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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…
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Killer in the County (1999)
A&E’s ‘Cold Case Files’ looks back at the story of Faryion E. Wardrip, an American serial killer who terrorized the small town of Wichita Falls, Texas, in the 1980’s… when all the counting was done, Wardrip would claim 5 young women as his victims …
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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…
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Anthony Hardy: The Camden Ripper (2012)
Anthony Hardy stalked the streets of London, England, looking for women to kill… his hero was ‘Jack the Ripper’ and like him, Hardy thought that he would never get caught… his trail of violence started in Australia but ended in horror at Hardy’s London Lab…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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) …
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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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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’ …
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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.
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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: 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…
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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…
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Mystery Quest: San Francisco Slaughter (2009)
For years a mysterious serial killer terrorized residents of the Bay Area… ‘Mystery Quest’ looks back at the 40 year cold-case with new information and modern scientific methods in hopes of revealing the true identity of ‘The Zodiak Killer’…
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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…
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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…
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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’…
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Profile of a Serial Killer (1994)
Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer whose gruesome crimes shocked the world when on July 22, 1991, Milwaukee police discovered the remains of some of his victims still in his apartment… Dahmer later confessed to and was convicted of the murder of 17 young men and boys…
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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, …