Serial Killer Documentary List

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

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  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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?’…
  • 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.
  • Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)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…
  • 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 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’
  • Great Crimes and Trials: Ted Bundy (1992)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…
  • 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…
  • The Chessboard Killer (2009)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)
     ‘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 ...
  • 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.
  • 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 ...
  • 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.
  • 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..
  • 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 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 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”…
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Anthony Hardy: The Camden Ripper (2012)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 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…
  • Monsters Among Us (2011)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….
  • 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…
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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 Confession (2010)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 ...
  • 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…
  • Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)
     Fascinating documentary that tells the bizarre and horrific life & crimes of American serial killer Jerry Brudos, a.k.a “The Lust Killer” or “Shoe Fetish Killer” who between 1968 and 1969, bludgeoned and strangled four young women to death… Brudos, the cross-dressing, necrohpiliac serial killer would eventually confess to the grizzly murders and spend the rest ...
  • The Candy Man (2012)The Candy Man (2012)
     Dean Corll, a.k.a ‘The Candy Man’ was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston, Texas, who with two teen accomplices (Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks) were responsible for kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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 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..
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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……
  • Ted Bundy – Born To Kill? (2011)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 …
  • 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’ …
  • The Yorkshire Ripper (2009)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”…
  • 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 ...
  • Fatal Compulsion (1998)Fatal Compulsion (1998)
     ‘The New Detectives’ is a documentary crime series that chronicles notorious murders committed in North America and the forensics used to convict the murderers of their crimes … this episode focuses on the horrific crimes of serial killers: Ted Bundy, Aileen Wournos, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, a.k.a the ‘Ken & Barbie Killers’…
  • 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…
  • Anatomy of Crime: Deadly Predators (2000)Anatomy of Crime: Deadly Predators (2000)
     Anatomy of Crime: Deadly Predators takes a look into the dark and terrifying world of the serial killer, through the eyes of detectives, psychologists, and the “human monsters” themselves to try and gain a better understanding as to what internal or external forces might be at play that lead some men to become ‘deadly predators’…
  • 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 …
  • 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?’…
  • 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 ...
  • 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”….
  • 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’…
  • Fatal Compulsion (1998)Fatal Compulsion (1998)
     ‘The New Detectives’ is a documentary crime series that chronicles notorious murders committed in North America and the forensics used to convict the murderers of their crimes … this episode focuses on the horrific crimes of serial killers: Ted Bundy, Aileen Wournos, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, a.k.a the ‘Ken & 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…
  • 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…
  • 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……
  • 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, …
  • 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’…
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)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 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…
  • Biography: Jeffrey Dahmer (2000)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 …
  • Monster in Spokane (2010)Monster in Spokane (2010)
     Terrific episode of ‘Usual Suspects’ that examines the crimes of Robert Lee Yates, an American serial killer who in the late 1990’s terrorised residents of Spokane, Washington with a grizzly run of murders of female prostitutes working the Skid Row section of town…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • Jack the Ripper: Phantom of Death (1995)Jack the Ripper: Phantom of Death (1995)
     In the annals of crime, perhaps no name evokes terror more than that Jack the Ripper… A&E Biography goes to England to investigate the murder of five women, which took place in 1888 and have gripped the collective psyche ever since….
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • Son of Sam Speaks: The Untold Story (1997)Son of Sam Speaks: The Untold Story (1997)
     On the 20th anniversary of his arrest for the ‘Son of Sam’ murders in N.Y City in the mid 1970’s, David Berkowitz opens up about the murders and makes the disturbing claims that ‘The Process’, a satanic cult operating in N.Y at the time, was responsible for the murders and he was just a willing ...
  • 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 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.
  • 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…
  • 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’…
  • The Original Night Stalker (2009)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. ..
  • 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…
  • 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’
  • 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.
  • 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 ...
  • Killer Profile: Cross Country Killer Israel Keyes (2013)Killer Profile: Cross Country Killer Israel Keyes (2013)
     Israel Keyes, was an American serial killer that raped, mutilated and murdered multiple victims in Alaska, Vermont. New York and Washington.. it is believed that he’s responsible for at least 8 deaths but that number could be significantly higher.. on Dec, 2 2012, while being held in prison in Anchorage, Alaska, on suspicion of murdering ...
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • The Killer Handyman (2005)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….
  • 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…
  • 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 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…
  • Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)
     Fascinating documentary that tells the bizarre and horrific life & crimes of American serial killer Jerry Brudos, a.k.a “The Lust Killer” or “Shoe Fetish Killer” who between 1968 and 1969, bludgeoned and strangled four young women to death… Brudos, the cross-dressing, necrohpiliac serial killer would eventually confess to the grizzly murders and spend the rest ...
  • 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…
  • 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….
  • 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…
  • America’s First Serial Killer (2004)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….
 

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