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Have A Seat with Chris Hansen is here—an all-new platform from America’s most relentless crime fighter.

Every week, Hansen takes you back inside the stings that shocked the nation on Predators I’ve Caught—with never-before-heard details and new revelations.

Then, pull up a chair for Have A Seat with Chris Hansen, his weekly in-depth interview series where the biggest names in law enforcement, justice, and survival tell their stories.

Two shows. One mission. Have A Seat with Chris Hansen. Relentless. Uncompromising. Always watching.

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Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen

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 National Center for Victims of Crime. 

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WHAT EVERY VICTIM NEEDS TO KNOW: CHRIS HANSEN WITH RENÉE WILLIAMS | Have A Seat

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 there to “meet Travis,” a fourteen-year-old boy he’d contacted online. When Hansen presses him, Jerry panics and bolts—only to be violently tackled by the V.I.P.E.R. task force. What follows is a surreal mix of self-pity, back-pain complaints, and hollow apologies as Chris confronts the divorced father of two about his explicit chat logs and failed denials. It’s a classic example of the lengths predators will go to excuse the inexcusable—and the unrelenting calm with which Chris exposes the truth. 

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“Glory Hole Jerry”

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 Gabby Petito Foundation, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and educating first responders and law enforcement on domestic violence and missing persons cases. Just as Gabby touched the world, this episode will highlight the importance of mental health, how laws and protocols surrounding domestic violence calls are being changed, and how you can better talk to your family and children about domestic violence. 

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Joe Petito on Losing Gabby and Turning Grief Into Change | Have A Seat

“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 boiled over, forcing deputies to push him back into his chair.

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Willie Merrill

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 platforms that are designed to create engagement, or what he calls, addictions. Both Hansen & Gillenwater know your children are being targeted and attacked on-line, so what are you doing about it? Check out this latest episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen to find out how you can be more vigilant and pro-active in your child’s on-line activities. www.familyitguy.com

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KIDS AT RISK ONLINE: CHRIS HANSEN & CYBER EXPERT WARN PARENTS

“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—surrounding his vehicle and taking him into custody. Known for his striking appearance and disarmingly blunt honesty, Zoellner initially refused to speak, but Chris’s persistence led to a revealing and chilling interview inside the police trailer.

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Sam Zoellner

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 blood. Stephen, the heartbroken beyond comprehension father, has now made it his fight and mission to ensure such career criminals like Dickey should never be allowed outside of prison cells to harm innocent people, not only in South Carolina, but throughout the country. It’s an episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen that will leave you devastated at the loss of Logan Federico, but also outraged at a system that may be culpable in her tragic death. 

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Why Was Logan Federico’s Killer Free After 39 Arrests and 25 Felonies? | Have A Seat with Stephen Federico

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Adam Michael Duellman was caught in a Marquette County, Michigan investigation featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen. After contacting a decoy posing as a 15-year-old boy, Duellman’s chat quickly turned explicit, prompting Hansen’s team to rush to the sting house. With only hidden cameras in place, the crew captured Duellman arriving just minutes after leaving work—expecting to meet a teen, and instead coming face-to-face with Chris.

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Adam Duellman

On this special episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris brings you his very important and topical session from CrimeCon Denver surrounding the head-line grabbing and controversial gaming platform Roblox. Roblox is an on-line virtual universe played by millions around the world, but there are also dangerous people lurking behind avatars that are wanting to harm to your children. Hansen is joined by victim-turned advocate and YouTuber “Schlep”, attorney Steve Vanderporten and Marion County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Detective, Henrik Osthed. If you have kids, or know someone who plays this game, it’s an episode you need to listen to or watch to be educated on what is really happening on this gaming platform; the revelations will shock you! 

 

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Predators on Roblox? Chris Hansen Reveals the Truth Parents Need to Hear | Have A Seat...Live from CrimeCon

Joshua Ralph "Josh" Cummins was caught in a Polk County, Florida sting on Takedown with Chris Hansen. Known for his unsettling phone call and desire to play “the nervous game,” the 28-year-old began chatting online with a decoy posing as a 14-year-old girl. He soon escalated, obtaining her number and talking for nearly an hour. The following night, Josh texted that he was in her area, telling the decoy how to dress and showing up unannounced. She called his behavior “creepy.” Josh later admitted he was high and not thinking clearly, struggling even to find the trailer despite the decoy signaling him. Boasting of a supposed “romance,” he was
instead pulled over and aggressively ordered from his vehicle by police. When Chris confronted him, Josh—head hung low—called his actions “stupid” and denied ever chatting with a minor before.

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Joshua Cummins

Justin Taylor Smith was a 27 year old freelance post-production editor at Nickelodeon at the time he started chatting with "Carly", a girl he believed to be thirteen. He starts of by saying he is not a perv (something he would quickly disprove) and saying he would be interested in her if either he were younger or she were older. He expressed second thoughts about being attracted to the decoy, but proceeded to show off his webcam feed of him jerking off anyway to her and sent a plethora (50+ Links) of pornographic videos. He also floats the idea of being "friends with benefits" and having oral sex with each other on a regular basis. And like many of the other suspected predators caught in the stings, he tells the girl to delete her archives.
 His case would be a highlight of the many suspected predators caught due to his involvement with the children’s channel Nickelodeon.
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