Ron Meyer
Director
America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil (2009)
Season 1
A 10-Part Journey into Darkness
Released Jan. 27, 2009
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.narration, imdb.criminologist, imdb.real-crime, imdb.six-word-title, imdb.colon-in-title, imdb.apostrophe-in-title, imdb.country-name-in-title + 2 more, imdb.murderer, imdb.serial-killer
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, Fandango at Home Free
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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, midnight
S1E2 - 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, midnight
S1E3 - 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, midnight
S1E4 - 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, midnight
S1E5 - Men Who Like to Kill
Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy
Feb. 24, 2009, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
March 3, 2009, midnight
S1E7 - 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.
March 10, 2009, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
March 17, 2009, midnight
S1E9 - To Catch a Serial Killer
Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK
March 24, 2009, midnight
S1E10 - Why Serial Killers Kill
The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?"
Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer
March 31, 2009, midnight
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 450 min.
Released: Jan. 27, 2009
Last Air Date: March 31, 2009, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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