Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator

Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator

152023•6.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

Docuseries telling the extraordinary story of a group of strangers who came together to take down a serial predator luring women to his apartment through Couchsurfing.com.

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Production

Lightbox Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 9, 2023

Last Aired

December 23, 2023

Networks

Sky Documentaries, Canal+ Docs

Created By

Lottie Gammon

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2023-12-09

A trip of a lifetime turns sour for three young women who stay with a stranger in Italy. Though they travel separately, they all wake up knowing something bad has happened.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2023-12-16

More women come forward to the police after being abused by the same man. One starts a secret Facebook group of survivors, and they begin masterminding how to bring him to justice.

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2023-12-23

As the predator is accused of raping a young girl, survivors across the world connect online. Let down by police, they return to Italy to face him in court.

Cast

Anna Ackerman

Anna Ackerman

Cecilia Anesi

Kate Jones

Alessia Cerantola

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