Documentary Series

Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator

lightbox logo

Category: Documentary Series

Director: Lottie Gammon

Executive Producers: Suzanne Lavery, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn

Series Producers: Joe John, Lydia Delmonte

Line Producer: Sam Tilyard

Editors: Tom Dixon-Spain, Jane Hodge

Broadcaster: Sky Docs

Distribution: Fifth Season

About

Based on the hit podcast, Verified, Bad Host tells the Tinder Swindler-esque story of how a group of remarkable young women, unbeknownst to each other, were all victims of a predator who lured them to stay with him using Couchsurfing, a website where travelers can find trustworthy hosts to put them up in their homes for free. Tracing each other through the internet, the young women united and battled for six years, often in the face of indifference in their home countries, to bring him to justice.

see all projects