Serial Killer Documentary List


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

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  • 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…
  • 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……
  • 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…
  • 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 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…
  • 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…
  • Kenneth McDuff: Free to Murder Again (2000)Kenneth McDuff: Free to Murder Again (2000)
    Kenneth Allen McDuff, also known as the “Broomstick Killer” is an American sexual predator and serial killer that is the only person in US history to be sentenced to death row, pardoned and set free and then sent back to death row after he killed again…
  • 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 …
  • House of Horrors (2012)House of Horrors (2012)
    … fascinating documentary that tells the horrific story of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a.k.a ‘The Killer Clown’ through the eyes of those who thought they knew him best – his sister and his daughter….
  • The 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 …
  • Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy’s Final Interview (1989)Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy's Final Interview (1989)
    On January 23 1989, the day before his execution on Florida’s electric chair, Ted Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989), gave his last interview to Dr. James Dobson.
  • Killer Kids: Psychopath Killers (2012)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…
  • 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…
  • 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 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.
  • Confessions of a Serial Killer: Jeffrey Dahmer (1994)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.
  • 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…
  • Murder Hotel (2005)Murder Hotel (2005)
    Fascinating documentary on America’s first known serial killer, the psychotic Illinois doctor, Herman Webster Mudgett, aka, H.H Holmes who built his own ‘murder hotel’, specifically with murder in mind, complete with secret packages, sliding chutes a cellar morgue …. While Holmes would confess to 27 murders, of which four were confirmed, the actual body count …
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • Scotland’s Most Evil Murderer (2011)Scotland's Most Evil Murderer (2011)
    Revisiting the murders of serial killer Peter Manuel in Scotland in the late 1950s, and asking whether the state of his mental health should have prevented him from being hanged…
  • Biography: Aileen Wournos (2003)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…
  • 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’…
  • 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 …
  • 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 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”…
  • Cropsey (2009)Cropsey (2009)
    The legend of the local ‘boogeyman’ has fascinated and terrified children throughout the world for centuries on end… ‘Cropsey’ takes that ‘power of the urban legend’ and creates, arguably one of the most intriguing investigative-crime documentaries ever made in the ‘serial killer’ genre…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind (1999)Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind (1999)
    Former FBI agent John Douglas, the inventor of criminal profiling, leads the audience through a journey into the dark minds of some of 20th Century’s most notorious American killers… This episode deals with the cases of Wayne Williams, Robert Hansen, Larry Gene Bell, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
  • 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.
  • Finding Jack the Ripper (2011)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: Bobby Joe Long (2013)Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)
    Brilliant episode of ‘Killer Profile’ that focuses on American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight-month period in 1984… he’s been on death row in a Rainford, Florida state prison since 1985 awaiting his execution date.
  • The 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’ …
  • 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’…
  • 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…
  • 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”…
  • 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 …
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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?’…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • The Monster of the Andes (2005)The Monster of the Andes (2005)
    Pedro Alonso López, aka, ‘The Monster of the Andes’ is one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history… the peasant son of a Columbian prostitute Lopez has been convicted of the rape and murder of over 100 little girls from various mountain regions and villages of South America… Alonso claims that …
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Natural Porn Killer (2006)Natural Porn Killer (2006)
    … Fascinating documentary by Sascha Olofson that examines the startling death-row interview claims of American serial killer Ted Bundy that ‘violent pornography’ were a major factor in his horrible crimes…
  • The BTK Strangler (2006)The BTK Strangler (2006)
    Terrific episode of the brilliant UK crime documentary series ‘Crimes that Shook the World’ that focuses on the methods used to eventually capture the elusive Wichita Kansas serial killer known as the BTK Killer
  • 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…
  • The Monster of the Andes (2005)The Monster of the Andes (2005)
    Pedro Alonso López, aka, ‘The Monster of the Andes’ is one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history… the peasant son of a Columbian prostitute Lopez has been convicted of the rape and murder of over 100 little girls from various mountain regions and villages of South America… Alonso claims that …
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)Killer Profile: Bobby Joe Long (2013)
    Brilliant episode of ‘Killer Profile’ that focuses on American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight-month period in 1984… he’s been on death row in a Rainford, Florida state prison since 1985 awaiting his execution date.
  • The 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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’……
  • 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 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…
  • 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 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 Perverted World of Marc Dutroux (2007)The Perverted World of Marc Dutroux (2007)
    Marc Dutroux, a.k.a. ‘The Monster of Belgium’ is a Belgian serial killer, kidnapper and child molester whose high-profile crimes led to one of the most controversial and highly anticipated court cases in Belgian criminal history…
  • The Poughkeepsie Killer (2012)The Poughkeepsie Killer (2012)
    Kendall Francois, a.k.a “The Poughkeepsie Killer” is an American serial killer who is currently serving life in prison for killing eight women and burying/hiding their remains in and around his N.Y home….
  • 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.
  • 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..
  • 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 …
  • 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….
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Scotland’s Most Evil Murderer (2011)Scotland's Most Evil Murderer (2011)
    Revisiting the murders of serial killer Peter Manuel in Scotland in the late 1950s, and asking whether the state of his mental health should have prevented him from being hanged…
  • Killer Kids: Psychopath Killers (2012)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…
  • Hunting The Zodiac (2007)Hunting The Zodiac (2007)
    ‘Hunting The Zodiac ‘ is a fascinating look at the team of ‘armchair investigators’ that have taken it upon themselves to continue investigating the 40 year old cold-case murders attributed to the Zodiak Killer …
  • 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 …
  • 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 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…
  • 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 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…
  • 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…
  • The Boston Strangler (1987)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…
  • 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.
  • 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 …
  • 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’ …
  • 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…
  • IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)
    Terrific TLC documentary that delves into the fascinating world of the FBI ‘criminal profiler’ … John Douglas, Robert Roy Hazelwood and other renown FBI profilers, guide the viewer through their thoughts & actions surrounding the notorious cases of serial killers Wayne Williams, Gary Heidnik, Gary Ridgeway, Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross and Jack Unterweger…
  • The 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.
  • 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 Game (2010)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’…
  • 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 …
  • 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 …

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