- 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 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 … - 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- Richard Ramirez – Born To Kill? (2011)
 Richard Ramirez, aka ‘The Night Stalker’ terrorized California residents in the 1980’s with a series of senseless, random acts of late-night home invasions, sexual assaults and murder…
- The 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….
- 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…
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- 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 …
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Gary Ridgeway – Born to Kill? (2012)
 Gary Leon Ridgway is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer, convicted of 49 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number… but was he ‘Born to Kill?’…
- The 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 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 … - 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 …
- 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.
- 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 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’ …
- Killer Trials: The Ken And Barbie Killers (2012)
 ‘Killer Trials: Judgement Day’ examines the horrific crimes and eventual court trial of Canadian serial killer couple Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, aka, ‘The Ken and Barbie Killers’……
- The 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”….
- 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…
- Serial Killers On The Loose (2008)
 A serial killer is someone who murders more than one person with a ‘grace’ or ‘cooling off’ period in between… usually after 3 murders, a person is deemed to be a ‘serial killer’… fascinating documentary about ‘serial killers’… featuring harrowing interviews with survivors of some serial killers who are still operating today…
- 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 … - 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 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 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 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. ..
- 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’
- 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…
- 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 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)
 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)
 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…
- Mind Hunters (1998)
 … examines the modern investigative field of ‘psychological profiling’… features the work of renown ‘criminal profilers’, Robert Ressler & Robert Hazelwood and how their ‘psychological profiles’ helped track the violent crime sprees of Richard Chase (The Vampire Killer), Mike DeBardeleben, (The Mall Passer) and John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown) …
- The 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…
- 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 … - 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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..
- Top 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
- The Serpent (2004)
 Charles Sobhraj, is a serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed “the Bikini Killer” and “the Serpent,” due to his skill at deception and evasion, Sobhraj allegedly committed at least 12 murders…
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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…
- 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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- 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.
- Cropsey (2009)
The legend of the local ‘boogeyman’ has fascinated and terrified children throughout the world for centuries on end… ‘Cropsey’ takes that ‘power of the urban legend’ and creates, arguably one of the most intriguing investigative-crime documentaries ever made in the ‘serial killer’ genre…
- The 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….
- Mind Hunters (1998)
… examines the modern investigative field of ‘psychological profiling’… features the work of renown ‘criminal profilers’, Robert Ressler & Robert Hazelwood and how their ‘psychological profiles’ helped track the violent crime sprees of Richard Chase (The Vampire Killer), Mike DeBardeleben, (The Mall Passer) and John Wayne Gacy (The Killer Clown) …
- 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)
 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 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…
- 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 … - Name, Rank, Serial Killer (2011)
…CBS’s ’48 Hours’ investigative documentary series takes a look at the case of Canadian serial killer Col. Russel Williams who’s sadistic sexual perversions led to countless ‘breaking and entering’ charges as well as the horrific deaths of two young women …
- The 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…
- 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.
- Killing Spree (2004)
 Terrific episode of ‘Forensic Factor’ that examines the 5-day horrific murderous spree of Danny Rolling, a.k.a. “The Gainesville Ripper” and how forensic science helped track down and eventually prosecute this violent offender…
- Natural Porn Killer (2006)
 … 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 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.
- 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’…
- 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 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 … - Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
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Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
Serial Killer Documentaries: “Memories of … - 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 …
- 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…
- 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 … - Biography: Gary Ridgway “Green River Killer” (2006)
 One of the most prolific serial killers in American criminal history, Gary Leon Ridgway a.k.a ‘The Green River Killer’ for his propensity to dump the bodies of his victims in, near or around the Green River in the State of Washington, has been convicted of the murders of 48 prostitutes … Ridgeway has confessed to … - 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…
- BTK Confessions (2004)
 Sometimes in the American legal system as part of a ‘plea deal’, the prosecutor or judge might demand that the convicted felon confess all his crimes in front of the judge and jury … on June 27, 2004, Dennis Rader, aka, ‘The BTK Killer’ rose in front of a Wichita court and with a chilling … - The Boston Strangler (1987)
The Boston Strangler operated in the Boston, Mass. area during a two-year span in the early 1960s. The “Silk Stocking Murders” is another epithet given to the same series of crimes… Though Albert DeSalvo confessed to the murders, many experts and investigators have doubts as to his involvement in the crimes…
- 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 … - 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….
- 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 … - 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Happy Face Killer (2010)
 Keith Hunter Jesperson is a Canadian serial killer who murdered 8 people in Nebraska, California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming while working as a truck driver… the media would coin him the ‘Happy Face Killer’ after Jesperson wrote a confession on the bathroom wall of a truck stop and signed it with a smiley face….
- The BTK Killer (2012)
 Fascinating documentary from National Geographic that traces the horrific crimes of Dennis Rader, a.k.a ‘The BTK Killer’ and shows how DNA profiling first established in Britain led to the eventual capture of the BTK Killer in Wichita, Kansas.
- 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 … - 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..
- Paul Bernardo Interview (2007)
 In June of 2007, the Toronto Police Services Sex Crimes Unit, trying to gain information on the disappearance of Elizabeth Bain, sit down with serial rapist and murderer Paul Bernardo at Kingston Penitentiary to see if the ‘Scarborough Rapist’ can shed some light on the case…
- 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 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…
- 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 …
- Dr. Death (2008)
 Dr Harold Fredrick Shipman, a.k.a ‘Dr. Death’, is a British General Practitioner, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering 215 of his patients by lethal injection of the drug diamorphine, over a 25 year period…
- The Killing Of America (1982)
 … exclusive video footage from race riots, kidnappings, armed robberies, domestic disputes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and the random, senseless murders of serial killers, “The Killing Of America” examines the growing gun violence in America and traces it back to its core – the JFK assassination.
- 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…
- 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.
- Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993)
 Nick Bloomfield’s brilliant documentary ‘Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer’ chronicles Bloomfields’ attempt to interview America’s most notorious female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos …
- The 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’ …
- 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.
- Top 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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