# Lorne Armstrong - To Catch A Predator **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676 "2015-12-17T11:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/1 "2015-12-17T11:10:55Z")
I’m not sure where this thread belongs but since it’s tied in with a TV show, I’ll put it here. Does everyone recall To Catch A Predator? One of the men arrested on that show has developed a cult following, Lorne Armstrong (the one who cried “oh cawd” when the cameras came out). There are literally several hundred parody videos on YT about this guy, podcasts that air every few months, a website and forum, and apparently a book in the works. Here’s a video that kind of summarizes why this guy has such a following: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nBAsTdL248) Just googling his name turns up an outrageous amount of material. Curious, what does everyone thing of Lorne? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/2 "2015-12-17T12:01:34Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/3 "2015-12-17T17:04:55Z")
For what? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/4 "2015-12-17T17:20:29Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > For what? Joining to post a link that appears to be intended to drive youtube views, which looked like spam to me. He’s still here, and he has made one other post on an unrelated topic, so maybe I was wrong. If so, sorry, Lorne. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/5 "2015-12-17T17:25:01Z")
Wow. Dude is one sickfuck. I’d never heard of him, maybe I was better off. [Lots to see here.](http://churchofcawd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/6 "2015-12-17T17:33:44Z")
Was To Catch a Predator the show where they would intice the perp to come to a house, then, instead of the underage victim he expected, the host would appear and interview him? If so, what was the motivation for the guy so sit down and talk to the host? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/7 "2015-12-17T17:37:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wow. Dude is one sickfuck. I’d never heard of him, maybe I was better off. > > [Lots to see here.](http://churchofcawd.com/) I shouldn’t click on that at work, should I? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/8 "2015-12-17T17:39:54Z")
They have the transcript of his conversation with the “underage bait”. Guy was/is a moron ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/9 "2015-12-18T10:18:52Z")
Yeah, I’m not clicking a link to a video when it’s a first timer who seems to be promoting a single topic. If you want to make a case for why the guy has a following, make it in words. ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/10 "2015-12-18T11:31:15Z")
Sorry, guys. I didn’t sign in just to get more views. I’ve been lurking for years. I wanted to get opinions of the real Lorne Armstrong because I discovered the TCAP program and am amazed at this guy’s story and the following he has. His backstory is so pathetic and hilarious that it’s almost too much to believe. In short: 37-year-old man finds 13-year-old girl in chat room, talks about only sex, exposes himself repeatedly, calls his genitals “Mr. Penis,” claims he’s in love with the teen, gets caught on national TV, starts crying like a baby, gets arrested. There’s just too much comedy to believe. He used the word “penis” 270 times in his chats. He asked her questions like “Do you love my penis more or my balls more?” Walked around his apartment naked in front of his webcam - except for a hat which covered up his baldness. The stupidity is epic. I think there’s now several hundred parody videos of the guy, some of them are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/11 "2015-12-18T12:16:59Z")
> [@Lorne\_Armstrong](#): > > 37-year-old man finds 13-year-old girl in chat room I admit I’m a Lornology dilettante, but wasn’t it that he _thought_ he found a 13 year-old girl, when he’d actually found an adult posing as one? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/12 "2015-12-18T13:39:04Z")
Welcome to SDMB. Your namesake does seem like the saddest specimen to emerge from that show. Are you sure that’s a name you want to be associated with around here? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/13 "2015-12-18T19:17:24Z")
I’m not 100% sure the OP’s not using his real name. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/14 "2015-12-19T01:50:06Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Welcome to SDMB. Your namesake does seem like the saddest specimen to emerge from that show. Are you sure that’s a name you want to be associated with around here? 🙂 I know. But it’s too late now. ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/15 "2015-12-19T01:51:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I admit I’m a Lornology dilettante, but wasn’t it that he _thought_ he found a 13 year-old girl, when he’d actually found an adult posing as one? Technically, yes. But it turns out he was also chatting with at least two other adults posing as underage girls. I think it’s safe to assume that his preference is for 13-year-olds. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/16 "2015-12-19T02:27:35Z")
How amusing could it be to be a lornologist? There’s no one else? What a depressing preoccupation. Plus he’s paying for his crimes I have to assume. He’s on the registry. This show and these people are all giving predators a sympathetic name. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/17 "2015-12-19T08:24:38Z")
Yeah, why would anyone have the name of a pedophile be their screen name? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/18 "2015-12-19T08:26:26Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Yeah, why would anyone have the name of a pedophile be their screen name? Because Lance was the only other choice? And oddly enough, he was a pedalphile. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/19 "2015-12-19T08:53:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Because Lance was the only other choice? > And oddly enough, he was a pedalphile. Ugg, that was almost Lorny. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676/20 "2015-12-19T09:03:24Z")
> [@Lorne\_Armstrong](#): > > I know. But it’s too late now. It’s not too late to PM a mod and ask for a name change. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676.md?page=2)