America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil
America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil
America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil
A 10-part journey into darkness
Documentary
Crime
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Overview
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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 2009-01-27
Runtime: Unknown
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
Tom Kimball
Tom Kimball
Narrator
Episodes - Season 1
The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper
The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper
Episode 1
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.
Killers Without Conscience
Killers Without Conscience
Episode 2
This is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).
The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You
The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You
Episode 3
A look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.
Serial Killing Begins Again
Serial Killing Begins Again
Episode 4
The 1960s and 70s represented the dawn of a new era in serial killing. Featuring: The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer
Men Who Like to Kill
Men Who Like to Kill
Episode 5
Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy
Homosexual Serial Killers
Homosexual Serial Killers
Episode 6
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.
Buddy Serial Killing
Buddy Serial Killing
Episode 7
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.
The Many Faces of Serial Killers
The Many Faces of Serial Killers
Episode 8
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.
To Catch a Serial Killer
To Catch a Serial Killer
Episode 9
Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK
Why Serial Killers Kill
Why Serial Killers Kill
Episode 10
The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?" Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer
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