With a suspect dead and the cameras rolling, Dateline and Chris Hansen had a much different result than their prior stings. The fallout would change the face of true crime TV, but the public’s thirst for takedown footage meant that the content, in whatever form, would just keep coming and coming and coming. This week’s episode is To Catch a Predator: The Death of Bill Conradt - Part 3.
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Hansen Previews New Sex Sting Episode; Explains Removing Previous Program, Interview with Jack Hall: https://www.radioresultsnetwork.com/2023/09/28/227624/
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Robert Pattinson Responds to Chris Hansen’s Criticisms of Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, Screen Daily: https://www.screendaily.com/news/robert-pattinson-responds-to-chris-hansens-criticisms-of-lance-oppenheims-primetime/5220062.article
The one where Chris Hansen recognizes the guy from the train, True Crime News: https://youtu.be/bI0N2EXYm_o?si=8E6d5HuQI8esPB2m
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To Catch a Predator Participants Reflect on Subject’s Suicide During Production: I’ve Blocked That Out, Entertainment Weekly (via AOL): https://www.aol.com/articles/catch-predator-participants-reflect-subjects-153000517.html
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What Happened to Bill Conradt? Rexamining the Controversial To Catch a Predator Sting That Ended in Suicide, People: https://people.com/what-happened-to-bill-conradt-12136640
