America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil

Season 1

2009 · 10 episodes · 7h 30m in all

A 10-Part Journey into Darkness

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper

   27 Jan 2009 · 45 min

   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.

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   2. Killers Without Conscience

   3 Feb 2009 · 45 min

   This is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).

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   3. The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You

   10 Feb 2009 · 45 min

   A look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.

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   4. Serial Killing Begins Again

   17 Feb 2009 · 45 min

   The 1960s and 70s represented the dawn of a new era in serial killing. Featuring: The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer

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   5. Men Who Like to Kill

   24 Feb 2009 · 45 min

   Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy

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   6. Homosexual Serial Killers

   3 Mar 2009 · 45 min

   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.

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   7. Buddy Serial Killing

   10 Mar 2009 · 45 min

   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.

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   8. The Many Faces of Serial Killers

   17 Mar 2009 · 45 min

   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.

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   9. To Catch a Serial Killer

   24 Mar 2009 · 45 min

   Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK

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    10. Why Serial Killers Kill

    31 Mar 2009 · 45 min

    The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?" Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer