Chasing Shadows
Show Description – Chasing Shadows Predators thrive in the shadows. Parents can’t protect what they don’t see. Chasing Shadows is a podcast hosted by Sean Lacy, a Digital Forensic Examiner and Special Investigator who has spent years uncovering crimes of online child exploitation. Drawing from real cases and frontline experience, Sean pulls back the curtain on how predators operate in digital spaces most parents have never even heard of.
Episodes
Shadow Debrief #3: The Amanda Todd Story
Shadow Debrief #3 – The Amanda Todd Story | The Face of SextortionWhen fifteen-year-old Amanda Todd trusted the wrong person online, she became the victim of one of the most public sextortion cases in history — a case that exposed how digit…
Episode 7 - Digital Blackmail: Inside the Sextortion Epidemic
Episode 7 - Digital Blackmail: Inside the Sextortion EpidemicSextortion has become the most widespread online crime targeting teenagers — and it’s growing fast.In this episode of Chasing Shadows, Investigator Sean Lacy exposes how predators…
Shadow Debrief #2: Cayce Savage- VR + Discord
When the virtual world becomes the next crime scene.Whistleblower Cayce Savage stepped forward with a warning: predators are moving into the worlds parents don’t yet understand — VR spaces, avatars, and private Discord servers.In this episo…
Episode 6- Discord: When the Conversation Leaves the Game
Episode 6 – Discord: When the Conversation Leaves the GameDiscord is one of the fastest-growing platforms in the world — a space where kids hang out, game, study, and connect. But behind the servers and voice chats, predators know how to ex…
Episode 5- Roblox: Building Worlds, Facing Risks
Episode 5- Roblox: Building Worlds, Facing RisksRoblox is one of the most popular games in the world, with over 70 million daily users—most of them children. Parents see it as creative and safe, but predators see it as an entry point.In thi…
Shadow Debrief #1: The Chatroom Admin
Shadow Debrief #1: The Chatroom AdminIn this Chasing Shadows: Shadow Debrief, Sean Lacy takes listeners inside a North Carolina case that exposes one of the most dangerous positions online — the chatroom administrator.Twenty-four-year-old N…
Episode 4 – Paltalk: Behind the Chat Rooms
Episode 4 – Paltalk: Behind the Chat RoomsMost parents have never heard of Paltalk. Predators have.In this episode of Chasing Shadows, Sean Lacy takes you inside one of the internet’s oldest chat platforms — a space where anonymity, video c…
Episode 3 - The Traveler
Episode 3 – The TravelerDescription:Some offenders don’t just hide behind a keyboard — they show up.Sam Smith was already a convicted sex offender when he entered an online chat room and began talking to who he thought were two 14-year-old …
Episode 2 – The Peer-to-Peer Predator
Description:Brad Roberts wasn’t caught in a dark alley — he was caught online. A repeat offender, he used a peer-to-peer program called Shareaza to download and trade child sexual abuse material. When his case went to trial, the jury handed…
Episode 1- The Major and the Manifesto
Episode 1 – The Major and the Manifesto: Grooming ExposedDescription:When a CyberTip leads investigators to the home of an Air Force major, the discovery isn’t just shocking — it’s a window into how predators think. Buried on one of his dev…
Episode 0 - Welcome to Chasing Shadows
Episode 0 – Welcome to Chasing ShadowsPredators thrive in the shadows. Parents can’t protect what they don’t see.In this introduction to Chasing Shadows, host Sean Lacy, a Digital Forensic Examiner and investigator, explains why he created …