“But this isn’t something that can be rushed. “There’s a lot of shame and online vitriol floating around. Gallagher is aware that controversy with this project is unavoidable: There will be those who feel no compassion for men who apparently had sexual intentions with someone they believed to be a child.Īnd there may be others who feel Gallagher is giving too much of a platform for Nassr, perpetuating the notoriety of Creeper Hunter TV even after the removal of the site and its videos. Photo by Derek Ruttan / London Free Press Jason Nassr, the Windsor man behind Creeper Hunter TV, photographed in London, Ont. Gallagher is now in the process of conducting and recording multiple interviews with persons speaking on behalf of individuals who became Creeper Hunter “catches.” Gallagher said that man wasn’t the only one to commit suicide after being profiled on Creeper Hunter TV: “At least two suicides, and at least three or four more deaths that happened suddenly … deaths related to drug overdoses.”ĭocumentary maker Matt Gallagher is pictured Tuesday outside a vacant property in Windsor’s Walkerville area where he conducted interviews for his latest documentary. Their loved one committed suicide in May 2020, one week after a phone confrontation with Nassr. The London Free Press reported that family members of an unnamed 49-year-old London man attended every day of Nassr’s trial. ![]() However, the court was shown one of Nassr’s videos where he said to the camera: “I like entertaining people and I think it is entertaining to watch.”įor Gallagher, the shape of his project has changed as he has delved deeper into the impact of Creeper Hunter TV.Īlong with contacting Nassr, Gallagher reached out to families and friends of men who were subjects of Creeper Hunter videos. ![]() ![]() Photo by Dalson Chen / Windsor Starĭuring the trial, Nassr’s legal counsel stated that his purpose for the videos was “journalism and education” - to show the public how easily an adult could contact a vulnerable child for sex. He watches them, we talk about them, and I try to get a better understanding of where he was coming from, what he was trying to do.”ĭocumentary maker Matt Gallagher is shown in Windsor’s Walkerville area on July 11, 2023, in a vacant building where he conducted interviews for his latest project, an examination of the aftermath of Creeper Hunter TV. “In the studio space, we’ve been asking him to comment on some of the videos he’s made. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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