America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil
★ 6.0·2009·1 seasons · 10 episodes·Series
DocumentaryCrime
Synopsis
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.
Episodes
Season 11E1The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the RipperEpisode 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.45m2E2Killers Without ConscienceThis is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).45m3E3The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat YouA look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.45m4E4Serial Killing Begins AgainThe 1960s and 70s represented the dawn of a new era in serial killing. Featuring: The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer45m5E5Men Who Like to KillFeaturing The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy45m6E6Homosexual Serial KillersSome 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.45m7E7Buddy Serial KillingThe 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.45m8E8The Many Faces of Serial KillersOne 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.45m9E9To Catch a Serial KillerFeaturing: The Green River Killer and BTK45m10E10Why Serial Killers KillThe biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?"
Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer45m
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