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- StarsLynn RoyConrad Roy Jr.Carolyn McgonagleTeen Michelle Carter's actions shocked a nation - but what really happened behind closed doors? This HBO special showcases the prosecution's point of view and alternately the defense's. Which side do you fall on?
- DirectorHiromu NakamuraStarsKatsuya KobayashiMiki KomoriMasanori MachidaA high-school girl is kidnapped by gang lords and held captive for several months. Over this time, she repeatedly beaten, raped, and tortured.
- StarsJacqueline BynonSkip HollandsworthDan FurstenfeldReveals the network of pedophiles that connected two deranged serial killers, Dean Corll and John Wayne Gacy.
- StarsRosemary WestFred WestCharlie StaytThis documentary reveals the inner workings of the couple accused of Britain's most shocking murderous sex crimes. Step into Fred and Rose West's disturbing and macabre world.
- DirectorAdam KaletaNathaniel LippiettStarsFred WestRosemary WestJayne HamerSir Trevor revisits the Cromwell Streets Murders, one of the most disturbing and chilling cases in British history.
- DirectorRick BitzelbergerStarsChristopher StapletonRobert SiskoSean ThomasA film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
- StarsGary BrucatoKhadija MonkMark E. Safarik"First Blood" examines some of America's most notorious serial killers through the prism of their first known kills to reveal what drove them to the moment when violent fantasy and curiosity became a devastating reality.
- StarsJoanne FroggattMaxine PeakeSean HarrisA vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
- DirectorJonathan JonesStarsPaul McGannMyra HindleyIan BradyIan Brady and Myra Hindley's horrific child killing spree shocked the nation and they have been front page news ever since. Ian Brady fantasized about committing the perfect murder.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsAddison TimlinZane HoltzZelda WilliamsIn 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?
- DirectorSean TurrellStarsChris HatcherStephanie HerreraCameron HookerIn the first hour of the two-part back-to-back special, Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box, kidnapping survivor Colleen Stan tells the story of her seven-year ordeal. Abducted by a sadistic predator and his wife, she was brainwashed, tortured, and largely confined to a coffin-size box. Taking us back to where it all happened, Colleen Stan bravely documents her terrifying captivity. From the very spot where she was first picked up, Colleen provides a riveting first-hand account. She explains how a slavery contract prevented her from running, and how mind control prevented her from going to police even once she was free. In the second hour learn how Colleen embraces freedom, but no matter how much she wants to move on, the past won't go away. When she eventually took the stand at her abductor's trial, she found herself portrayed as a willing participant. Evil may cast a long shadow, but faith and family ultimately allowed Colleen to reclaim her identity and find her mission. There was another kidnapping victim-one who died and was never found-and now Colleen is determined to find justice for her, too.
- DirectorChi-Kin YeungStarsCherry Chiu-Chiu ChanHugo NgAngela Ying-Ying TongThree triad gangsters kidnap and brutally torture a woman for one month until she died. Then they dismember and cook the body, hide the skull inside the head of a giant-sized Hello Kitty doll.
- DirectorBenny Chi-Shun ChanStarsYiu-Cheung LaiEmily KwanAmanda LeeA group of men brutally torture and murder a prostitute, who was caught stealing from them.
- StarsPamela AshtonTony CrookesStan GrantKatherine Mary Knight lived in the small town of Aberdeen, NSW. In the early hours of March 1st 2000, Knight attacked her de facto husband John Price by stabbing him repeatedly. One day earlier, John had gone to court and taken out an Apprehended Violence Order against her. Knight's experience as an abattoir worker and her obsession with knives may have aided in how she then mutilated the body. After skinning John's body she then decapitated him and cooked parts of his body to serve to his relatives. After noticing John missing from work, his employer notified police and one of the most horrific crime scenes in Australian history was to be uncovered. She was the first Australian female to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole and her papers were marked 'never to be released'.
- DirectorJoel BenderStarsLaura PreponMisha CollinsPatrick BauchauBased on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
- 2005– 46m7.6 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorNeil EdwardsStarsChristopher SladePaul BernardoTim DansonAuthors, attorneys, psychologists and a former detective recall the perfect "Barbie and Ken" couple who secretly scoured Toronto for underage virgins to victimize.
- Troubled teen Alyssa Bustamante was a self-styled 'bad girl' who boasted of loving knives, and said she wanted to know how it felt to kill. When she gave in to this curiosity and murdered her nine year old neighbour Elizabeth Olten, it devastated their rural farming community.
- DirectorShane Ryan-ReidStarsKatie NonameDemi BaumannTeona DolnikovaInspired by true events. A nine year old girl disappears and is later found murdered. The movie exploits the events leading up to the death of the girl, why did it happen? What lies beneath? Was the parenting of the young perpetrators to blame or was it their need to be seen. Are they even an invention of the imagination and not real?
- DirectorStephen KayStarsRobert ForsterMichael MicheleMaury ChaykinAfter 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas home in on the serial killer known as BTK.
- DirectorJeffrey HirschfieldStarsTamlynn BrysonAlyssa DiMarcoNick DolanFor 31 years Dennis Rader aka BTK killer was able to live a double life. This documentary chronicle's comprehensive interviews with law enforcement, victim's family members, reporters and his daughter Kerri Rawson.
- DirectorJohnny BurkeStarsEd KemperMonty LundeLuita SpanglerFollows the story and reality of Edmund Kemper, who appears to be a gentle giant who offers rides to young female hitchhikers, but is actually a perverted monster with a tormented childhood and dark sexual fantasies.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsAileen WuornosNick BroomfieldArlene Pralle1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsKane HodderAdrienne FrantzMichael BerrymanThe twisted and murderous appetites of the notorious Ed Gein, whose depredations in his small town of Plainfield come as quite a shock to his neighbors, especially Deputy Mason, whose mother Vera and girlfriend Erica have gone missing.
- DirectorNick MavroidakisLloyd ThompsonStarsEd GeinMax HarringtonHarold SchechterA profile of Ed Gein, the killer and body-snatcher who came to be known as the 'Butcher of Plainfield', and whose story is thought to have inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
- DirectorBob CeaMatthew TestaStarsLawrence BittakerLaura BrandDennis McCarthyStory of two American serial killers and rapists who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed five teenage girls in Southern California over a period of five months in 1979.
- DirectorJ. Darin WalesStarsPete DemeoLawrence BittakerStephen KayWicked Attraction examines the case of Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered five teenage girls in California.
- DirectorTommy O'HaverStarsElliot PageHayley McFarlandNick SearcyThe true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
- 2012– 43m7.5 (9)TV EpisodeThe parents of Kelly Anne Bates look back on their 17-year-old daughter's relationship with her murderous boyfriend James Patterson Smith, which ended in the girl's death in 1996.
- DirectorDavid CargillFred PeabodyStarsKathleen GarrettCarl BomanBen EspeyA pregnant woman is found strangled to death with her baby removed in a crude Cesarean section. Police attempt to reconstruct the crime and eventually discover the kidnapper Lisa Montgomery.
- DirectorChristopher HearyStarsTsutomu MiyazakiThe horrific murders of series killer Tsutomu Miyazaki who took the lives of for young girls and tortured them to death and ate them.
- DirectorAdam WarnerStarsSamm BarleyJames Llewellyn EvansBenjamin GulkaTwenty-three-year-old Amanda Taylor shares her entire life on the Internet, then a tragedy takes place, and her posts take a dark turn.
- DirectorChristopher James LangStarsFabiola MirandaJohn Paul AndrewsGeoffrey BoggsThe gruesome kidnap and torture of 16-year-old Suzanne Capper ended in murder but the story proves even more twisted when it's discovered that a movie character inspired her killers.
- StarsPaul BrittonEric CullenSamantha LundriganRobert John Maudsley (born 26 June 1953) is a British serial killer responsible for the murders of four people. He committed three of these murders in prison after receiving a life sentence for a single murder.
- StarsMichele CanaleAlexander HanzhaViktor SayenkoThis documentary ("The hammer maniacs") offers a full report and reconstruction of the notoriously disturbing killing spree by the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs in 2007.
- DirectorJason StoddardStarsLeslie EasterbrookKane HodderJ.D. HartA story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.
- DirectorJ. Darin WalesStarsPete DemeoMark BergZachary BradshawWicked Attractions looks at the case of Theresa Knorr who brutally murder two of her own children while using her other children to help facilitate and cover-up the crime.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsMatt BarrEric McCormackLolita DavidovichA charming but devious college student is accused of killing his wealthy father and attempting to murder his mother in their home while they slept.
- StarsBillie-Wayne CobleBrooke M. HaneyTim HopperControl freaks seek to gain power through murder. Ronald Gene Simmons was a mass murderer who killed 16 people. Richard Angelo was a nurse who poisoned patients to save them. Billie Wayne Coble was a domineering father, and murderer.
- DirectorClive SaundersStarsMark HoltonAdam BaldwinTom WaldmanModel citizen, devoted father, loving husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy - a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his family house. Based on a true story.
- StarsBrian DennehyMichael RileyMargot KidderGood friend and neighbour John Wayne Gacy entertained children and ran a business. However, he hid a dark secret as a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
- StarsSam AmiranteGreg BedoeRafael TovarNever-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy threads through this chilling look at his 1970s murder spree.
- StarsTerry SullivanPhilip HershJay LevineThe chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
- DirectorTalya TibbonStarsLucy BriersCayla BergmanJunan Chen
- StarsYuval DavidElliot RodgerPeter RodgerA look at the life of Elliot Rodger, the perpetrator of a killing spree in Isla Vista, California on May 23, 2014.
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinS. Epatha MerkersonA therapist is charged with murder after an 11-year-old girl dies during a "rebirthing" procedure.
- DirectorLucien Castaing-TaylorVerena ParavelStarsRenée HarteveltIssei SagawaJun SagawaCaniba is a film that reflects on the discomforting significance of cannibalistic desire in human existence through the prism of one man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun.
- DirectorSantiago StelleyStarsRenée HarteveltIssei SagawaIssei Sagawa murdered an innocent woman and spent three days eating her flesh. Due to loopholes in the law, Issei is a free man to this day.
- DirectorToby DyeStarsIssei SagawaOlivier FollBarak KushnerThe Cannibal that Walked Free (also known as Cannibal Superstar ) is a British documentary produced by Visual Voodoo for Channel Five which explores - through direct access - the bizarre psychology and twisted celebrity fame that surrounds Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa.
- DirectorMatthew RosvallyStarsMatthew RosvallyG.R. ClaveriaJenna KeefnerDelve into the minds of serial killers Leonard Lake and Charlie Ng with this horrifying found footage film, spanning the 1983-1984 killing spree that shocked California and the nation.
- DirectorNick MavroidakisStarsCharles NgLeonard LakeElizabeth YardleyThe chilling case of a Hong Kong kleptomaniac and a Vietnam veteran who committed a series of horrific murders from their cabin in California.
- DirectorStuart TaylorStarsLara AbreuJoe AgresteMarianna AlacchiThe story of American serial killer Leonard Thomas Lake and his accomplice Charles Ng. The documentary starts with the cyanide poisoning suicide of Lake, the ensuing investigation, and the horrors that were discovered.
- DirectorJeff FrentzenStarsNaidra Dawn ThomsonShannon LeadeStephen A.F. DayBased on a true story, House On The Hill chronicles the outrageous 1980s murder spree of serial killer Leonard Lake, who would target, kidnap, rob and kill people -- and even whole families.
- DirectorBobby RothStarsRobert BlakeBeverly D'AngeloDavid CarusoThe story of the notorious American mass murderer who killed his entire immediate family to hide his personal failures and hid for decades before he was finally arrested.
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsTerry O'QuinnJill SchoelenShelley HackAfter murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
- 1988–2013TV-PGTV EpisodeDirectorGlenn WeissStarsDaniel David SimJohn Walsh
- DirectorNick PoyntzStarsGary RidgwayPatsy CoffieldGalen HirschiDocumentary about Gary Leon Ridgway, an American serial killer who was active during the 1980s and 1990s. He was known as the "Green River Killer."
- DirectorRob DorfmannStarsJohn AlexenkoFabienne BrooksOliver BuryThe Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, thought he could get away with numerous murders, but now we see what the family has to say about it.
- 2018–TV EpisodeJoel Michael Guy Jr.'s parents were discovered stabbed and dismembered, their remains placed in different rooms of the house. It is alleged that Joel Guy Jr. killed his parents after they told him they would no longer pay his bills.
- DirectorJohn MavetyStarsLynnanne ZagerJanis AmatuzioDaryl BarnesA bizarre journey into the world of women who kill for thrills. A charismatic women uses the occult to murder, a teen turns jealousy into a deadly game and a 16-year-old shoots up a schoolyard just because she does not like Mondays.
- DirectorRichard SwindellStarsMatt ThompsonNicole NogradyAmelia BeaugardExamining the extraordinary circumstances that lead to four desperate women finding themselves on death row. Leading experts share their observations.
- StarsFarrah FawcettRyan O'NealGordon ClappA peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
- StarsDiane DownsElizabeth YardleyLars LarsonA look at the cold-hearted criminal who was convicted of murdering her daughter and attempting to kill her two other children in 1983.
- StarsStephanie BauerJosh SkurnikChuck CoxSusan Powell was just 28 years old when she vanished from her suburban home in West Valley City, Utah in 2009.
- StarsDan NachtrabFrancine BerkMarvin E. WestWhen Susan Powell vanishes without a trace, her husband claims to have no idea what happened. But many feel he may have had a hand in her disappearance. As her family searches for answers, the tale takes a tragic turn that no one sees coming.
- An SUV with a female couple and their six adopted children plunge into the Pacific Ocean, leaving behind more questions than answers.
- 2017– 1h7.1 (20)TV EpisodeStarsRobert BerdellaStuart HamiltonElizabeth YardleyA look at the horrific crimes committed by the serial killer, known for kidnapping, raping, torturing and 'butchering' his victims.
- 2002–202342mTV-14TV EpisodeStarsPhil McGrawCollege student Austin Harrouff, accused of murdering a couple and stabbing a neighbor who tried to help, speaks out for the first time.
- DirectorMichael HarteStarsDouglas BenceBob BrentonMike CattranSerial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
- DirectorIwan RobersStarsDavid TennantDennis NilsenDennis Nilsen is one of the most notorious serial killers in British criminal history. This documentary features exclusive interviews with those involved in his case.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsNia VardalosMike DopudGenea CharpentierStacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered dead of an apparent suicide, the police suspect some foul play, as David's death mimics that of Stacey's first husband, Michael Wallace, who died in 2000.
- DirectorChris James ThompsonStarsAndrew SwantPamela BassJeffrey JentzenAn experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
- StarsVernell BassHenry ZebrowskiBen KisselDissect the mind of America's most shocking cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, to understand what drives these killers to commit unspeakable crimes.
- DirectorDavid JacobsonStarsJeremy RennerBruce DavisonArtel GreatBiopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
- CreatorRyan MurphyIan BrennanStarsEvan PetersRichard JenkinsMolly RingwaldThe story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.
- DirectorJonathan DoeStarsJonathan DoeFelicia FisherInspired by the 1982 Robert Beckowitz murder case, The Degenerates showcases the exploits of a couple who recently murdered a man to use the body as a toy of entertainment for their drug fueled honeymoon.
- StarsMaggie HuculakVicki GabereauTamara HamiltonAward-winning investigation into the crimes of Robert Pickton. This documentary explores why it took so many years to capture and convict Canada's most prolific serial killer. Troubling revelations about who knew what, and when.
- DirectorChad FerrinStarsJake BuseyLew TempleBai LingInspired by the terrifying story of Robert "Willy" Pickton, the pig farmer and prolific killer of women whose horrific crimes shocked the world.
- DirectorDenys BlakewayStarsJim CarterLeah JonesDavid BrysonMary Flora Bell was born in 1957 in an impoverished slum area in the West End of Newcastle. Her home life was a nightmare of extreme abuse and deprivation. Her mother Betty McCrickett was a mentally unstable alcoholic prostitute. Mary Bell murdered two preschool-age boys in 1968. In both instances she informed her victim he had a sore throat, which she would massage before proceeding to strangle him.
- DirectorTony HicksonStarsPaul BeechBased on the real life murderer Mary Bell who killed two children in the 1960s.
- DirectorAbu AleehaStarsKaleem GhoriYasir HussainRabya KulsoomThe story of serial killer Javed Iqbal, who sexually abused and killed more than 100 children in Lahore between 1998 and 1999.
- DirectorAneel AhmadStarsZafar BhuttKova TilavpurIqbal is a short documentary/drama, based on interviews and eye witness accounts, on the serial killer Javid Iqbal who murdered over 100 children in the early 1990s Lahore Pakistan.
- DirectorNeena NejadXoel PamosStarsJill AbplanalpBasheer AhmedTanya EisererThe Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their father Yaser Said back in 2008.
- DirectorTom WellerStarsChristopher SladeCharles AlbrightSkip HollandsworthProfile of serial killer Charles Albright, who'd kill Dallas, Texas, prostitutes and remove their eyeballs, often with surgical precision.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
- StarsBen WeddingtonTwo teen girls are brutally murdered - could one of their best friends be responsible?
- Rachael Koloroutis and Tiffany Rowell were popular high school students. When outcast Christine Paolilla moves to town, the teens befriend her. But soon Rachel and Tiffany are found murdered along with their boyfriends, shocking their small town. #Mystery&Suspense
- DirectorRob FlorenceStarsRonald M. Ruiz Jr.Miriam ChamaniAn exploration on the the possible root causes of an internationally notorious 2006 French Quarter murder-suicide that involved dismemberment, beheading, and the cooking of human remains.
- DirectorRob FlorenceStarsMiriam ChamaniZACK AND ADDIE is an un-sensationalized exploration of possible root causes of the internationally notorious 2006 Zack Bowen / Addie Hall French Quarter murder-suicide. Dismemberment, beheading, and cooking human remains do suggest 'horror movie,' but as Voodoo Priestess Miriam Chimani says in ZACK AND ADDIE: 'We have to look a little deeper to get further understanding. In exploring this confounding, mysterious crime, the film raises as many questions as it answers.
- DirectorJustin WolfeStarsMollye BarrowsBrandon BeecherMichael BensonTerry King always wanted to be a good father to his two sons, Derek and Alex. But the family is destroyed when Terry dies in a mysterious fire and the boys go missing. Before it's over, a world of lies, deceit and a shocking murderer will be revealed.
- 1992– TV-PG7.9 (10)TV EpisodeStarsBill KurtisMollye BarrowsFrank BellTwo young boys are charged with murdering their father with a baseball bat. During the investigation it is discovered that Rick Chavis, a convicted child molester, helped the boys commit the crime. American Justice examines the case.
- 2005– 45m7.0 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt GroschStarsChristopher SladeGene BurchettJohn CompstonGerald and Charlene Gallego, a husband and wife team, stalked the late 1970s American west for sex slaves to rape and kill.
- DirectorJeffrey FineJ. Darin WalesStarsRay BiondiJohn CompstonPete DemeoWicked Attraction looks at the case of Gerald and Charlene Gallego who abduct and kill a series of teenagers in Sacramento, California.
- DirectorJeffrey WoodsStarsBill GravesKendra MaplesScott BrooksSins and Secrets goes to Knoxville to examine the deaths of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom who disappeared shortly after they were carjacked. The police eventually discover their raped and brutally beaten bodies and trace the murders to five black suspects setting off racial tensions in the city.
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsLou Diamond PhillipsBellamy YoungAnnalisa CochraneAn account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.