Serial Killer Documentary List

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

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  • Zodiac Killer (2010)Zodiac Killer (2010)
     The 40 year mystery as to the identity of the “Zodiak Killer” has been replete with exclusive revelations, false identities, Hollywood movies and countless conspiracy theories… Crime writer Aphrodite Jones takes a new look into the Zodiak Killer mystery…
  • The Beast of Ukraine (2007)The Beast of Ukraine (2007)
     Anatoly Onoprienko, a.k.a ‘The Beast of Ukraine’ is the most prolific serial killer in the history of the Ukraine… a cold-hearted, ruthless killer, Onoprienko confessed to the murders of 52 people over a 6-year period…
  • 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…
  • 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….
  • 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…
  • The Chessboard Killer (2009)The Chessboard Killer (2009)
     He is the worst serial killer in Russia’s history… for years, Alexander Pichuzhkin, a.k.a ‘The Chessboard Killer’ kept a city in fear… for years he taunted the police… he preyed on the lonely and vulnerable and he kept a unique record of his crimes…
  • 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 ...
  • 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…
  • 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 BTK Killer Speaks (2005)The BTK Killer Speaks (2005)
     ‘A&E Documentary Special: The BTK Killer Speaks’ looks into the recently (2004) solved case of the BTK Killer through the use of Dennis Rader’s own court testimony describing his grizzly actions …
  • 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…
  • Garavito: The World’s Worst Serial Killer (2012)Garavito: The World's Worst Serial Killer (2012)
     Fascinating Discovery channel documentary on how Colombian investigators tracked down serial killer Luis Alfredo Garavito who admitted to 147 rapes and murders of young boys but according to local officials, the actual number could easily exceed that …
  • The 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…
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)Jerome Brudos: The Lust Killer (2008)
     Fascinating documentary that tells the bizarre and horrific life & crimes of American serial killer Jerry Brudos, a.k.a “The Lust Killer” or “Shoe Fetish Killer” who between 1968 and 1969, bludgeoned and strangled four young women to death… Brudos, the cross-dressing, necrohpiliac serial killer would eventually confess to the grizzly murders and spend the rest ...
  • The Killer Handyman (2005)The Killer Handyman (2005)
     In 1999, on the outskirts of Montreal, the normally peaceful suburbs would become the hunting grounds of one of Canada’s most violent criminals… William Fyfe, a.k.a ‘The Killer Handyman’ would eventually be convicted of killing five women, although he claims to have killed four more….
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Sign of the Zodiac (2003)Sign of the Zodiac (2003)
     In the early 1990’s, a serial killer claiming to be ‘The Zodiak Killer’, was hunting people in N.Y city… Terrific episode of Forensic Files that details how science was used to debunk those claims and eventually capture him before he struck again..
  • 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 Weepy-Voiced Killer (2004)The Weepy-Voiced Killer (2004)
     Fascinating episode of A&E’s ‘Cold Case Files’ that examines the bizarre story of Paul Michael Stephani, an American serial killer that would call the police after his crimes and rant in a strange, over-emotional, crying tone that the media would later dub as ‘The Weepy-Voiced Killer’ …
  • The 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 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.
  • Killer Profile: The House Creeper Timothy Krajcir (2013)Killer Profile: The House Creeper Timothy Krajcir (2013)
     Timothy Krajcir is an American serial killer who went on a 5 year killing spree between 1977 – 1982 to which he would eventually confess to killing over nine women, five in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania.. he was sentence to life in prison in Illinois and Missouri on 2008.
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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’…
  • Biography: Gary Ridgway “Green River Killer” (2006)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 ...
  • Paul Bernardo Interview (2007)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…
  • 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…
  • 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
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004)Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004)
     Terrific documentary-short by Michelle Palmer, that tells the horrific story of 1950’s American serial killer, Ed Gein – the man whose bizarre life and sadistic crimes would shock the nation and inspire the film characters Norman Bates in “Psycho” and Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs”…
  • The 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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”….
  • 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…
  • 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 ...
  • The Killing Of America (1982)The Killing Of America (1982)
     … exclusive video footage from race riots, kidnappings, armed robberies, domestic disputes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and the random, senseless murders of serial killers, “The Killing Of America” examines the growing gun violence in America and traces it back to its core – the JFK assassination.
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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’
  • The Chessboard Killer (2009)The Chessboard Killer (2009)
     He is the worst serial killer in Russia’s history… for years, Alexander Pichuzhkin, a.k.a ‘The Chessboard Killer’ kept a city in fear… for years he taunted the police… he preyed on the lonely and vulnerable and he kept a unique record of his crimes…
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 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…
  • 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..
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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..
  • The Butcher of Rostov: Andrei Chikatilo (2004)The Butcher of Rostov: Andrei Chikatilo (2004)
     Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer, nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, The Red Ripper, and The Rostov Ripper, who committed the murder of 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS: In Their Own Words: Ed Kemper (2015)AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS: In Their Own Words: Ed Kemper (2015)
     Original web documentary series by DARK DOCUMENTARIES that examines the life and crimes of notorious American serial killers through their own words .. this episode features the ‘Co-ed Butcher’, Edmund Kemper, who was responsible for the murders of 10 people in California in the 1970’s …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Journey Into Evil (2012)Journey Into Evil (2012)
     A harmless-looking shoplifting incident and a strange suicide in San Francisco in 1987 would eventually lead police down a bloody trail of kidnapping, torture, rape, and multiple murders as one by one, the sadistic crimes of Leonard Lake and Charles NG are discovered and revealed.
  • The 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 Monster of Florence (2009)The Monster of Florence (2009)
     Two innocent men were jailed for the murders, many more arrested, and the evidence in a later trial was gruesome enough to cause one of the police to collapse. But to this day, no one knows for sure the identity of the killer, or even killers, that murdered and mutilated under the moniker, ‘The Monster ...
  • The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
     Brilliant ITV1 documentary that takes a thorough look at the case of Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. The Yorkshire Ripper, a British serial killer, who between 1975-81, murdered 13 women & attempted to murder 7 more.. Sutcliffe would later claim that he heard ‘The Voice of God’ commanding him to kill prostitutes..
  • The Original Night Stalker (2009)The Original Night Stalker (2009)
     Between 1976-1986, the Original Night Stalker committed 50 rapes in Northern California and at least 10 murders in Southern California. As DNA was linked to these different crimes, a portrait suddenly emerged of a terrifying and prolific sexually sadistic killer. To this day, it is not known if the killer is alive or dead. ..
  • 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….
  • 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?’…
  • This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2007)This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2007)
     This fascinating documentary examines the crimes of The Zodiac a little bit closer, and tries to make the case as to who he may have been and what motivated him to kill …
  • 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…
  • 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 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”…
  • 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 ...
  • 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…
  • IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS (2000)
     Terrific TLC documentary that delves into the fascinating world of the FBI ‘criminal profiler’ … John Douglas, Robert Roy Hazelwood and other renown FBI profilers, guide the viewer through their thoughts & actions surrounding the notorious cases of serial killers Wayne Williams, Gary Heidnik, Gary Ridgeway, Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross and Jack Unterweger…
  • Serial 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 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
  • 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’…
  • 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…
  • Killing Spree (2004)Killing Spree (2004)
     Terrific episode of ‘Forensic Factor’ that examines the 5-day horrific murderous spree of Danny Rolling, a.k.a. “The Gainesville Ripper” and how forensic science helped track down and eventually prosecute this violent offender…
  • 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.
  • Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)Killer Profile: The Body Snatcher Sean Vincent Gillis (2013)
     Sean Vincent Gillis, a.k.a, the ‘Other Baton Rouge Killer’, is an American serial killer that stalked, kidnapped, raped, murdered, and mutilated eight Louisiana women between 1994 and 2003 in the Baton Rouge Metro and surrounding areas…
  • The 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.
  • Deadly Desires (2006)Deadly Desires (2006)
     … in this episode of “Most Evil”… Dr. Michael Stone, the creator of a psychological scale that measures the degree of pure evil in certain notorious criminals, profiles the horrific crimes and psychological motives of : Jerry Brudos, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Parker Ray and Westley Allan Dodd …
  • The 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….
  • 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…
  • 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…
 

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