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Tag: Serial Killers

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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

  • American Occult: The Ripper Crew (2010)

    American Occult: The Ripper Crew (2010)

    The Ripper Crew, a.k.a. the Chicago Rippers was a satanic cult and organized crime group composed of Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer with brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis) that drove a van around the streets of Chicago looking for women to sacrifice.. they were suspected in the disappearances, murders and mutilations of 18 women in Chicago,…

  • 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 Killer Clown (2012)

    The Killer Clown (2012)

    Terrific BBC documentary that takes a look back at the bizarre double-life and horrific crimes of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, AKA, ‘The Killer Clown’, who was accused of murdering 33 young boys and burying them in the crawl-space under his suburban Illinois home…

  • The Scorecard Killer (2014)

    The Scorecard Killer (2014)

    This episode of ‘Killers: Behind the Myth’ deals with Randy Kraft, a.k.a the “Scorecard Killer”, the American serial killer that raped, tortured, mutilated and murdered over 16 men in Southern California between 1972-1983 .. he’s currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison.

  • The 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 Candy Man (2012)

    The Candy Man (2012)

    Dean Corll, a.k.a ‘The Candy Man’ was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston, Texas, who with two teen accomplices (Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks) were responsible for kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 Penitentiary in…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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..