by Investigator Sean Lacy
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.
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February 2, 2026
<p>Episode 15 - Inside the Mind of an Online Predator</p><p></p><p>When an arrest makes the news, we call them monsters.</p><p>But if we only see predators as monsters, we miss the warning signs hiding in plain sight.</p><p>In this episode of Chasing Shadows, investigator Sean Lacy takes listeners inside the psychology of online predators — not to excuse their behavior, but to understand how they think, how they justify their actions, and how they blend into everyday life.</p><p>Drawing from years of interviews, interrogations, and real cases, Sean explains why many offenders don’t look suspicious, don’t act impulsively, and often live seemingly normal lives while operating in secret online worlds.</p><p></p>
January 26, 2026
<p><strong>Episode 14- When Kids Become Offenders: The Collapse of the Line Between Victim and Criminal</strong></p><p>For decades, child exploitation cases followed a familiar pattern: adult offender, child victim.</p><p>That model is breaking down.</p><p>In this episode of Chasing Shadows, veteran investigator Sean Lacy exposes a disturbing new reality — one where children are no longer just being targeted online, but are being pulled into the machinery of exploitation itself.</p><p>Drawing from real investigations, Sean explains how normalized teen sexting, viral image sharing, and underground online marketplaces are turning victims into participants — sometimes without them even realizing it. He walks listeners through cases in which juveniles were found producing and distributing explicit images of themselves for money, revealing how modern technology has collapsed the line between victim and offender.</p><p></p>
January 19, 2026
<p><strong>he Grooming Playbook: How Predators Prepare Children Before Anyone Notices</strong></p><p>Every day, children receive new phones, tablets, and gaming systems — and most parents worry about screen time. Very few think about grooming.</p><p>But online exploitation rarely begins with sex. It begins with trust.</p><p>In this episode of Chasing Shadows, veteran investigator Sean Lacy breaks down the real grooming playbook used by online predators across every platform and app. Drawing from hundreds of investigations, Sean explains how offenders slowly build emotional control over children long before parents see any warning signs.</p><p></p>
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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.
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