Serial Killer Documentary List


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

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  • Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)
    Award winning documentary film maker Nick Broomfield revisits the serial killer subject matter with this incredible feature on the crimes of the Grim Sleeper – an LA serial killer accused of the murders of 10 women but suspected of having close to 100 victims, which would make him the most prolific serial killer in criminal …
  • 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.
  • 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 …
  • 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..
  • 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….
  • 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 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…
  • 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 …
  • Ted Bundy Confession Tapes (1989)Ted Bundy Confession Tapes (1989)
    Just hours before his execution, Ted Bundy, one of America’s most notorious serial killers, begins to reveal details about his grizzly actions to Seattle detective Bob Keppel …
  • 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 …
  • The Sunday Morning Slasher (2012)The Sunday Morning Slasher (2012)
    He killed because he thought women had ‘evil in their eyes’… Convicted of two murders, Carl Eugene Watts, aka, The Sunday Morning Slasher is an American serial killer who would eventually confess to more than 80 murders of women in Texas, Michigan and Ontario, Canada…
  • Hillside Stranglers – Born To Kill? (2012)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 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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?’…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • Zodiac Killer (2010)Zodiac Killer (2010)
    The 40 year mystery as to the identity of the “Zodiak Killer” has been replete with exclusive revelations, false identities, Hollywood movies and countless conspiracy theories… Crime writer Aphrodite Jones takes a new look into the Zodiak Killer mystery…
  • 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….
  • Ted Bundy: Mind Of A Monster (2019)Ted Bundy: Mind Of A Monster (2019)
    Brilliant documentary by Investigation Discovery that uses enhanced audio from Bundy’s final interviews to portray the mind of a monster in his own, cold words.
  • 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…
  • 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 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…
  • Killer Couples: The Moors Murderers (2009)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…
  • The Monster of Florence (2009)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 …
  • 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 Butcher of Rostov: Andrei Chikatilo (2004)The Butcher of Rostov: Andrei Chikatilo (2004)
    Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer, nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, The Red Ripper, and The Rostov Ripper, who committed the murder of 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990
  • The Perfect Couple (2008)The Perfect Couple (2008)
    They lived together….. they loved together…. they killed together… ‘Couples Who Kill’ is an Investigation Discovery documentary series focusing on famous killer duos… this episode features the horrific sex crimes and murders of Canadian married couple Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka, also known as, the ‘Ken and Barbie Killers’ …
  • 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.
  • The Killing Of America (1982)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: Jack Unterweger (2004)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…
  • AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS: In Their Own Words: Ed Kemper (2015)AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS: In Their Own Words: Ed Kemper (2015)
    Original web documentary series by DARK DOCUMENTARIES that examines the life and crimes of notorious American serial killers through their own words .. this episode features the ‘Co-ed Butcher’, Edmund Kemper, who was responsible for the murders of 10 people in California in the 1970’s …
  • The Weepy-Voiced Killer (2004)The Weepy-Voiced Killer (2004)
    Fascinating episode of A&E’s ‘Cold Case Files’ that examines the bizarre story of Paul Michael Stephani, an American serial killer that would call the police after his crimes and rant in a strange, over-emotional, crying tone that the media would later dub as ‘The Weepy-Voiced 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”…
  • 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..
  • 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 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…
  • Dance with a Serial Killer (2008)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 …
  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)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…
  • 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’……
  • Case Reopened: The Zodiac with Lawrence Block (1999)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…
  • 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 …
  • Serial Killer John Hughes Interview (2010)Serial Killer John Hughes Interview (2010)
    John Hughes (self-proclaimed “Antichrist”) in this interview with KMBC claims that he killed 15 to 20 people… On September 8, 2008, Hughes killed Valentin Kirilchuk, a 39-year-old trucker from Springfield, in a rest area on Interstate 29 north near Dearborn, with the help of hid girlfriend, Dana Tutor.
  • This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2007)This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2007)
    This fascinating documentary examines the crimes of The Zodiac a little bit closer, and tries to make the case as to who he may have been and what motivated him to kill …
  • 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
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  • Ted Bundy: The Mind of a Killer (1995)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…
  • 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.
  • 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 …
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  • Psychic Witness: Fall of the Serial Killer (2005)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…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • To Catch A Serial Killer (2012)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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Name, Rank, Serial Killer (2011)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 …
  • Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer (2005)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…
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Killer in a Small Town: The Ipswich Murders (2009)Killer in a Small Town: The Ipswich Murders (2009)
    Brilliant UK documentary that examines the lives of five ordinary women from an ordinary English town whose lives descended into drugs and prostitution, making them easy prey to Steve Wright, a.k.a. “The Suffolk Strangler”, one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers…
  • 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?’…
  • 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’…
  • 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’
  • Zodiac Killer (2010)Zodiac Killer (2010)
    The 40 year mystery as to the identity of the “Zodiak Killer” has been replete with exclusive revelations, false identities, Hollywood movies and countless conspiracy theories… Crime writer Aphrodite Jones takes a new look into the Zodiak Killer mystery…
  • The Granny Killer (2005)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”…
  • 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 …
  • The Monster of Florence (2009)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 …
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Fred West – Born To Kill? (2005)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…
  • 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..
  • Robert Ressler: The Man Who Lives With Monsters (2002)Robert Ressler: The Man Who Lives With Monsters (2002)
    A look at the life and work of one of the world’s foremost authorities on the profiling of violent offenders, and his chilling encounters with such notorious serial killers as Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy.
  • The Mind of a Murderer: The Mask of Madness (1984)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…
  • Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)
    …via prison phone, William Shatner interviews Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the killers known as the “DC Snipers”… Malvo claims that he and John Allen Muhammad had committed about 42 shootings and tried to recruit more people to carry out the 2002 killings that terrified the Washington, D.C. region…
  • Joel Rifkin (2004)Joel Rifkin (2004)
    … a routine traffic stop in 1993 would eventually unleash the horrific details to the many crimes of the worse serial killer in the history of the State of New York… Fascinating A&E Biography on American serial killer Joel Rifkin, who in his own, cold, casual words details the murders of 17 N.Y City prostitutes …
  • 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’…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • The Vampire of Sacramento (2011)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…
  • 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.
  • David and Catherine Birnie (2010)David and Catherine Birnie (2010)
    Australian documentary crime series that delves into some of Australia’s most infamous ‘Crime Families’ … this episode focuses on David and Catherine Birnie who abducted, raped and murdered four women in their home in the 1980s… These crimes were referred to in the press as the ‘Moorhouse murders’…
  • Donald ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins – Born To Kill? (2012)Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins - Born To Kill? (2012)
    This episode deals with the diminutive-sized American serial killer Donald ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins who as well to his many grizzly crimes is also know as the first man to commit the murder of a fellow US death row inmate…
  • The Killing Of America (1982)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.
  • 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.
  • 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 …
  • Ted Bundy: Mind Of A Monster (2019)Ted Bundy: Mind Of A Monster (2019)
    Brilliant documentary by Investigation Discovery that uses enhanced audio from Bundy’s final interviews to portray the mind of a monster in his own, cold words.
  • 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..
  • Interview with FBI Profiler John Douglas (1996)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…
  • 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
  • Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)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…
  • 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 …
  • The Diary of Jack the Ripper (1993)The Diary of Jack the Ripper (1993)
    After more than a century–out of the mists and fogs of Victorian London comes this astonishing new documentary. Reading from the infamous murderer’s 63-page diary, a macabre record of obsession, horror and madness, Jack the Ripper’s own words are the basis for this dramatized analysis, overturning all previous theories and investigations.

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