Come on, man! I didn’t see the text!” Daryl Rudick is an alleged predator caught in a Blount County, Alabama investigation. Rudick began communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl. Before the decoy revealed her age, Rudick requested "just sex" in exchange for a $100 donation. When Rudick arrived to the sting house, he talked with the decoy about her Northern accent. He had her say the word "oil" to note the differences between her accent and his. They also talked about Ohio Sta...
Jan 26, 2026•32 min
Kentucky Attorney General Russel Coleman joins Chris Hansen on this episode of Have a Seat to discuss his recent lawsuit against the gaming platform Roblox. AG Coleman joins his colleagues in such states as Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee in the fight to make Roblox safe against on-line child predators. AG Coleman calls Roblox a playground for criminals to have access to kids and that could lead to grooming and child exploitation. He also provides valuable advice for parents when there’s zero m...
Jan 21, 2026•33 min
"Ah! Oh my god, you scared the crap outa' me!" Barrett's reaction to Chris coming out. Mark Barrett is a predator caught in the Blount County, Alabama investigation. He is mostly known for his large ears, muscular build, and passive aggressive attitude during his arrest and interview. Barrett was born in August of 1985. In a joint operation between the Blount County Sheriff's office and the Genesee County, Michigan G.H.O.S.T. Team, Barrett, under the alias of "Alex," had a sexually charged conve...
Jan 17, 2026•37 min
On this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris is joined by Jeffery Epstein victim and survivor Juliette Bryant. Bryant recounts, in disturbing detail, meeting Epstein and other high profile figures, what happened when he and his staff took her from South Africa to the U.S., and her time on both Epstein’s private Caribbean island and ranch in New Mexico. Bryant also shares rarely seen photos and reveals how life is for her today. Photo Credits https://x.com/JulietteBryant anniefarmer.co...
Jan 14, 2026•47 min
Feras Mahmoud Klisli is an alleged predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation. At the time of the sting, Klisli had been living in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Heba, and their adult disabled daughter. Klisli had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fourteen-year-old virgin girl. Described as "cryptic" by detectives, Klisli said in the chat that he wanted to kiss the girl all over her body and wanted sex. Klisli acknowledged the decoy's age at least five times, saying, "I h...
Jan 12, 2026•43 min
On this episode of Have a Seat, Chris Hansen is joined by the dynamic, passionate and polarizing lawman of Genesee County, Michigan, Sheriff Chris Swanson. Most recognized for dropping his riot gear and joining a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Flint, Sheriff Swanson and Hansen dive into the many projects and community efforts Sheriff Swanson has and is spearheading; from how G.H.O.S.T (the Genesee County Human Oppression Strike Team) was created to protect children and combat human trafficki...
Jan 07, 2026•51 min
Stosh Gizinski is a predator caught in a Genesee County, Michigan investigation. He is notable for claiming that he only came to the sting house to look for his long-lost missing sister. At the time of the sting, Gizinski had been living in Lapeer, Michigan. He had been working as a roofer and has had various licensing and business issues in the past. He also had two daughters that were fourteen and eighteen-years-old at the time of the sting. Gizinski claimed that his sister, Rachel, went missi...
Jan 05, 2026•34 min
It’s a diabolical and sickening case of a Chicago Public Schools dean who preyed upon an underaged student from 2013-2016 with constant grooming tactics, sexual assaults, and even impregnating her twice and forcing her to have abortions. But after living in fear for years, the victim recently came forward and a Cook County jury found Brian Crowder guilty of multiple counts of sexual assaults and sentenced him to 22 years behind bars. The victim, Jane Doe, was also awarded a $17.5 million dollar ...
Dec 31, 2025•33 min
Rhett Warner is a predator caught in a Genesee County, Michigan investigation. At the time of the sting, Warner lived in or near Saginaw, Michigan. Warner had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl while going by the names "John" and "Big John." Warner's conversation with the decoy went on for about a week before going to the sting house. The decoy told Warner that her stepfather and she liked to meet with men for her to have sex with while the stepfather watched. Warn...
Dec 29, 2025•29 min
*Warning: This episode contains talk of sexual situations and sexual assault that may be triggering for some. Viewer and listener discretion is advised. Haley Robson, victim and survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, has a seat with Chris Hansen for an emotional, raw and powerful conversation surrounding her experiences with Epstein and the recent release of the investigation files. Haley reveals to Chris how she was recruited and groomed by Epstein, how her and the other survivor-victims are uniting, her...
Dec 24, 2025•37 min
Jordan Gerald Henry is a predator caught in a Genesee County, Michigan investigation. At the time of the sting, Henry had been married for two years. He has a step-daughter who would turn four in February, 2025, and a daughter who was two-months-old (as of January, 2025). He worked as a welder. Henry had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl. In the chat log, Henry asked if he could ejaculate inside her. The decoy told him that she was on birth control but asked him t...
Dec 22, 2025•50 min
On this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris is joined by legendary country music artist John Rich talk his new song, The Righteous Hunter, and music video that tackles the epidemic of human trafficking. Having co-fronted the band Lonestar, and currently one-half of the country music duo Big and Rich, John Rich is using his voice and platform to raise awareness, advocate for education and call for change surrounding human trafficking. Watch The Righteous Hunter by John Rich on Youtube...
Dec 17, 2025•45 min
Brian Russell Jenkinson is an alleged predator caught in a Genesee County, Michigan investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. At the time of the sting, Jenkinson lived in Lapeer, Michigan. He worked in construction, building roads and working on asphalt. Jenkinson has three children. At the time, they were 22, 7, and 13 years of age. He was unable to see his thirteen-year-old daughter for unknown reasons. Jenkinson has an extensive criminal history, with arrests for Attempted Larceny, Attempt...
Dec 15, 2025•39 min
On this episode, Chris Hansen has a seat with Child USA Founder and CEO, Professor Marci Hamilton, a leading expert on clergy sex abuse and child sex abuse statutes of limitation. As author of Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children, Hamilton is at the forefront of crimes against children reform in the United States. Hansen and Hamilton dive into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, what the public can hope to learn when the full files are released and how we mus...
Dec 10, 2025•48 min
David Randolph Scott is an alleged predator that was caught in a Blount County, Alabama investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. At the time of the sting, Scott had been living in Adamsville, Alabama with his wife. He also had two children, one 35 and one 38. Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said that Scott did not have a criminal record. Scott worked as a Toyota car salesman but was described as being "semi-retired" at the time. Scott had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-y...
Dec 08, 2025•51 min
For this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris travels to Tallahassee, Florida for a candid and in-depth interview with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier regarding his offices recent criminal charges against the online gaming platform Roblox. Uthmeier provides insight into the investigation and how Roblox is choosing profit over protecting kids by allowing sexual predators to access, communicate and groom underaged children. According to the Office of the Florida Attorney General...
Dec 03, 2025•21 min
“My penis don't work right." John Blake Creamer is a predator that was caught in a Blount County, Alabama investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. He is notable for having shot himself in his penis. At the time of the sting, Creamer had been living in or near Hanceville, Alabama. Creamer had four children between two and eight years old from two different women. He worked as a brick mason. Creamer was once married but divorced because he found out his wife had been cheating on him for three ...
Dec 01, 2025•39 min
On this episode of Have a Seat, Chris Hansen is joined by former Philadelphia Prosecutor Guy D’Andrea who reviewed and consulted on the 2011 death of beloved teacher, Ellen Greenberg. Despite being stabbed over 20 times in the chest, neck and back of her head inside her own apartment, authorities have still ruled her death a suicide. Now the Co-Managing Partner at Laffey Bucci D’Andrea Reich& Ryan, D’Andrea and Hansen breakdown the evidence, or lack there of, that all signs point to homicide...
Nov 26, 2025•45 min
"I told them pacifically... that thank God... that y'all was the cops. Because I woulda been callin' the cops." ―One of John Hunter's nonsense statements. John Wesley Hunter is a predator caught in a Polk County, Florida investigation of Takedown with Chris Hansen. He is notable for his various excuses that make no sense. At the time of the sting, Hunter lived in Davenport, Florida and worked for Budget Auto Parts as a mechanic and a contractor for the Polk County Sheriff's Office to fix it's ca...
Nov 24, 2025•40 min
On this episode, Chris Hansen has a seat with famed defense attorney Mark Geragos to discuss the latest and headline grabbing cases everyone is talking about. Criminal defense attorney and managing partner of the law firm Geragos & Geragos, Mark Geragos solidified his place in mainstream media and high-profile criminal cases while representing notable clients such as Winona Ryder, Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, Chris Brown, Colin Kaepernick, the Menendez Brothers, and Jussie Smollett. Hans...
Nov 19, 2025•44 min
Nelson Louis — The Hotel Key Sting Chris breaks down the case of Nelson Louis, a Tampa man who showed up at a Polk County hotel after negotiating with someone he believed was a foster mother selling her fifteen-year-old daughter. Despite knowing the girl’s age and fearing a setup, Louis handed the decoy $100 in the lobby and accepted the key to the room—where deputies immediately arrested him. In the interview, Louis backpedals with confusion and shifting stories, but Chris cuts through every ex...
Nov 17, 2025•33 min
On this week’s Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, victim-turned advocate and YouTuber “Schlep” joins Chris to update him and viewers on his continued fight for increased security measures on the Roblox platform. Schlep reveals that he’s learned of more predators on the gaming platform, and that more victims have come forward to report criminal activity. The two also dive into Attorney Generals that are filing lawsuits against Roblox for crimes against children, that a high-ranking Roblox executive r...
Nov 12, 2025•34 min
Chris delves into the case of Matthew Klein, a 43-year-old caught attempting to meet underage boys online. Using his expertise, Chris explores the troubling excuses predators, like Klein, give, such as loneliness and personal struggles. The episode uncovers Klein’s dual life as a law firm receptionist and Uber driver, questioning his motivations and the potential harm he posed. Chris also discusses legal charges, including Klein’s failure to disclose HIV status, and reflects on the influences be...
Nov 10, 2025•46 min
On this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris is joined by Renée Williams, the CEO of the National Center for Victims of Crime, an organization dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime. The two discuss the importance of the Center’s work as well as with victims of high profile cases such as Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Cosby. Williams explains how to navigate the media in the wake of tragedy and the vital resources available to all victims through the Nat...
Nov 05, 2025•31 min
In this jaw-dropping episode of Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen, a Monroe, Michigan sting takes an unexpected twist when two predators from the same neighborhood arrive at the decoy house within hours of each other. One of them, 53-year-old Jerry Daniel Hetherington, stands out for all the wrong reasons. Claiming he was going to “make a glory hole” for himself and the decoy, Jerry’s bizarre story quickly unravels under Chris’ questioning. Nervous and fidgety, Jerry insists he was only th...
Nov 03, 2025•40 min
On this emotional, insightful and important episode, Chris Hansen has a seat with Joe Petito, father of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old content creator who was killed by her fiancé while traveling the country. Petito shares what happened during the days Gabby was missing, to getting the unimaginable call that her body had been found. But through the darkness of tragically losing Gabby, Petito, along with his wife Tara, and Gabby’s mother Nichole Schmidt and husband Jim Schmidt, have created the Ga...
Oct 29, 2025•1 hr
“That’s not my condom…they planted it on me!” Willie Merrill , a registered sex offender, was caught in a Polk County, Florida sting on Takedown with Chris Hansen . After chatting with a decoy posing as a mother offering her fifteen-year-old foster daughter for sex, Merrill suspected it might be a setup—but came anyway. Arrested in his car outside the hotel, he argued with officers, demanded a lawyer, and claimed he was being harassed. During his tense interview with Chris, Merrill’s defiance bo...
Oct 27, 2025•31 min
Chris Hansen continues his awareness and fight to keeping children safe on-line and has a seat with 30-year veteran cyber security expert Ben Gillenwater, AKA, The Family IT Guy. The two have an eye-opening discussion about what is really happening on platforms and games that are so-called ‘safe' for children, and vital tips for parents and adults on what they can do to protect children. Gillenwater explains how social media apps and games like Roblox are at the core, revenue generating platform...
Oct 22, 2025•56 min
“I can't keep doing this... or this will be my, this is just my life." Samuel Dennis “Sam” Zoellner, a repeat offender with a history of targeting underage girls, was caught in a Polk County, Florida sting featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen. Using the screen name “Jack_Loud,” the 26-year-old initiated contact with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl and drove to meet her. As he arrived, speaking with the decoy on the phone and circling the sting location, detectives moved in—surroundin...
Oct 20, 2025•38 min
On this weeks emotional episode, Chris Hansen has a seat with Stephen Federico, father of Logan Federico, a 22-year-old student from Waxhaw, North Carolina who was allegedly murdered by Alexander Dickey on May 23, 2025. Dickey, a habitual and repeat offender, with at least 39 arrests and 25 felonies on his record was free to walk the streets - the streets of Columbia, South Carolina where Logan was visiting friends when Dickey allegedly broke into her friends home and shot her in unprovoked cold...
Oct 15, 2025•34 min
