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Predator Files

Predator Files
2026•22m•15•Crime•Documentary•Reality
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Predator Files takes viewers onto the front lines of the fight to apprehend the world’s most dangerous online child predators. Led by Roo Powell, law-enforcement consultant, survivor advocate, and founder of SOSA (Safe From Online Sexual Abuse), the series documents high-stakes undercover operations conducted in direct partnership with ICAC task forces, vice units, and district attorneys across the United States.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime22m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 12, 2026

Episodes

Episode 1 - The BuyerE122m

The Buyer

On their first day in OKC, SOSA's undercover sting exposes online predators as decoys lure suspects into a motel meet, leading to a swift arrest.

Mar 12, 2026

Episode 2 - The ActorE222m

The Actor

SOSA tracks a manipulative predator who targets a 12-year- old decoy through explicit video calls, shifting personas to groom, threaten and disappear at will.

Mar 12, 2026

Episode 3 - The White KnightE322m

The White Knight

SOSA exposes how predators often disguise harmful intentions as concern and protection.

Mar 19, 2026

Episode 4 - The ApostleE422m

The Apostle

SOSA investigates a predator who cloaks his actions in religion and moral authority.

Mar 19, 2026

Episode 5 - The SwitcherE522m

The Switcher

The SOSA team makes a disturbing discovery: a predator they believed had already been caught and jailed has resurfaced online.

Mar 26, 2026

Episode 6 - The AddictE622m

The Addict

SOSA and law enforcement uncover a disturbing case involving a man whose escalating addiction has drawn him deep into a trafficking network.

Mar 26, 2026

Episode 7 - The ProfessorE722m

The Professor

The SOSA team closes in on an offender, only to face a sharper threat as evidence disappears and the hunt intensifies.

Apr 2, 2026

Episode 8 - The ScoutE822m

The Scout

SOSA teams up with Louisiana Vice in a double decoy operation, leading to an arrest as evidence exposes a suspect's false claims.

Apr 2, 2026

Episode 9 - The Triple ThreatE922m

The Triple Threat

Posing as a 16-year-old, Ariel Winter helps SOSA draw four male suspects to a motel where timing is critical as officers move in.

Apr 9, 2026

Episode 10 - The NudistE1022m

The Nudist

Two cases collide in Shreveport when a suspect called The Mentor raises alarms and SOSA scrambles to find The Nudist before he strikes again.

Apr 9, 2026

Episode 11 - The PhantomE1122m

The Phantom

As SOSA hunts The Mentor and The Phantom in an intense operation, a last minute message from The Graduate sends the case in a new direction.

Apr 16, 2026

Episode 12 - The Delivery Man Part 1E1222m

The Delivery Man Part 1

A pizza delivery driver becomes dangerously obsessed with decoy Siena, and SOSA race to respond when he uses photo data to pinpoint their safe house.

Apr 16, 2026

Episode 13 - The Delivery Man Part 2E1322m

The Delivery Man Part 2

Hold your breath as police close in on The Delivery Man, racing to secure a safe house before lies and danger spiral out of control.

Apr 23, 2026

Episode 14 - The PhotographerE1422m

The Photographer

See the sting unfold as SOSA targets a former teacher whose online obsession spirals toward a dangerous meet up at a skate park.

Apr 23, 2026

Episode 15 - The AgentE1522m

The Agent

A 15-year-old decoy is used to expose a trusted figure hiding a dangerous double life.

Apr 30, 2026

Episode 16 - The JohnE1622m

The John

A dangerous man is identified online and investigators use a decoy to expose his true intent.

Apr 30, 2026

Episode 17 - The GrandfatherE1722m

The Grandfather

A suspect uses a grandfatherly image to conceal his sinister intentions

May 7, 2026

Episode 18 - The ExhibitionistE1822m

The Exhibitionist

A decoy is employed to expose a suspect whose online behaviour escalates into dangerous intent

May 7, 2026

Actors

Roo Powell

Roo Powell

Head of SOSA

Ariel Winter

Ariel Winter

Decoy

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