Serial Killer Documentary List

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

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 True Story: Silence of the Lambs (2012)The True Story: Silence of the Lambs (2012)
     The film ‘Silence of the Lambs’ was inspired by an FBI unit whose members revolutionized the pursuit of America’s deadliest criminals… these pioneers went far beyond traditional forensic evidence to probe the minds of the killers…
  • 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 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..
  • 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….
  • 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…
  • 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”…
  • 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 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 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….
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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?’…
  • Serial Killer Groupie Sondra London (2000)Serial Killer Groupie Sondra London (2000)
     Sondra London is an American true crime author who has been dubbed the “Queen of Serial Killer Groupies”… this documentary is an episode of director Errol Morris’, ‘First Person’ television series centered on Sondra London which originally aired in 2000 …
  • 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”….
  • 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 ...
  • 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…
  • 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”…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)
     …via prison phone, William Shatner interviews Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the killers known as the “DC Snipers”… Malvo claims that he and John Allen Muhammad had committed about 42 shootings and tried to recruit more people to carry out the 2002 killings that terrified the Washington, D.C. region…
  • 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: 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.
  • 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…
  • The Serpent (2004)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…
  • 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…
  • David Berkowitz – Born To Kill? (2012)David Berkowitz - Born To Kill? (2012)
     David Berkowitz, aka ‘Son of Sam’ and ‘.44 Caliber Killer’ terrorized the residents of NY City in the 1970’s with a series of late-night shootings on unsuspecting couples… he would later blame his actions on ‘Sam’, the dog of his neighbor which apparently was feeding Berkowitz instructions to kill…
  • 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…
  • Mind Hunters (1998)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) …
  • 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…
  • 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 ...
  • 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….
  • 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 ...
  • My Brother the Serial Killer (2012)My Brother the Serial Killer (2012)
     Brilliant documentary by David Monaghan chronicling the life and crimes of American serial killer Glen Rogers, a.k.a, the ‘Casanova Killer’ as told by the man who knew him best – his childhood friend, partner-in-crime and older brother Carl… documentary gained wide media attention for one of the claims made by the Rogers family that their ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
     … blends dramatizations of Jeffrey Dahmer’s day to day life with archival news footage and exclusive interviews w/ the lead detective on the case; the state coroner at the time and one of Dahmer’s neighbours to tell the harrowing tale of one of America’s most notorious serial killers…
  • 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 BTK Killer (2012)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.
  • 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’…
  • 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’ …
  • 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 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 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…
  • 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…
  • Serial Killers On The Loose (2008)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…
  • 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 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.
  • 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?’…
  • The Vampire of Sacramento (2011)The Vampire of Sacramento (2011)
     … Richard Trenton Chase, a.k.a ‘The Vampire of Sacramento’ because he drank his victims’ blood and cannibalized their remains was an American schizophrenic serial killer who killed six people in the span of a month in Sacramento, California in the 1970’s…
  • The 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
  • 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’ …
  • 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.
  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
     Following up on the brilliant ‘Aileen: Selling of a Serial Killer’, Nick Broomfield’s brilliant second documentary on Aileen Wuornos, the highway prostitute and serial killer who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the state of Florida, is arguably the best documentary ever made in the ‘serial killer’ documentary genre…
  • 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.
  • Killer Profile: The Bayou Strangler Ronald Dominique (2013)Killer Profile: The Bayou Strangler Ronald Dominique (2013)
     Ronald Dominique. a.k.a, The Bayou strangler is an American serial killer who targeted gay Louisiana men that he thought would be willing to have sex for money.. His reason for murdering these men, he says, was to avoid prison for raping these men… he is currently serving a life-sentence at the Louisiana State ...
  • Dance with a Serial Killer (2008)Dance with a Serial Killer (2008)
     On the afternoon of Sunday, May 14, 1989, a woman was stabbed to death on the beaches of Brittany, France… a local police officer, Jean-Francois Abgrall, conducted the investigation and his inquiries into the murder revealed that the body on the beach was just one in a series of murders that led back to the ...
  • The Sex Chamber (2008)The Sex Chamber (2008)
     …examines the crimes of David Parker Ray, a.k.a the ‘Toy-Box Killer’ who kidnapped, tortured and murdered a string of women in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico… Police discovered a sexual torture chamber on his premises but had trouble getting a conviction because of taped evidence being disallowed and the two main witnesses, women who escaped ...
  • 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.
  • The Sunday Morning Slasher (2012)The Sunday Morning Slasher (2012)
     He killed because he thought women had ‘evil in their eyes’… Convicted of two murders, Carl Eugene Watts, aka, The Sunday Morning Slasher is an American serial killer who would eventually confess to more than 80 murders of women in Texas, Michigan and Ontario, Canada…
  • 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…
  • The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
     Brilliant ITV1 documentary that takes a thorough look at the case of Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. The Yorkshire Ripper, a British serial killer, who between 1975-81, murdered 13 women & attempted to murder 7 more.. Sutcliffe would later claim that he heard ‘The Voice of God’ commanding him to kill prostitutes..
  • 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 ...
  • The Serpent (2004)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…
  • The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer (1992)The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer (1992)
     Incredibly rare courtroom footage of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s 1992 murder trial… Dahmer’s confession and life story are read into the court transcript and then, one by one, Dahmer’s victims are named and the horrific actions associated with that name are laid out in grizzly fashion for the jury to hear…
  • 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”…
  • 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: 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.
  • Edmund Kemper: Born to Kill? (2012)Edmund Kemper: Born to Kill? (2012)
     Edmund Kemper, also known as “The Co-ed Killer”, is a 6’9″ American serial killer that killed and dismembered 6 female hitchhikers in the 1970’s… he’s also responsible for the murders of his grandparents, his mother and one of her friends…
  • 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…
  • 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 ...
  • 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….
  • Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)Confessions of the DC Sniper (2010)
     …via prison phone, William Shatner interviews Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the killers known as the “DC Snipers”… Malvo claims that he and John Allen Muhammad had committed about 42 shootings and tried to recruit more people to carry out the 2002 killings that terrified the Washington, D.C. region…
  • 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…
  • 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 ...
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 ...
  • Top 10 Serial Killer DocumentariesTop 10 Serial Killer Documentaries
     This Top 10 Serial Killer Documentaries List is not based on any ‘scientific’ calculations of IMBD stats, critic polls or ‘website views’ but more of a personal collection of what I feel are some of the best documentaries in the ‘serial killer’ genre
  • 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..
  • 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..
  • 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….
  • 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..
  • 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, …
  • 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’
  • 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’…
  • Killer Profile: Speed Freak Killers Shermantine and Herzog (2013)Killer Profile: Speed Freak Killers Shermantine and Herzog (2013)
     Shermantine and Herzog, a.k.a, the ‘Speed Freak Killers’ were childhood best friends whose love of hunting would eventually lead to a passion for ‘hunting people’… it’s believed that this lethal pair of speed freaks may be responsible for the deaths of as many as 20 people…
  • The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
     … blends dramatizations of Jeffrey Dahmer’s day to day life with archival news footage and exclusive interviews w/ the lead detective on the case; the state coroner at the time and one of Dahmer’s neighbours to tell the harrowing tale of one of America’s most notorious serial killers…
  • Killer Couples: The Moors Murderers (2009)Killer Couples: The Moors Murderers (2009)
     Perhaps the most notorious ‘killer couple’ of them all, Ian Brady and Mira Hindley kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered 5 children in the 1960’s in Greater Manchester, England… the were referred to as ‘The Moors Murderers’ as 3 of their victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor…
 

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