
This true crime docuseries strips the covers from a world of profiling, forensic science and painful investigation to expose history's most brutal serial killers.
Documentary, Crime • Series • 2009 • 1 season
Starring: Tom Kimball, Kirk Gill, Jack Levin
S1 E1 - The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper
Episode One discusses 'The Monster Within And Among Us', and discusses Jack The Ripper (even though he's not American), since he is pretty much the first recognized serial killer. Since a lack of real footage is obvious, this episode uses footage from an old black and white move, loosely based on Jack The Ripper.
Jan 27, 2009 • 45m
S1 E2 - Killers Without Conscience
This is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).
Feb 3, 2009 • 45m
S1 E3 - The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You
A look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.
Feb 10, 2009 • 45m
S1 E4 - Serial Killing Begins Again
The 1960s and 70s represented the dawn of a new era in serial killing. Featuring: The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer
Feb 17, 2009 • 45m
S1 E5 - Men Who Like to Kill
Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy
Feb 24, 2009 • 45m
S1 E6 - Homosexual Serial Killers
Some serial killers kill out of desire. But it's thought that some kill out of a rejection of their own desire - which is explored through a look at John Wayne Gacy and the Highway Killers.
Mar 3, 2009 • 45m
S1 E7 - Buddy Serial Killing
The sensationalist nature of the Hillside Strangers and Beltway Snipers cases helps to further solidify the serial killer's unofficial home in popular culture and on the nightly news.
Mar 10, 2009 • 45m
S1 E8 - The Many Faces of Serial Killers
One of the defining traits of serial killers - sociopathic behavior. This episode looks at the Gainesville Ripper, the Unabomber, and other serial killers operating in the 1980s.
Mar 17, 2009 • 45m
S1 E9 - To Catch a Serial Killer
Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK
Mar 24, 2009 • 45m
S1 E10 - Why Serial Killers Kill
The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?" Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer
Mar 31, 2009 • 45m
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America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil
This true crime docuseries strips the covers from a world of profiling, forensic science and painful investigation to expose history's most brutal serial killers.
Documentary, Crime • TV Series • 2009