- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 …
- Monsters Among Us (2011)
 … Joseph Edward Duncan III is an American convicted serial killer and sex offender who is currently serving multiple concurrent death sentences and life sentences in conjunction with the 2005 kidnapping and murders of members of the Groene family of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho….
- 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 … - Interview with FBI Profiler John Douglas (1996)
 FBI Profiler John Douglas sits down with TVO (TV Ontario) host Allan Gregg and discusses the many high-profile serial killer murder cases that he has investigated and how the personal and psychological toll that he had to endure almost took his life…
- 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 … - 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’…
- 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 …
- 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.
- Killer Couples: The Moors Murderers (2009)
 Perhaps the most notorious ‘killer couple’ of them all, Ian Brady and Mira Hindley kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered 5 children in the 1960’s in Greater Manchester, England… the were referred to as ‘The Moors Murderers’ as 3 of their victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor…
- Killer Profile: The House Creeper Timothy Krajcir (2013)
 Timothy Krajcir is an American serial killer who went on a 5 year killing spree between 1977 – 1982 to which he would eventually confess to killing over nine women, five in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania.. he was sentence to life in prison in Illinois and Missouri on 2008.
- 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 … - 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 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…
- The Killing Of America (1982)
 … exclusive video footage from race riots, kidnappings, armed robberies, domestic disputes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and the random, senseless murders of serial killers, “The Killing Of America” examines the growing gun violence in America and traces it back to its core – the JFK assassination.
- 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.
- 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…
- Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
 Following up on the brilliant ‘Aileen: Selling of a Serial Killer’, Nick Broomfield’s brilliant second documentary on Aileen Wuornos, the highway prostitute and serial killer who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the state of Florida, is arguably the best documentary ever made in the ‘serial killer’ documentary genre…
- 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…
- The Chessboard Killer (2009)
 He is the worst serial killer in Russia’s history… for years, Alexander Pichuzhkin, a.k.a ‘The Chessboard Killer’ kept a city in fear… for years he taunted the police… he preyed on the lonely and vulnerable and he kept a unique record of his crimes…
- Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
 ‘Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes’ (2021) is not readily available online so I couldn’t embed the video in this post but you can watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021) documentary by clicking here… or click on the image below.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
Serial Killer Documentaries: “Memories of … - The Granny Killer (2005)
 Over a fourteen month period in the late 1980’s, John Wayne Glover attacked and killed six elderly women in Sydney’s North Shore (Australia) for which he was dubbed the “The Granny Killer”…
- Name, Rank, Serial Killer (2011)
 …CBS’s ’48 Hours’ investigative documentary series takes a look at the case of Canadian serial killer Col. Russel Williams who’s sadistic sexual perversions led to countless ‘breaking and entering’ charges as well as the horrific deaths of two young women …
- 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…
- 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?’…
- 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 … - Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)
 Sean Vincent Gillis, a.k.a, the ‘Other Baton Rouge Killer’, is an American serial killer that stalked, kidnapped, raped, murdered, and mutilated eight Louisiana women between 1994 and 2003 in the Baton Rouge Metro and surrounding areas…
- The Killer Handyman (2005)
 In 1999, on the outskirts of Montreal, the normally peaceful suburbs would become the hunting grounds of one of Canada’s most violent criminals… William Fyfe, a.k.a ‘The Killer Handyman’ would eventually be convicted of killing five women, although he claims to have killed four more….
- 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…
- To Catch A Serial Killer (2012)
 … fascinating documentary by CNN on suspected serial killer Larry Hall and how an Indiana district attorney devised a plan that offered ‘early release’ to a convicted drug dealer if he were able to infiltrate the trust of Larry Hall in prison and gain a confession to the cases of the missing women…
- The Vampire of Sacramento (2011)
 … Richard Trenton Chase, a.k.a ‘The Vampire of Sacramento’ because he drank his victims’ blood and cannibalized their remains was an American schizophrenic serial killer who killed six people in the span of a month in Sacramento, California in the 1970’s…
- 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) …
- 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…
- American Occult: The Ripper Crew (2010)
 The Ripper Crew, a.k.a. the Chicago Rippers was a satanic cult and organized crime group composed of Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer with brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis) that drove a van around the streets of Chicago looking for women to sacrifice.. they were suspected in the disappearances, murders and mutilations of 18 women in … - Finding Jack the Ripper (2011)
 … follows retired UK detective Trevor Marriott and a team of forensic experts as they examine the possibility that the notorious London slasher, Jack the Ripper, may also have been the world’s first international serial killer who may be responsible for murder’s throughout Europe and the US.
- Ted Bundy: The Mind of a Killer (1995)
 ‘A&E Biography’ pretty much invented the ‘serial killer documentary’ genre… One of their earlier episodes and still one of the most popular is this examination into the life of notorious American serial killer Ted Bundy…
- 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 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 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.
- Anthony Hardy: The Camden Ripper (2012)
 Anthony Hardy stalked the streets of London, England, looking for women to kill… his hero was ‘Jack the Ripper’ and like him, Hardy thought that he would never get caught… his trail of violence started in Australia but ended in horror at Hardy’s London Lab…
- The BTK Killer (2012)
 Fascinating documentary from National Geographic that traces the horrific crimes of Dennis Rader, a.k.a ‘The BTK Killer’ and shows how DNA profiling first established in Britain led to the eventual capture of the BTK Killer in Wichita, Kansas.
- Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)
 …tells the horrific true story of a sadomasochistic cannibal and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Elderly but still deadly, Albert Fish distorted biblical tales by taking the stories of pain, punishment, atonement, and suffering literally as he preyed on victims to torture and sacrifice…
- 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”…
- 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 …
- 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 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….
- The Mind of a Murderer: The Mask of Madness (1984)
 Fascinating look at the trial of Kenneth Bianchi, one of the killer-cousin duo known as ‘The Hillside Stranglers’ … and how he tried using a ‘multiple-personality’ defense plea as the main cause for his actions – Incredibly, he had a few of the psychologists convinced…
- Ted Bundy – Born To Kill? (2011)
 Documentary examining the crimes of American serial killer Ted Bundy, who is believed to have sexually assaulted and killed up to 100 women in the 1970s …
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- David Berkowitz – Born To Kill? (2012)
 David Berkowitz, aka ‘Son of Sam’ and ‘.44 Caliber Killer’ terrorized the residents of NY City in the 1970’s with a series of late-night shootings on unsuspecting couples… he would later blame his actions on ‘Sam’, the dog of his neighbor which apparently was feeding Berkowitz instructions to kill…
- Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
‘Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes’ (2021) is not readily available online so I couldn’t embed the video in this post but you can watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021) documentary by clicking here… or click on the image below.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
Serial Killer Documentaries: “Memories of … - 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 …
- 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 …
- Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer (2005)
 Truly fascinating documentary examining the horrific crimes and eventual capture of Gary Ridgway, a.k.a “The Green River Killer” as told by Dave Reichert, the lead Seattle detective that was there throughout the 20 year nightmare…
- Biography: Jeffrey Dahmer (2000)
 A&E Biography on American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who was responsible for the horrific deaths of 17 young men in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area …
- Confessions of a Serial Killer: Jeffrey Dahmer (1994)
 In February 1994, NBC’s Stone Phillips with Jeffrey Dahmer’s father, Lionel, and his step-mother, Shari traveled to the Columbia Correctional Institution, near Portage, Wisconsin and sat down with Wisconsin serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for his only network television interview.
- 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?’…
- 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 … - 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 … - The Boston Strangler (1987)
 The Boston Strangler operated in the Boston, Mass. area during a two-year span in the early 1960s. The “Silk Stocking Murders” is another epithet given to the same series of crimes… Though Albert DeSalvo confessed to the murders, many experts and investigators have doubts as to his involvement in the crimes…
- Hillside Stranglers – Born To Kill? (2012)
 Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, aka the ‘Hillside Stranglers’, were a serial killer cousin duo that terrorized residents of Los Angeles in the 70’s and were responsible for the deaths of 12 women … but were they ‘Born to Kill?’…
- The Yorkshire Ripper (2009)
 … a regular user of prostitutes, Peter Sutcliffe would eventually be convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others…. The brilliant British documentary series “Crimes that Shook the World” examines the crimes of the man that would come to be known as “The Yorkshire Ripper”…
- 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.
- Great Crimes and Trials: Ted Bundy (1992)
 “Great Crimes and Trials” is an early 1990’s British documentary series narrated by famed actor Robert Powell that examines the crimes and subsequent trials of famous crimes or criminals.. This 1992 episode details the horrific crimes and unusual trial of American serial killer Ted Bundy…
- 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…
- 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…
- Biography: Jack Unterweger (2004)
 He was a celebrated author and cold-blooded killer… a convicted murderer set free only to kill again… A&E’s ‘Biography’ series takes a closer look at Jack Unterweger, AKA, ‘The Vienna Strangler’ or “The Vienna Woods Killer’, the Austrian serial killer who is suspected of killing up to 15 prostitutes in several different countries…
- Dance with a Serial Killer (2008)
 On the afternoon of Sunday, May 14, 1989, a woman was stabbed to death on the beaches of Brittany, France… a local police officer, Jean-Francois Abgrall, conducted the investigation and his inquiries into the murder revealed that the body on the beach was just one in a series of murders that led back to the … - 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’…
- 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 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 Killing Game (2010)
 CBS investigative series ’48 Hours’, documents the horrific crimes of American serial killer, Rodney Alcala, aka ‘The Dating Game Killer’ due to his appearance on the 70’s TV Game Show, ‘The Dating Game’…
- 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…
- 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…
- The Confession (2010)
 How do you get a suspected serial killer to confess to two murders and lead the police to the location of one of the still missing women even before all the evidence is in?… In a stunning follow-up to their previous ‘Above Suspicion’ documentary on the crimes of Col. Russel Williams, Bob McKeown of the … - Case Reopened: The Zodiac with Lawrence Block (1999)
 Lawrence Block, Edgar Award-winning author and best-selling crime fiction writer, proposes a new and interesting twist to the case of the Zodiac…
- Anthony Hardy: The Camden Ripper (2012)
Anthony Hardy stalked the streets of London, England, looking for women to kill… his hero was ‘Jack the Ripper’ and like him, Hardy thought that he would never get caught… his trail of violence started in Australia but ended in horror at Hardy’s London Lab…
- The Killer Handyman (2005)
In 1999, on the outskirts of Montreal, the normally peaceful suburbs would become the hunting grounds of one of Canada’s most violent criminals… William Fyfe, a.k.a ‘The Killer Handyman’ would eventually be convicted of killing five women, although he claims to have killed four more….
- Biography: Aileen Wournos (2003)
 In August, 2002, just weeks before her scheduled execution, Aileen Wuornos (America’s most notorious female serial killer) wrote out her last confession… A&E’s ‘Biography’ uses her own words to lay out the tragic tale of a murderous life…
- Killer Kids: Psychopath Killers (2012)
 … examines the cases of 3 young killers: Mary Bell, the 11 year old double murderer; Guy Georges Rampillon, who in childhood exhibited all the signs that would later lead to his serial killer lifestyle and Peter Woodcock, the Canadian teenager that was convicted of 3 grizzly child murders in the 1950’s…
- 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.
- Fred West – Born To Kill? (2005)
 Fred West was a British serial killer. who between 1967 and 1987, aided by his wife Rosemary, tortured, raped and murdered at least 11 young women and girls, many at the couple’s homes including the now infamous 25 Cromwell Street…
- The Killing Of America (1982)
… exclusive video footage from race riots, kidnappings, armed robberies, domestic disputes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and the random, senseless murders of serial killers, “The Killing Of America” examines the growing gun violence in America and traces it back to its core – the JFK assassination.
- 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 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….
- 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 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…
- America’s First Serial Killer (2004)
 Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors… “H.H Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer” is a terrific documentary by John Borowski that traces Holmes’ entire life as a criminal mastermind….
- 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…
- The Original Night Stalker (2009)
 Between 1976-1986, the Original Night Stalker committed 50 rapes in Northern California and at least 10 murders in Southern California. As DNA was linked to these different crimes, a portrait suddenly emerged of a terrifying and prolific sexually sadistic killer. To this day, it is not known if the killer is alive or dead. ..
- 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…
- 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 …
- 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…
- 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 … - Interview with FBI Profiler John Douglas (1996)
FBI Profiler John Douglas sits down with TVO (TV Ontario) host Allan Gregg and discusses the many high-profile serial killer murder cases that he has investigated and how the personal and psychological toll that he had to endure almost took his life…
- The Monster of Florence (2009)
 Two innocent men were jailed for the murders, many more arrested, and the evidence in a later trial was gruesome enough to cause one of the police to collapse. But to this day, no one knows for sure the identity of the killer, or even killers, that murdered and mutilated under the moniker, ‘The Monster … - Psychic Witness: Fall of the Serial Killer (2005)
 When conventional investigative methods fail to yield any results, sometimes police enlist some spiritual help… ‘Fall of the Serial Killer’ is a fascinating documentary telling the story of how police investigators used the help of psychics to help track two serial killers: John Wayne Gacy in Illinois and James Koedtich in New Jersey…
- Finding Jack the Ripper (2011)
… follows retired UK detective Trevor Marriott and a team of forensic experts as they examine the possibility that the notorious London slasher, Jack the Ripper, may also have been the world’s first international serial killer who may be responsible for murder’s throughout Europe and the US.
- 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…
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