeing the sting house and being tased by deputies in the yard.
As part of Operation Cyber Guardian, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office set up a sting house and was “bombarded” with men attempting to meet minors for sex...
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June 9, 2025 • 37 mins
"Charlie Hansen, That's the Guy's Name"
In this bizarre and unforgettable episode of Predators I've Caught, Chris recounts the case of Jared Cole Salvador—one of the few predators who seemed to know exactly what was coming… and still showed up. Caught in a Genesee County, Michigan sting, Salvador became infamous for nervously predicting Chris Hansen’s arrival—only to mistakenly refer to him as “Charlie Hansen” with total confidenc...
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May 30, 2025 • 47 mins
In this special episode of Predators I’ve Caught, host Chris Hansen sits down with one of the most vital yet often unseen figures in the investigations—veteran decoy “Bailey.” Known by her alias during the sting operations, Bailey opens up about the emotional and psychological toll of posing as a vulnerable teenager to help catch online predators. She shares vivid memories from one of the most unforgettable stings: the takedown of ...
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May 26, 2025 • 31 mins
George Robert Cleary is a predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia investigation. He is best known for making a run for it when seeing another suspected predator bust go down, as well as one of two predators in the sting unable to make bond. A pizza delivery man, George was thirty-six at the time he began chatting with a girl he believed to be fourteen-years-old. After a few minutes of talking, Cleary inquired about her dating h...
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May 19, 2025 • 44 mins
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May 12, 2025 • 39 mins
Hasan Hani Abu Halemeh is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. He is notable for having large amounts of child pornography on his phone when arrested. At the time of the sting, Halemeh had been living in Brandon, Florida. He is an immigrant from Jordan, but is currently a United States citizen and had been living in Florida for ten years. His wife still lived in Jordan at the tim...
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May 5, 2025 • 38 mins
Timothy Lee Wellman is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. Wellman had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fourteen-year-old girl. Immediately after learning of her age, Wellman asked for pictures of her. He told he decoy that as long as she was "cool" and he wasn't in danger from law enforcement, he was fine with her age. When the decoy told him that she was not a virgi...
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April 28, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode, Chris Hansen confronts Ryan Scott Howard, a 26-year-old caught in a sting operation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Known for his bizarre baseball cap fetish and inappropriate comments, Ryan chatted online with a decoy he believed was a 15-year-old boy. He arrived at the sting house in short shorts and flip flops, bringing lube but declining pizza. Concerned more about losing his job than the harm he intended, Ryan ...
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April 21, 2025 • 35 mins
Patrick Parr is a predator featured in the Murphy, Texas investigation. He is known for
his needy, revolting chat log, and for getting married halfway through chatting
to the decoy despite claiming to be a "one lady man." A thirty-three-year-old man, Patrick began
chatting with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a fourteen-year-old
girl. In his chat that spanned two months, he admitted to the girl that he has
seen To Catc...
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April 14, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode, Jeffrey David Morningstar, a former Florida
police sergeant, got caught and arrested in Genesee County, Michigan sting. As
part of an investigation by Chris and the Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team
(GHOST), the 60-year-old was apprehended for allegedly attempting to engage in
sexual activities with a 15-year-old. That is until Chris stepped in. Morningstar was arraigned on three felony charges including child ...
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April 7, 2025 • 42 mins
Sheriff Jason Ard has dedicated over 30 years to serving and protecting the people of Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Beginning his law enforcement career in 1993 as a corrections officer, he steadily rose through the ranks—serving as Patrol Officer, Detective, SWAT Commander, Training Officer, Chief of Operations, and ultimately Chief Criminal Deputy—before being elected Sheriff.
Throughout his career with the Livingston Parish Sher...
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March 31, 2025 • 37 mins
David Wesley Schumacher, Jr, otherwise known as freebird_72000, is a suspected predator that was caught in the Fort Myers,Florida sting. He is best known for his previous encounters with the law, acting like a "gangsta" and the staunch defence of his "role-playing chat room" escapades, to the point where he continued to defend his behavior on his own YouTube channel years later. As a result, he is one of the more infamous suspects ...
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March 24, 2025 • 39 mins
Vincent M. Ambrosio was a nineteen-year-old from Wappinger Falls, New York, caught in the Fairfield, Connecticut sting of Hansen vs. Predator. Unlike others, his episode never aired—deemed too grim. In 2019, Chris Hansen quietly released the raw footage as “premium content” on his YouTube channel.
Ambrosio had dropped out of high school, was unemployed, and living with his parents while caring for his ailing grandfather. Battling d...
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