Serial Killer TV Show Documentaries, a list by damcclure60

7.5

/33384/

72

/1532/

74

/346/

3.6

/35903/

71

/35/

Popcorn

83

Metacritic

70

/15/

RogerEbert

2.5

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Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

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37

5.9

/763/

59

/60/

54

/10/

83

/6/

Popcorn

24

Metacritic

55

/4/

RogerEbert

2.5

The timely story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed New York Times best-selling author and memoirist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Samuel Little, and her race against time to identify his victims before it's too late. As she slips deeper into his sordid world, Jillian realizes that she may become, psychologically, Little's last victim.

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57

7.1

/1393/

69

/73/

67

/14/

3.7

/892/

100

/20/

Popcorn

85

Metacritic

85

/10/

In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infiltrating queer nightlife to find his victims.

67

37

6.2

/2347/

66

/81/

71

/10/

3.1

/576/

71

/7/

When a suspect is found in a journalist's murder, the case is considered closed until a secret diary suggests 13 more victims — and possible cannibalism.

69

19

5.7

/235/

65

/23/

86

/19/

Exploring haunted locations associated with infamous serial killers, Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures team – Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley – seek to document whether malicious energy has been left behind by sadistic killers and their evil acts.

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10

3.9

/1497/

49

/41/

36

/7/

Through intense prison interviews, Piers Morgan revisits the crimes of three convicted serial killers and learns more about their motives.

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5.0

/11/

100

/1/

Leading forensic profiler and serial killer expert Dr. Bryanna Fox examines the serial killer's path from childhood or early teens when worrying traits first come to the fore, the gradual pushing of boundaries and the disintegration of personal morality, and the culmination to murder or multiple murders.

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61

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7.1

/297/

60

/21/

52

/4/

In a riveting character-led narrative full of unimaginable twists and turns normally reserved for fiction, detectives discover two depraved men who killed at least 25 people in pursuit of their macabre sexual fantasy to enslave young women at a remote cabin in the woods, and who documented their horrifying crimes. All these years later, mystery still swirls around the facts of this case and the possible involvement of a third person, whose story the show will seek to uncover.

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80

/4/

60

/1/

What is it like to discover that the person you shared your life with is really a vicious murderer?

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6.7

/92/

56

/3/

70

/2/

A shopping mall Santa targeted and terrorised Toronto's gay village - murdering eight men in a seven-year killing spree. Why wasn't he stopped sooner?

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70

/9/

80

/1/

Criminologists, psychologists, families of victims and murderers, and others reflect on the histories of serial killers, in search of answers.

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4.0

/124/

Documentary series on Kieran Kelly, who became infamous as the London underground serial killer. This final episode reveals the truth about Kelly's alleged crimes in the 1970's.

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40

/1/

A documentary filmmaker comes across the song lyrics "Under the Radar," written by serial killer Peter Mangs during his time in prison. In the lyrics, Mangs has left clues to two unsolved murders in Florida.

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5.7

/51/

62

/4/

90

/2/

Former detectives re-open the file on suspected serial killer Charles Sobhraj, aka 'The Serpent', who agrees to be interrogated about several murders from the 1970s.

70

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7.5

/175/

66

/18/

70

/8/

There are precious few individuals who have managed to survive their encounters with serial killers. Anchored by People Magazine's in-depth reporting, these survivors share their terrifying and intensely emotional experiences with unimaginable evil.

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54

/5/

70

/3/

Examining shocking cases of women who found out their partners were murderers.

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6.7

/696/

62

/52/

60

/9/

Explore the life and crimes of Hadden Clark, a lesser-known serial killer. Dive into the inner workings of the volatile and dysfunctional Clark family, Hadden's path of depravity, and the shocking confessions he made to his cellmate that sent investigators on a search to solve the cold cases allegedly linked to him.

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6.6

/1303/

65

/71/

64

/8/

3.3

/1349/

Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison launches a new investigation into Herb Baumeister decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister's stately home. Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims' families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing.

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4.0

/66/

52

/7/

50

/1/

A terrifying yet fascinating investigative journey into the lives, crimes and deaths of some of history's most villainous characters.

67

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7.0

/438/

64

/35/

67

/3/

3.4

/243/

Features conversations with serial killer Dennis Rader from a Kansas maximum security prison, to examine his crimes and psyche.

69

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7.6

/136/

65

/28/

68

/5/

The harrowing, heroic stories of one or more survivors of the same serial killers. Told from the survivors’ point of view, the series highlights the strength and perseverance of regular people encountering and overcoming pure evil.

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50

/3/

IN 1991, three women are found murdered within days of each other in California. Investigators find they're dealing with a serial killer who keeps a macabre audio diary.

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6.2

/38/

Serial Killer Culture TV is an episodic TV show which features intimate interviews with those involved in the serial killer culture community.

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10

/1/

TMDb

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6.5

/44/

62

/7/

80

/2/

21st Century Serial Killers forensically researches the lives of the killers who can't stop killing, revealing how the grim opportunities, provided by the 21st century, played a part in a number of murders.

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6.9

/663/

62

/57/

60

/3/

3.3

/579/

Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and convicted of 17 gruesome murders that occurred between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was convicted of luring young men into his home, where he then drugged, sexually violated, killed and finally consumed them. Investigative journalist Nancy Glass secured exclusive access and the first televised interview with the famous serial killer. Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks catapults viewers into Jeffrey Dahmer's psyche, providing a unique look at the life of a serial killer that shook the nation.

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8.2

/8/

40

/5/

TMDb

The twisted minds of serial killers are explored in this informative and entertaining series.

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40

/2/

TMDb

A former FBI agency details his extensive interviews with Ed Kemper, a man who murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mother.

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5.7

/186/

56

/23/

50

/5/

What are the tell-tale signs of a serial killer in the making? Inside The Mind of a Serial Killer reveals what makes them tick and uncovers the trademark signs for spotting murderers in the making.

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6.6

/30/

46

/3/

Docu-drama bringing to life the nerve-jangling audio confessions of some of the world's most notorious murders and serial killers.

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6.1

/161/

59

/18/

70

/4/

Investigative journalist Maria Awes gets a call from serial killer Todd Kohlhepp, who claims that he has murdered more victims. She teams up with former FBI profiler John Douglas and Kohlhepp's biographer Gary Garrett, to unravel the truth.

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7.2

/46/

50

/7/

62

/4/

Serial Killer Earth brings together compelling footage and eyewitness accounts of recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, in an attempt to understand and explain what happened during these events and how they compare with disasters of the past.

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