Eric explains how confronting bodybuilders with scales and tape measures sparked threats, bans, and viral moments—just for asking honest questions in public. 

In one of the most outrageous stories from her catching career, Courtney ElizXbeth recalls a sting that went completely off the rails—not because of the predator, but because of the cop who showed up.

Eric and Tanner explain why motel predator stings became a logistical nightmare—constant shutdowns, lost money, and zero control over the environment forced them to abandon the idea.

We go back to the jobs we had before Trilogy Media — the weird ones, the soul-crushing ones, and the ones that made us realize we had to do something different.

What started as a standard scam investigation took a sharp turn when they uncovered the subject’s disturbing views on race, despite sending money to a Nigerian scammer.

Ashton finds an old email from 2013 with Art’s original web series pitch. We break down the bizarre brilliance of this never-released project and Art’s early life trying to survive in LA with hand sanitizer and a shoeshine kit. Get ready for broken English, bold dreams, and a lot of nostalgia.

Raja Deka recounts his unlikely journey from disinterest in school to earning a degree in computer science, getting a job offer from NASA, and eventually following his passion for performing.

Art and Ashton open up about their early YouTube journey — from collaborating with massive creators like Kitboga to spending every dime they had chasing exposure. They reflect on the painful truth that fame can’t be bought, collabs don’t guarantee growth, and the only real path to success is pers...

Before Jim Browning became a regular collaborator, he had to figure out if we were the real deal—or just two clowns with cameras.

Kevin Ashton breaks down what most people never consider about working as a chef in a sorority house: food allergies turn every meal into a high-stakes operation.

Long before Trilogy Media, before Predator stings and scam-busting… Art was just a hopeful Belarusian actor with a dream and a demo DVD. The team cracks open Art’s original acting materials, including a 2009 demo reel, cringe pilot ideas, and budget pitches that make HBO look cheap.

We share our worst job experiences — including a single shift at a Louisiana restaurant that ended in a panic-text and a ghosted boss, a bottling plant job that left hands bleeding, and a near-miss career as a casino dealer that was thankfully intercepted.

Kevin Ashton — now known to millions as TikTok’s @oldscoolkevmo — opens up about his long history with Ashton, going all the way back to Reno when Ashton was 15 and performing magic in Kevin’s parents’ restaurant. The two met in a magic club full of older magicians, bonded instantly, rehearsed en...

Kevin explains why authenticity beat trends, gimmicks, and copying what everyone else was doing.

Jim Browning joins us to finally reflect—publicly—for the first time, on the chaotic and dangerous India glitterbomb mission we pulled off with him and Mark Rober.

Former FBI operative Eric O’Neill breaks down which spy movies are surprisingly accurate, which ones are total fantasy, and what Hollywood always gets wrong about real intelligence work.

In this clip, Eric Kanevsky and Tanner break down the insane origin story behind Scaling Up Catches — a journey that started with bold, borderline-reckless viral pranks and evolved into taking down actual predators. Eric explains how a Russian-gangster character and a one-off collab with Alex Ros...

A cringy, comedic deep-dive into the earliest days of Art’s creative brain—before Trilogy Media existed.

Our very first collab with Omma was supposed to be a straightforward predator catch. It turned into an all-out motel brawl.

Ashton and Raja recall the time they literally tried to sneak into a casting office by pretending to deliver a pizza…with a headshot taped under the lid. Yes, really. Raja even wore a fake Domino’s uniform. It’s cringey. It’s hilarious. And it’s the exact kind of story that explains how far we we...

Courtney ElizXbeth opens up about the dark side of being a creator—dealing with daily hate comments, body shaming, and how trolls try to tear her down. But instead of quitting, she’s using it as fuel to keep going. In this raw and real conversation, she shares her mindset, the power of not giving...

From a predator’s girlfriend trying to defend his actions at a public car show, to an entire household that let them film inside like it was nothing, Skeeter shares some of the most jaw-dropping sting stories we’ve ever heard.

Eric O’Neill explains how undercover operatives are trained to lie convincingly, why you must believe your own story, and what polygraph tests are actually measuring.

Retired NYPD officer Mike Duffy takes us through the real history of drugs in New York City — from the harmless image of 60s hippies to the crack epidemic that completely devastated the city in the 80s.