Serial Killers

Mon, 03 Dec

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Ten bodies were found on Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Long Island in 2010 all linked to one per...

Mon, 26 Nov

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Edmund Kemper despised his mother so much, he tried to destroy everything she had ever loved. As Edm...

Mon, 19 Nov

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Verbally abused and psychologically tortured by his mother, young Edmund Kemper's mind turned toward...

Mon, 12 Nov

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Can detective Stuart Clifton find enough evidence to lock up the serial killer known as the, “Ange...

Mon, 05 Nov

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A sweet and loving pediatric nurse was secretly torturing and murdering children at a England hospit...

Mon, 29 Oct

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A man hungry for murder, and other things… The Cannibal Kid invites you to his famous BBQ, but thi...

Mon, 22 Oct

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He was either one of the most prolific killers of all time, or a compliant interviewee taken advanta...

Mon, 15 Oct

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A chance meeting with child killer Gary Marcoux inspired Olson Jr. to commit his own string of murde...

Mon, 08 Oct

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After his release from prison, Olson Jr. would go on a vicious killing spree and ultimately be convi...

Mon, 01 Oct

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What if you picked out a book at the library and found a taunting note to police from a serial kille...

Mon, 24 Sep

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By all accounts, he was a loving family man, Scoutmaster, and church leader. None of his family memb...

Mon, 17 Sep

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Fred and Rose each came from abusive homes and each showed signs of being abusive as they became adu...

Mon, 10 Sep

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Fred and Rose each came from abusive homes and each showed signs of being abusive as they became adu...

Mon, 03 Sep

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From the years 1969 to 1981, a serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper freely roamed the streets...

Mon, 27 Aug

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Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe claimed he was directed by voices of God to kill innocent women. Natur...

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0000

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Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California. She had perfected a technique of tak...

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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This is a crossover special with the hosts of Serial Killers and Female Criminals. Dorothea Puente ...

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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From summer of 1976 through summer of 1977, David Berkowitz went on a year long killing spree that t...

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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Plagued by the voices of monsters and demons since adolescence, serial killer David Berkowitz set ov...

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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Like many serial killers, Maury Travis became over-confident. In the summer of 2002, after reading a...

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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There was no evidence in Maury Travis’ childhood of arson or animal abuse, often seen as early war...

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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Amy Archer-Gilligan owned and operated a home for elderly residents in Windsor, Connecticut, but fel...

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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Amy Archer-Gilligan opened a nursing home in Connecticut in 1907. By portraying herself as a kind an...

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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In the summer of 1980, Carol Bundy helped Douglas Clark sexually assault a young girl and murder ove...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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After years of abuse as a child at the hands of her parents, Carol Bundy suffered through the same f...

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0000

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Luis Alfredo Garavito raped, tortured, and killed well over 100 children. Find out how he lured away...

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:06:00 -0000

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Luis Garavito was born in Colombia in 1957 to an abusive, alcoholic father and a time of civil unres...

Tue, 22 May 2018 03:56:00 -0000

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Henry Lee Lucas served only 10 years for killing his abusive mother. After being released early due ...

Tue, 15 May 2018 05:12:00 -0000

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Henry Lee Lucas, is one of history’s greatest liars. After his arrest in the 1980s, Lucas claimed ...

Tue, 08 May 2018 04:16:00 -0000

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Carl Panzram didn't start out a murderer. He started with smaller crimes like robbery and arson and ...

Tue, 01 May 2018 04:30:00 -0000

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Even as a child, Carl Panzram often found himself in trouble. He spent his teenage years either home...

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 04:32:00 -0000

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After his girlfriend Maria was murdered by gang members, Pedro Rodrigues Filho made it his mission t...

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:17:00 -0000

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After being admitted to Bridgewater State Hospital, Albert DeSalvo began confiding in other patients...

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:07:00 -0000

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There’s a special sense of security within our own homes. But from 1962 to 1964, Albert DeSalvo to...

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 03:01:00 -0000

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After luring in victims using a false sense of security, Patrick Wayne Kearney earned his title as “...

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:52:00 -0000

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Patrick Wayne Kearney was born in Los Angeles, California in 1939. As a child, he was tormented rele...

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:54:00 -0000

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Many people innocently dream of having super powers. But Ahmad Suradji’s dreams led him to become ...

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:30:00 -0000

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In 1986, Ahmad Suradji had dreamed of becoming a mystic healer in his community. But this dream also...

Mon, 26 Feb

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During his 25-year medical career, Harold Shipman rose to be a respectable family doctor who treated...

Mon, 19 Feb

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What happens when a doctor, someone we should trust, becomes a killer? Harold Shipman, later known a...

Mon, 12 Feb

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Elizabeth Bathory was a cruel, widowed noblewoman who earned the title “The Blood Countess” from...

Mon, 05 Feb

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In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, young peasant girls who went to the Castle Cachtice were ...

Mon, 29 Jan

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After murdering two women, robbing graves, and decorating his home with human body parts, Ed Gein fo...

Mon, 22 Jan

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We explore the twisted mind of Ed Gein, whose gruesome killings inspired horror movies Pyscho, The T...

Mon, 15 Jan

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After a childhood filled with abuse, poverty, and shame, Jane Toppan (born Honora Kelley), left her ...

Mon, 08 Jan

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We continue to look into the conflicted identity of John Wayne Gacy, who terrorized Chicago in the 1...

Mon, 25 Dec

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John Wayne Gacy, or the “Killer Clown,” was named the worst serial killer in the United States a...

Mon, 18 Dec

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Ian Brady & Myra Hindley shared a deep, dark passion for murder that led to the death of multiple ch...

Mon, 11 Dec

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When Myra Hindley, an ambitious, yet violent, young woman met Ian Brady, an unemotional man with a t...

Mon, 04 Dec

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After William Bonin took the life of his first victim, his killings only escalated in frequency and ...

Mon, 27 Nov

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William Bonin drove California’s freeways, picking up hitchhiking men and boys and driving them to...

Mon, 20 Nov

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Andrei Chikatilo killed with increasing frequency over twelve years. Greg and Vanessa explain how th...

Mon, 13 Nov

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One of the most prolific serial killers ever to live, Andrei Chikatilo murdered 53 people between 19...

Fri, 10 Nov

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He was never caught. So why did Jack the Ripper stop killing? In the finale, Greg, Vanessa, Carter, ...

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 05:15:00 -0000

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One of the first serial killers to write letters to the authorities, Jack the Ripper’s mail was me...

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:08:00 -0000

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He's the world's most famous killer. But how could a series of crimes committed in a few weeks in 18...

Mon, 06 Nov

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In the case of the Lethal Lovers, Gwen Graham was charged with five murders, and Cathy Wood charged ...

Mon, 30 Oct

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After meeting at Alpine Manor in Michigan, nurses’ aides Gwen Graham and Cathy Wood began a romant...

Mon, 23 Oct

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Bible John left gruesomely specific crime scenes. This week, Greg and Vanessa scrutinize this killer...

Mon, 16 Oct

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Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom was meant to be a place for people to dance and enjoy themselves. In...

Mon, 09 Oct

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Charles Cullen was one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. As a nurse, he went from...

Mon, 02 Oct

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Nurses are trained to save lives. But this nurse killed. Charles Cullen overdosed his elderly patien...

Mon, 25 Sep

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A fire rages at black widow Belle Gunness's murder farm, where her many victims lie buried below her...

Mon, 18 Sep

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Norwegian immigrant Belle Gunness was one of America's deadliest black widows. Suitors answering her...

Mon, 11 Sep

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What makes someone evil? And how evil is Gary Ridgway, serial killer and necrophiliac? Greg and Vane...

Mon, 04 Sep

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Struggling with a low IQ, Gary Ridgway always wanted to be the best at just one thing. That one thin...

Mon, 28 Aug

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Behind the cheerful demeanor of a sweet southern grandma, lurked a vicious killer. Nannie Doss poiso...

Mon, 21 Aug

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“The Giggling Granny”, Nannie Doss’ home cooked meals were served with a side of poison. Was s...

Mon, 14 Aug

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Lonnie Franklin Jr. offered rides to Los Angeles women, only to kill them, photograph them, and leav...

Mon, 07 Aug

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He targeted and killed multiple women in the 1980’s; then mysteriously disappeared. Fourteen years...

Mon, 31 Jul

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A lust killer who dreamed to be known as an outlaw, Paul John Knowles sought infamy. He was so despe...

Mon, 24 Jul

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He had no pattern. No victim type. No consistent MO. And he killed across the country. Nicknamed the...

Mon, 17 Jul

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“The Boogey Man”, AKA Albert Fish, attacked over 100 children, many of them unidentified. A trau...

Mon, 10 Jul

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Every Monday we take a psychological and entertaining approach to provide a rare glimpse into the mi...

Mon, 10 Jul

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Albert Fish preyed on young children in the early 1900s, molesting, murdering, and even cannibalizin...