Serial Killer Documentary List


Serial Killer Documentary List (Free, full-length, serial killer documentaries)

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  • Bodies at the Beach: The Search for a Serial Killer (2012)Bodies at the Beach: The Search for a Serial Killer (2012)
    The Long Island Serial Killer (also referred to by media sources as the “Gilgo Killer”) is an unidentified suspected serial killer who is believed to have murdered 10 to 14 people associated with the sex trade over the last 15 or so years and dumped their bodies along the Ocean Parkway, near the remote beach …
  • Serial Killers (2013)Serial Killers (2013)
    Since the 1970’s the United States has produced over 1,000 serial killers… The documentary series, ‘America’s Book of Secrets’ takes a closer look at this mostly-American phenomenon… the cases of: Christpher Dorner, Anthony Sowell, the Long Island Serial Killer, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, Donald Harvey, John Wayne Gacy, and Lonnie David Franklin Jr …
  • The BTK Killer Speaks (2005)The BTK Killer Speaks (2005)
    ‘A&E Documentary Special: The BTK Killer Speaks’ looks into the recently (2004) solved case of the BTK Killer through the use of Dennis Rader’s own court testimony describing his grizzly actions …
  • Serial Killer on Camera (2008)Serial Killer on Camera (2008)
    On January 1, 1993, Colin Ireland made a New Years resolution to become a serial killer… 3 months later he had brutally murdered 5 men… Brilliant episode of the UK documentary crime series ‘Real Crime’ that investigates this horrific case through the words of the killer himself…
  • Killer Profile: Speed Freak Killers Shermantine and Herzog (2013)Killer Profile: Speed Freak Killers Shermantine and Herzog (2013)
    Shermantine and Herzog, a.k.a, the ‘Speed Freak Killers’ were childhood best friends whose love of hunting would eventually lead to a passion for ‘hunting people’… it’s believed that this lethal pair of speed freaks may be responsible for the deaths of as many as 20 people…
  • Deadly Desires (2006)Deadly Desires (2006)
    … in this episode of “Most Evil”… Dr. Michael Stone, the creator of a psychological scale that measures the degree of pure evil in certain notorious criminals, profiles the horrific crimes and psychological motives of : Jerry Brudos, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Parker Ray and Westley Allan Dodd …
  • Cropsey (2009)Cropsey (2009)
    The legend of the local ‘boogeyman’ has fascinated and terrified children throughout the world for centuries on end… ‘Cropsey’ takes that ‘power of the urban legend’ and creates, arguably one of the most intriguing investigative-crime documentaries ever made in the ‘serial killer’ genre…
  • Gary Ridgeway – Born to Kill? (2012)Gary Ridgeway - Born to Kill? (2012)
    Gary Leon Ridgway is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer, convicted of 49 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number… but was he ‘Born to Kill?’…
  • Richard Ramirez – Born To Kill? (2011)Richard Ramirez - Born To Kill? (2011)
    Richard Ramirez, aka ‘The Night Stalker’ terrorized California residents in the 1980’s with a series of senseless, random acts of late-night home invasions, sexual assaults and murder…
  • The Pig Farm (2011)The Pig Farm (2011)
    Robert ‘Willie’ Pickton, also known as ‘The Pig Farm Killer’ is suspected to be the worst serial killer in Canadian history… Although prosecuted and sentenced to life in prison for the murders of 6 women, Pickton claims to have brutally slaughtered as many as 49 prostitutes at his ‘pig farm’ in Port Coquitlam, British …
  • Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death (2009)Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death (2009)
    The BBC’s terrific ‘Crimes that Shook the World’ documentary series takes a look at the case of America’s most notorious female serial killer – Aileen Wuornos , AKA.. ‘The Angel of Death’…
  • Biography: John Wayne Gacy (1999)Biography: John Wayne Gacy (1999)
    A municipal politician, a children’s party clown, an ambitious entrepreneur, a self-proclaimed family man–these were the roles played by John Wayne Gacy to mask the fact that he was a serial killer who murdered 33 boys and young men and buried their bodies in the crawlspace of his home.
  • Murder: No Apparent Motive (1984)Murder: No Apparent Motive (1984)
    Brilliant 1994 documentary that follows noted French crime researcher Stéphane Bourgoin as he travels around US to interview noted serial killers Edmund Kemper, Gerard John Schaefer & Rod Ferrell …
  • Lair of a Sadist (2009)Lair of a Sadist (2009)
    Terrific episode of Investigation Discovery’s ‘I Escaped Death’ documentary series that tells the harrowing 1st person account of Cynthia Vigil – one of the few survivors of sadistic serial rapist and suspected serial killer David Parker Ray and his ‘ToyBox’ chamber of horrors…
  • The Poughkeepsie Killer (2012)The Poughkeepsie Killer (2012)
    Kendall Francois, a.k.a “The Poughkeepsie Killer” is an American serial killer who is currently serving life in prison for killing eight women and burying/hiding their remains in and around his N.Y home….
  • Serial Killer: An Interview With Arthur Shawcross (2011)Serial Killer: An Interview With Arthur Shawcross (2011)
    Fascinating look back at the horrific crimes of Artur Shawcross as told through the dark, cold, matter-of-fact recollections of the killer himself..
  • The Beast of Ukraine (2007)The Beast of Ukraine (2007)
    Anatoly Onoprienko, a.k.a ‘The Beast of Ukraine’ is the most prolific serial killer in the history of the Ukraine… a cold-hearted, ruthless killer, Onoprienko confessed to the murders of 52 people over a 6-year period…
  • Death Diploma (1987)Death Diploma (1987)
    Interesting documentary on some notorious US murderers of the 1970’s… Examines the cases of Charles Manson and his family, Kenneth Bianchi “The Hillside Strangler”, Henry Lee Lucas, and Otis Toole…
  • Ryan: The Singing Serial Killer (2012)Ryan: The Singing Serial Killer (2012)
    Very Idam Henyansyah, also known as ‘The Butcher of Jombang’ or ‘The Smiling Serial Killer’ is one of the most brutal serial killers in the history of Indonesia..
  • A Serial Killer Calls (2005)A Serial Killer Calls (2005)
    An incredible episode of A&E’s ‘The First 48’ in which the Kansas City detectives being featured find themselves on the bloody trail of a serial killer of ‘Prospect Avenue’ prostitutes…. to complicate things even further and heighten the already palpable drama, the killer begins to call the police taunting them with information of more bodies …
  • Myra: The Making of a Monster (2003)Myra: The Making of a Monster (2003)
    Until her prison death in 2002, Myra Hindley was recognized as ‘the most hated woman in Britain’. The public hatred towards her was so intense, that after she was arrested w/ boyfriend Ian Brady’s in 1966, for the murders & rapes of 5 children, the name ‘Myra’ almost disappeared from UK society.
  • Dennis Nilsen: Born To Kill? (2005)Dennis Nilsen: Born To Kill? (2005)
    Dennis Andrew Nilsen (born 23 November 1945) is a serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the Muswell Hill Murderer and the Kindly Killer, who committed the murders of 15 young men in London, England, between 1978 and 1983.
  • Deranged Killers: DC Sniper (2009)Deranged Killers: DC Sniper (2009)
    In the autumn of 2002, a ruthless killer stalked the suburbs of Washington, DC… people were murdered at random and then the killer would vanish without a trace…
  • The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
    Brilliant ITV1 documentary that takes a thorough look at the case of Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. The Yorkshire Ripper, a British serial killer, who between 1975-81, murdered 13 women & attempted to murder 7 more.. Sutcliffe would later claim that he heard ‘The Voice of God’ commanding him to kill prostitutes..
  • Profile of a Serial Killer (1994)Profile of a Serial Killer (1994)
    Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer whose gruesome crimes shocked the world when on July 22, 1991, Milwaukee police discovered the remains of some of his victims still in his apartment… Dahmer later confessed to and was convicted of the murder of 17 young men and boys…
  • Killer Profile: The Bayou Strangler Ronald Dominique (2013)Killer Profile: The Bayou Strangler Ronald Dominique (2013)
    Ronald Dominique. a.k.a, The Bayou strangler is an American serial killer who targeted gay Louisiana men that he thought would be willing to have sex for money.. His reason for murdering these men, he says, was to avoid prison for raping these men… he is currently serving a life-sentence at the Louisiana State …
  • The Casanova Killer (2001)The Casanova Killer (2001)
    Terrific episode of ‘The FBI Files’ that examines the case of American serial killer, Glen Edward Rogers, also known as “The Cross Country Killer” or “The Casanova Killer,” who was convicted of a series of murders and arsons throughout the United States that began in 1995…
  • The Kindly Killer (2009)The Kindly Killer (2009)
    … a routine inspection of a blocked drain proves to be anything but routine when the obstruction is discovered to be human tissue… the only place where the remains could of come from is the attic flat of 23 Cranley Gardens who’s sole resident is 37 year old Dennis Nilsen…
  • House of Horrors (2012)House of Horrors (2012)
    … fascinating documentary that tells the horrific story of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a.k.a ‘The Killer Clown’ through the eyes of those who thought they knew him best – his sister and his daughter….
  • His Name Is Evil: Levi Bellfield (2012)His Name Is Evil: Levi Bellfield (2012)
    Levi Bellfield is a British serial killer that was convicted in 2008 of murdering Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy… in 2011, Bellfield was also found guilty of the murder of Milly Dowler……
  • Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993)Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993)
    Nick Bloomfield’s brilliant documentary ‘Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer’ chronicles Bloomfields’ attempt to interview America’s most notorious female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos …
  • The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
    … blends dramatizations of Jeffrey Dahmer’s day to day life with archival news footage and exclusive interviews w/ the lead detective on the case; the state coroner at the time and one of Dahmer’s neighbours to tell the harrowing tale of one of America’s most notorious serial killers…
  • Natural Porn Killer (2006)Natural Porn Killer (2006)
    … Fascinating documentary by Sascha Olofson that examines the startling death-row interview claims of American serial killer Ted Bundy that ‘violent pornography’ were a major factor in his horrible crimes…
  • Kenneth McDuff: Free to Murder Again (2000)Kenneth McDuff: Free to Murder Again (2000)
    Kenneth Allen McDuff, also known as the “Broomstick Killer” is an American sexual predator and serial killer that is the only person in US history to be sentenced to death row, pardoned and set free and then sent back to death row after he killed again…
  • The Monster of the Andes (2005)The Monster of the Andes (2005)
    Pedro Alonso López, aka, ‘The Monster of the Andes’ is one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history… the peasant son of a Columbian prostitute Lopez has been convicted of the rape and murder of over 100 little girls from various mountain regions and villages of South America… Alonso claims that …
  • Garavito: The World’s Worst Serial Killer (2012)Garavito: The World's Worst Serial Killer (2012)
    Fascinating Discovery channel documentary on how Colombian investigators tracked down serial killer Luis Alfredo Garavito who admitted to 147 rapes and murders of young boys but according to local officials, the actual number could easily exceed that …
  • Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2001)Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2001)
    This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional movie character Hannibal Lecter.
  • Karla Homolka (1997)Karla Homolka (1997)
    One of the most infamous serial killers in Canadian history, Karla Homolka along with her serial rapist husband, Paul Bernardo, brutally raped & murdered 3 young girls (including her 15 year old sister Tammie) in the 1990’s, …
  • The Haircut Killer: Danilo Restivo (2012)The Haircut Killer: Danilo Restivo (2012)
    Danilo Restivo, also known as ‘The Haircut Killer’, is an Italian man serving a life term sentence in Britain for the 2002 murder of Heather Barnett in Bournemouth, England… he was subsequently implicated in at least 2 other murders…
  • The Night Caller: Eric Edgar Cooke (2008)The Night Caller: Eric Edgar Cooke (2008)
    … Eric Edgar Cooke nicknamed ‘The Night Caller’ was an Australian serial killer who from 1958 to 1963 terrorized the city of Perth, Western Australia by committing 22 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths….
  • Bazaar Bizarre (2004)Bazaar Bizarre (2004)
    Appropriately named, ‘Bazaar Bizarre’ is a fascinating documentary by Benjamin Meade that examines the truly bizarre life and crimes of American serial killer Robert “Bob” Berdella , also knows as ‘ The Kansas City Butcher’ who raped, tortured and killed at least six men between 1984 and 1987.
  • Killing Spree (2004)Killing Spree (2004)
    Terrific episode of ‘Forensic Factor’ that examines the 5-day horrific murderous spree of Danny Rolling, a.k.a. “The Gainesville Ripper” and how forensic science helped track down and eventually prosecute this violent offender…
  • The Phoenix Strangler (2006)The Phoenix Strangler (2006)
    … Sipho Thwala is a South African rapist and serial killer who was convicted in 1999 for the murders of 16 women… He was sentenced to 506 years in prison. Thwala was known by the moniker “The Phoenix Strangler”….
  • The Ken & Barbie Killers (2007)The Ken & Barbie Killers (2007)
    A serial rapist strikes in the suburbs outside Toronto, Canada… years later a serial killer brutally targets young girls in another Canadian town… the bloody trail leads police to a pair of unlikely suspects – a young beautiful, married couple…
  • Serial Killer Groupie Sondra London (2000)Serial Killer Groupie Sondra London (2000)
    Sondra London is an American true crime author who has been dubbed the “Queen of Serial Killer Groupies”… this documentary is an episode of director Errol Morris’, ‘First Person’ television series centered on Sondra London which originally aired in 2000 …
  • The Killer Clown (2012)The Killer Clown (2012)
    Terrific BBC documentary that takes a look back at the bizarre double-life and horrific crimes of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, AKA, ‘The Killer Clown’, who was accused of murdering 33 young boys and burying them in the crawl-space under his suburban Illinois home…
  • Serial Killers (1994)Serial Killers (1994)
    Brilliant 1994 documentary that follows noted French crime researcher Stéphane Bourgoin as he travels around US to interview noted serial killers Edmund Kemper, Gerard John Schaefer & Rod Ferrell…
  • Killer Trials: The Ken And Barbie Killers (2012)Killer Trials: The Ken And Barbie Killers (2012)
    ‘Killer Trials: Judgement Day’ examines the horrific crimes and eventual court trial of Canadian serial killer couple Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, aka, ‘The Ken and Barbie Killers’……
  • The Hunt for the Red Ripper (1994)The Hunt for the Red Ripper (1994)
    Fascinating documentary by A&E’s ‘Investigative Reports’ that goes behind-the-scenes at the trial of Andrei Chikatilo, a.k.a ‘The Butcher of Rostov’, ‘The Red Ripper’, and ‘The Rostov Ripper’ to examine the murderous crime-spree of Russia’s worst serial killer…
  • Paul Bernardo Interview (2007)Paul Bernardo Interview (2007)
    In June of 2007, the Toronto Police Services Sex Crimes Unit, trying to gain information on the disappearance of Elizabeth Bain, sit down with serial rapist and murderer Paul Bernardo at Kingston Penitentiary to see if the ‘Scarborough Rapist’ can shed some light on the case…
  • Myra: The Making of a Monster (2003)Myra: The Making of a Monster (2003)
    Until her prison death in 2002, Myra Hindley was recognized as ‘the most hated woman in Britain’. The public hatred towards her was so intense, that after she was arrested w/ boyfriend Ian Brady’s in 1966, for the murders & rapes of 5 children, the name ‘Myra’ almost disappeared from UK society.
  • BTK Confessions (2004)BTK Confessions (2004)
    Sometimes in the American legal system as part of a ‘plea deal’, the prosecutor or judge might demand that the convicted felon confess all his crimes in front of the judge and jury … on June 27, 2004, Dennis Rader, aka, ‘The BTK Killer’ rose in front of a Wichita court and with a chilling …
  • Killer in the County (1999)Killer in the County (1999)
    A&E’s ‘Cold Case Files’ looks back at the story of Faryion E. Wardrip, an American serial killer who terrorized the small town of Wichita Falls, Texas, in the 1980’s… when all the counting was done, Wardrip would claim 5 young women as his victims …
  • Fred And Rose: The West Murders (2001)Fred And Rose: The West Murders (2001)
    After the severed corpse of his missing teenage daughter Heather was discovered buried in the garden of his Gloucester home, Fred West began to slowly confess to a series of horrendous murders… police would eventually dig up the bodies of nine young women from the home of builder Fred West and his partner-in-crime prostitute wife …
  • Dr. Death (2008)Dr. Death (2008)
    Dr Harold Fredrick Shipman, a.k.a ‘Dr. Death’, is a British General Practitioner, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering 215 of his patients by lethal injection of the drug diamorphine, over a 25 year period…
  • Monster of The Miramichi (2005)Monster of The Miramichi (2005)
    Allan Legere, a.k.a ‘Monster of The Miramichi’ is a Canadian serial killer and arsonist, convicted of the deaths of 5 people in the late 1980’s…. while serving time in jail for one murder, Legere escaped from prison and went on an 8 month crime spree which took the lives of 4 more people…
  • Carl Panzram – The Spirit of Hatred and Revenge (2011)Carl Panzram - The Spirit of Hatred and Revenge (2011)
    Carl Panzram’s self-professed motto was: “Rob them all… Rape them all… Kill them all”… and he certainly tried… Before he was finally captured, Panzram had committed 22 murders and 1000’s of robberies and rapes..
  • Serial Killers On The Loose (2008)Serial Killers On The Loose (2008)
    A serial killer is someone who murders more than one person with a ‘grace’ or ‘cooling off’ period in between… usually after 3 murders, a person is deemed to be a ‘serial killer’… fascinating documentary about ‘serial killers’… featuring harrowing interviews with survivors of some serial killers who are still operating today…
  • The Devil You Know (2012)The Devil You Know (2012)
    Anthony Sowell, also known as ‘The Cleveland Strangler’ is an American serial killer that was convicted of murdering 11 women and hiding their remains inside and outside his duplex in Cleveland, Ohio..
  • Hunting The Zodiac (2007)Hunting The Zodiac (2007)
    ‘Hunting The Zodiac ‘ is a fascinating look at the team of ‘armchair investigators’ that have taken it upon themselves to continue investigating the 40 year old cold-case murders attributed to the Zodiak Killer …
  • Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death (2009)Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death (2009)
    The BBC’s terrific ‘Crimes that Shook the World’ documentary series takes a look at the case of America’s most notorious female serial killer – Aileen Wuornos , AKA.. ‘The Angel of Death’…
  • His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen (2007)His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen (2007)
    Arthur Leigh Allen is widely considered as the prime suspect behind the still unsolved ‘Zodiak’ killings of the late 70’s in Southern, California… in this documentary, Allen’s friends and acquaintances speak about the man and why they consider him to be the prime candidate…
  • Sign of the Zodiac (2003)Sign of the Zodiac (2003)
    In the early 1990’s, a serial killer claiming to be ‘The Zodiak Killer’, was hunting people in N.Y city… Terrific episode of Forensic Files that details how science was used to debunk those claims and eventually capture him before he struck again..
  • His Name Is Evil: Levi Bellfield (2012)His Name Is Evil: Levi Bellfield (2012)
    Levi Bellfield is a British serial killer that was convicted in 2008 of murdering Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy… in 2011, Bellfield was also found guilty of the murder of Milly Dowler……
  • Dealing with the Devil (2001)Dealing with the Devil (2001)
    In 1979, after testifying about a federal prison slaying in Atlanta, Marion “Mad Dog” Pruett, was given $800, a new name (Charles “Sonny” Pearson), and placed in the US Federal Witness Protection Program. With his new identity in tow, Pruett went on a 2 year crime spree that took the lives of 5 innocent …
  • The Tool Box Killer (2021)The Tool Box Killer (2021)
    The Toy Box Killer is a terrific full-length documentary, produced by Mike Mathis Productions, that tells the disturbing story of Lawrence Bittaker, a.k.a the ‘Tool Box Killer’
  • Mind Hunters (1998)Mind Hunters (1998)
    … examines the modern investigative field of ‘psychological profiling’… features the work of renown ‘criminal profilers’, Robert Ressler & Robert Hazelwood and how their ‘psychological profiles’ helped track the violent crime sprees of Richard Chase (The Vampire Killer), Mike DeBardeleben, (The Mall Passer) and John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown) …
  • The Scorecard Killer (2014)The Scorecard Killer (2014)
    This episode of ‘Killers: Behind the Myth’ deals with Randy Kraft, a.k.a the “Scorecard Killer”, the American serial killer that raped, tortured, mutilated and murdered over 16 men in Southern California between 1972-1983 .. he’s currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison.
  • Murder Hotel (2005)Murder Hotel (2005)
    Fascinating documentary on America’s first known serial killer, the psychotic Illinois doctor, Herman Webster Mudgett, aka, H.H Holmes who built his own ‘murder hotel’, specifically with murder in mind, complete with secret packages, sliding chutes a cellar morgue …. While Holmes would confess to 27 murders, of which four were confirmed, the actual body count …
  • Mystery Quest: San Francisco Slaughter (2009)Mystery Quest: San Francisco Slaughter (2009)
    For years a mysterious serial killer terrorized residents of the Bay Area… ‘Mystery Quest’ looks back at the 40 year cold-case with new information and modern scientific methods in hopes of revealing the true identity of ‘The Zodiak Killer’…
  • Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004)Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004)
    Terrific documentary-short by Michelle Palmer, that tells the horrific story of 1950’s American serial killer, Ed Gein – the man whose bizarre life and sadistic crimes would shock the nation and inspire the film characters Norman Bates in “Psycho” and Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs”…
  • Cropsey (2009)Cropsey (2009)
    The legend of the local ‘boogeyman’ has fascinated and terrified children throughout the world for centuries on end… ‘Cropsey’ takes that ‘power of the urban legend’ and creates, arguably one of the most intriguing investigative-crime documentaries ever made in the ‘serial killer’ genre…
  • Bazaar Bizarre (2004)Bazaar Bizarre (2004)
    Appropriately named, ‘Bazaar Bizarre’ is a fascinating documentary by Benjamin Meade that examines the truly bizarre life and crimes of American serial killer Robert “Bob” Berdella , also knows as ‘ The Kansas City Butcher’ who raped, tortured and killed at least six men between 1984 and 1987.
  • Edmund Kemper: Born to Kill? (2012)Edmund Kemper: Born to Kill? (2012)
    Edmund Kemper, also known as “The Co-ed Killer”, is a 6’9″ American serial killer that killed and dismembered 6 female hitchhikers in the 1970’s… he’s also responsible for the murders of his grandparents, his mother and one of her friends…
  • House of Horrors (2012)House of Horrors (2012)
    … fascinating documentary that tells the horrific story of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a.k.a ‘The Killer Clown’ through the eyes of those who thought they knew him best – his sister and his daughter….
  • The Serpent (2004)The Serpent (2004)
    Charles Sobhraj, is a serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed “the Bikini Killer” and “the Serpent,” due to his skill at deception and evasion, Sobhraj allegedly committed at least 12 murders…
  • The True Story: Silence of the Lambs (2012)The True Story: Silence of the Lambs (2012)
    The film ‘Silence of the Lambs’ was inspired by an FBI unit whose members revolutionized the pursuit of America’s deadliest criminals… these pioneers went far beyond traditional forensic evidence to probe the minds of the killers…
  • The Monster of the Andes (2005)The Monster of the Andes (2005)
    Pedro Alonso López, aka, ‘The Monster of the Andes’ is one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history… the peasant son of a Columbian prostitute Lopez has been convicted of the rape and murder of over 100 little girls from various mountain regions and villages of South America… Alonso claims that …
  • Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy’s Final Interview (1989)Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy's Final Interview (1989)
    On January 23 1989, the day before his execution on Florida’s electric chair, Ted Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989), gave his last interview to Dr. James Dobson.
  • Killer Trials: The Ken And Barbie Killers (2012)Killer Trials: The Ken And Barbie Killers (2012)
    ‘Killer Trials: Judgement Day’ examines the horrific crimes and eventual court trial of Canadian serial killer couple Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, aka, ‘The Ken and Barbie Killers’……
  • Garavito: The World’s Worst Serial Killer (2012)Garavito: The World's Worst Serial Killer (2012)
    Fascinating Discovery channel documentary on how Colombian investigators tracked down serial killer Luis Alfredo Garavito who admitted to 147 rapes and murders of young boys but according to local officials, the actual number could easily exceed that …
  • Serial Killers (2013)Serial Killers (2013)
    Since the 1970’s the United States has produced over 1,000 serial killers… The documentary series, ‘America’s Book of Secrets’ takes a closer look at this mostly-American phenomenon… the cases of: Christpher Dorner, Anthony Sowell, the Long Island Serial Killer, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, Donald Harvey, John Wayne Gacy, and Lonnie David Franklin Jr …
  • The Acid Bath Murderer (2011)The Acid Bath Murderer (2011)
    John George Haigh, commonly known as the “Acid Bath Murderer”, was an English serial killer during the 1940s. He was convicted of the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine.
  • Killing Spree (2004)Killing Spree (2004)
    Terrific episode of ‘Forensic Factor’ that examines the 5-day horrific murderous spree of Danny Rolling, a.k.a. “The Gainesville Ripper” and how forensic science helped track down and eventually prosecute this violent offender…
  • Natural Porn Killer (2006)Natural Porn Killer (2006)
    … Fascinating documentary by Sascha Olofson that examines the startling death-row interview claims of American serial killer Ted Bundy that ‘violent pornography’ were a major factor in his horrible crimes…
  • Dennis Nilsen: Born To Kill? (2005)Dennis Nilsen: Born To Kill? (2005)
    Dennis Andrew Nilsen (born 23 November 1945) is a serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the Muswell Hill Murderer and the Kindly Killer, who committed the murders of 15 young men in London, England, between 1978 and 1983.
  • The Gainesville Ripper (2011)The Gainesville Ripper (2011)
    Roughly 20 years after Ted Bundy terrorized the students at Florida State University, five young people were killed in Gainesville, Fla., all students at the University of Florida or Santa Fe Community College… police feared they might have a copycat killer on the loose or even worse, a new form of evil to confront…
  • Wicked Attraction: Toolbox Killers (2009)Wicked Attraction: Toolbox Killers (2009)
    Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, also known as ‘The Toolbox Killers’, met in the California prison system and hatched a sinister plan to rape and kill young girls… when they met up again outside the prison system, they put their dark plan into action…
  • Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)
    Brilliant episode of ‘Killer Profile’ that focuses on American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight-month period in 1984… he’s been on death row in a Rainford, Florida state prison since 1985 awaiting his execution date.
  • The Railroad Killer (2010)The Railroad Killer (2010)
    Fascinating episode of CBS’s ’48 Hours Mystery: Live to Tell’ that tells the horrific tale of Holly Dunn, one of the few survivors of Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, an itinerant Mexican serial killer responsible for as many as 15 murders across the United States and Mexico during the 1990s..
  • Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind (1999)Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind (1999)
    Former FBI agent John Douglas, the inventor of criminal profiling, leads the audience through a journey into the dark minds of some of 20th Century’s most notorious American killers… This episode deals with the cases of Wayne Williams, Robert Hansen, Larry Gene Bell, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
  • The Hunt for Ted Bundy (2015)The Hunt for Ted Bundy (2015)
    Fascinating documentary from Investigation Discovery (ID) about the hunt and eventual capture of notorious American serial killer, Ted Bundy, as told by FBI criminal profiler, Bob Keppel, the man that tracked Bundy’s movements the last 4 years of his horrific crime spree.
  • My Brother the Serial Killer (2012)My Brother the Serial Killer (2012)
    Brilliant documentary by David Monaghan chronicling the life and crimes of American serial killer Glen Rogers, a.k.a, the ‘Casanova Killer’ as told by the man who knew him best – his childhood friend, partner-in-crime and older brother Carl… documentary gained wide media attention for one of the claims made by the Rogers family that their …
  • The Highway of Tears (2012)The Highway of Tears (2012)
    The ‘Highway of Tears’ is a 800 km section of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, that has been witness to the unsolved deaths or disappearances of at least 18 women since 1969… CBS investigative crime series ’48 Hours’ takes a closer look at the mystery surrounding the disappearances…
  • Journey Into Evil (2012)Journey Into Evil (2012)
    A harmless-looking shoplifting incident and a strange suicide in San Francisco in 1987 would eventually lead police down a bloody trail of kidnapping, torture, rape, and multiple murders as one by one, the sadistic crimes of Leonard Lake and Charles NG are discovered and revealed.
  • The BTK Strangler (2006)The BTK Strangler (2006)
    Terrific episode of the brilliant UK crime documentary series ‘Crimes that Shook the World’ that focuses on the methods used to eventually capture the elusive Wichita Kansas serial killer known as the BTK Killer
  • Top 10 Serial Killer DocumentariesTop 10 Serial Killer Documentaries
    This Top 10 Serial Killer Documentaries List is not based on any ‘scientific’ calculations of IMBD stats, critic polls or ‘website views’ but more of a personal collection of what I feel are some of the best documentaries in the ‘serial killer’ genre
  • Beast of the Bastille (2008)Beast of the Bastille (2008)
    ‘Beast of the Bastille’ is a British documentary about the notorious French serial killer Guy Georges Rampignon, who raped, tortured and murdered at least seven women from 1991 to 1997 in an east Parisian neighbourhood, known as Bastille Quarter…
  • IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)
    Terrific TLC documentary that delves into the fascinating world of the FBI ‘criminal profiler’ … John Douglas, Robert Roy Hazelwood and other renown FBI profilers, guide the viewer through their thoughts & actions surrounding the notorious cases of serial killers Wayne Williams, Gary Heidnik, Gary Ridgeway, Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross and Jack Unterweger…
  • The Beast of Ukraine (2007)The Beast of Ukraine (2007)
    Anatoly Onoprienko, a.k.a ‘The Beast of Ukraine’ is the most prolific serial killer in the history of the Ukraine… a cold-hearted, ruthless killer, Onoprienko confessed to the murders of 52 people over a 6-year period…

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