The Grooming Files

Tag: Predator Psychology

  • Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files About This ResearchSophie Lewis is a final-year BA (Hons) Social Sciences student specialising in criminology, forensic psychology, and counselling. This research is conducted independently with full informed consent protocols and trauma-informed methodology.…

    Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

  • The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial When I started The Grooming Files in March 2025, I thought I was starting a blog.In reality, I was building a weapon. It began with one mission, drag the early-internet grooming era into the…

    The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

  • Part 12: The Cyber Predator — When Distance Doesn’t Diminish the Damage

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’s never met her.Never touched her.Never left his room. But he knows her name, her school, her secrets, her fears.And he’s got the photos to prove it. This is the Cyber Predator — the…

    Part 12: The Cyber Predator — When Distance Doesn’t Diminish the Damage

  • Part 11: The Vindictive Offender — When Abuse Becomes Revenge

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t abuse because he lost control.He did it to hurt someone else. This is the Vindictive Offender — the predator who uses sexual abuse as a weapon of revenge, punishment, or emotional destruction.He…

    Part 11: The Vindictive Offender — When Abuse Becomes Revenge

  • Part 10: The Ideological Predator — When Abuse Is Framed as Belief

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He doesn’t hide in shame.He doesn’t spiral with guilt.He speaks with conviction. “Children can consent.”“It’s love, not abuse.”“The system’s wrong — not me.” This is the Ideological Predator — the most dangerous kind of…

    Part 10: The Ideological Predator — When Abuse Is Framed as Belief

  • Part 9: The Bystander-Predator — When Silence Protects the Abuser

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t touch anyone.He didn’t send the message.He didn’t commit the crime. But he saw the signs.He heard the disclosures.He knew what was happening. And he did nothing. This is the Bystander-Predator — the…

    Part 9: The Bystander-Predator — When Silence Protects the Abuser

  • Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’s not sneaking through back doors.He’s walking straight in with a lanyard and a DBS certificate. He’s a foster carer.A social worker.A teacher.A youth pastor.A residential home worker.A volunteer in “safeguarding.”A police officer leading…

    Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

  • Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’d never fantasised about children.He wasn’t a known predator.He didn’t plan anything in advance. But the child was there. Alone.The door was shut.Nobody was watching. And in that moment — he made a choice.…

    Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

  • Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He slid into your inbox — not to deny what he did, but to admit it.He said he was a danger to children.He asked if you’d publish his confession.He begged to be tracked, punished,…

    Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

  • Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He doesn’t act alone. He doesn’t have to. The Networker predator isn’t just abusing — he’s collaborating. Trading. Recruiting. Sharing techniques. He operates like a businessman, a trafficker, a strategist. And sometimes, like a…

    Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm

  • Part 4: The Fixated — When Obsession Replaces Reality

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He wasn’t confused. He was certain. Certain she wanted him. Certain they had a “connection.” Certain it was fate — even if she was 13, even if she blocked him, even if she said…

    Part 4: The Fixated — When Obsession Replaces Reality

  • Part 3: The Sadist — He Doesn’t Want Sex. He Wants to Watch You Break.

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t just hurt her.He recorded it.Watched it back.Sent it to others. And then he blamed her for bleeding. This is the Sadist — the predator who thrives not on pleasure, but on suffering.…

    Part 3: The Sadist — He Doesn’t Want Sex. He Wants to Watch You Break.

  • Part 2: The Groomer — The Predator Who Poses as Protection

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He messaged every day.He remembered her dog’s name.He waited three weeks before bringing up sex.He told her, “You can talk to me about anything — I’m not like the others.” He was lying. This…

    Part 2: The Groomer — The Predator Who Poses as Protection

  • Part 1: The Opportunist — Predators of Convenience, Not Conscience

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial It didn’t start with grooming. It started with a silence. She was asleep. He was nearby. Maybe he was a friend of the family, a boyfriend, a trusted co-worker, or even a stranger at…

    Part 1: The Opportunist — Predators of Convenience, Not Conscience

  • Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Voice That Stayed After the Predator Left They say abuse ends when the abuser leaves. But for many survivors of grooming, the exit is only the beginning. The real…

    Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip