World's Most Evil Killers
World’s Most Evil Killers delves into the gripping real-life stories of the world’s most terrifying and prolific killers. From Fred and Rose West to Ed Gein – The Clown Killer – and even to The Milwaukee Cannibal. Each episode focuses on one notorious killer and features authentic first-hand accounts of their behavior, from detectives who ran the case, journalists who reported on the stories, relatives, and at times survivors, alongside series experts who provide analysis. These criminologists, crime journalists and psychologists examine how the infamous killers made headlines both nationally and internationally and why they still continue to evoke fear and fascination in the public eye.
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 0h 0m
Release: 2018
Rating: 8.3
Season 1 - World's Most Evil Killers
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"An account of the German serial killer Fritz Honka, whose insecurities over his height and peculiar sexual habits led to him killing four prostitutes."
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"A profile of the ghastly German serial killer who hunted and ate parts of his victims, earning him the title of the 'Ruhr Cannibal'."
2018-04-01
"Profiling the Belgian serial killer, convicted for kidnapping, torturing and sexually abusing six victims until his arrest in 1996."
2018-04-08
"Documentary profiling Chicago killer John Wayne Gacy, who was well-liked by his local community, until it emerged he had ended the lives of 33 men in the 1970s."
2018-04-28
"An insight into the crimes of Thierry Paulin, who attacked, robbed and murdered at least 18 elderly women in France during the 1980s, to fund his extravagant lifestyle."
Season 2 - World's Most Evil Killers
2018-05-06
"Serial killer Edmund Kemper killed six women in California and several members of his family."
2018-05-07
"Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles with his spate of home invasions."
2018-05-20
"Also known as the Yosemite Park Killer, Cary Stayner murdered four women in 1999 before his capture. Were his actions the result of a tragic childhood?"
21 May 2018
"Examining the murderer who appeared on a dating game show in the midst of a killing spree that may have claimed as many as 130 victims."
2018-05-27
"The disturbing case of 53-year-old German Horst Kroener, who was jailed in 2016 for murdering his Filipina wife in her sleep."
2018-05-28
"The case of 'The Pink Giant', Wolfgang Schmidt, a transgender German serial killer who brutally murdered five women and an infant."
2018-06-24
"The story of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, who was heralded as an example of successful rehabilitation, only for him to kill again."
Season 3 - World's Most Evil Killers
2020-01-07
"A look at the life and crimes of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whose story was featured in the Oscar-winning film Monster, and who was executed in 2002."
2020-01-14
"The crimes of serial killer Bobby Joe Long, who abducted and murdered at least 10 women in 1984. He was executed by lethal injection in 2019."
2020-01-21
"The case of serial killer Gary Ridgway, who has confessed to murdering a staggering 71 teenage girls and women across Washington state through the 1980s and 1990s."
2020-02-11
"A look at the horrific crimes committed by Kansas City serial killer Robert Berdella, known for kidnapping, raping, torturing and butchering his victims."
18 Feb 2020
"A profile of the serial killer Robert Lee Yates, who narrowly avoided the death penalty for killing at least 13 sex workers during a horrific reign of terror."
2020-03-03
"A look at the life of the Polish serial killer, nicknamed the Vampire of Krakow for his wildly varying choice of victims, from young children to the elderly."
Season 4 - World's Most Evil Killers
2020-06-02
"A profile of the serial killer who found himself at the center of New York's biggest manhunt after a vicious shooting spree that left six dead."
09 Jun 2020
"A profile of The Truck Stop Killer, who targeted hitchhikers and truck stop sex workers in a horrific string of crimes spanning 15 years"
2020-06-16
"A profile of the murderer known to some as the Riverside Prostitute Killer, who sits on death row after being convicted for the slaying of 12 women."
30 Jun 2020
"An investigation into the murderous mother-and-son duo who killed three people in the late-90s, including an elderly landlady in a greed-fueled ploy."
2020-07-14
"Known as The Railroad Killer to some, the serial killer is thought to have taken the lives of more than 23 victims before his execution in 2006."
21 Jul 2020
"A look at the lives and crimes of a duo of cousins who, together, took the lives of 10 girls and women aged between 12 and 28."
2020-07-28
"A look at the life of the American serial killer, who was convicted of three murders but confessed to many more."
Season 5 - World's Most Evil Killers
2021-01-19
"The Grim Sleeper: The story of the brutal Los Angeles serial killer. Nine innocent women and a teenage girl lost their lives at his hands"
2021-01-26
"Freeway Killer: The story of the savage serial killer who took the lives of over 21 victims and left their bodies strewn across freeways in California."
2021-02-02
"The Shoe Fetish Killer: The crimes of Jerry Brudos, whose disturbing shoe fetish played a part in the gruesome murders he carried out on four young women."
16 Feb 2021
"The story of Arthur Shawcross, whose bloodthirsty murder spree lasted more than a decade and claimed over a dozen lives."
23 Feb 2021
"The crimes of Doug Clark and Carol M Bundy, a cunning pair of lovers-turned-murderers who targeted young girls and sex workers on LA's Sunset Strip in the late 1970s, brutally killing for their own twisted pleasure."
2021-03-02
"Trash Bag Killer: The story of one of the most prolific serial killers in America, with a victim list of at least 25 - the youngest aged just five."
23 Mar 2021
"A profile of serial killer Cesar Barone, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of four women in Oregon in the early 1990s."
Season 6 - World's Most Evil Killers
2021-10-26
"The story of one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, dubbed `The Pig Farmer Killer' by the media."
02 Nov 2021
"The story of the serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis, who brutally snatched away the lives of eight innocent women during a decade-long killing spree in Louisiana."
09 Nov 2021
"The story of a terrifying killer who snatched away the lives of four victims before being caught while trying to claim his fifth."
16 Nov 2021
"The story of Judy Buenoano, the first woman in Florida to die in the electric chair. She was a killer so evil that her own son became one of her victims."
2021-11-23
"Serial killer Gary Ray Bowles, who took the lives of six men in 1994, and became known as the I-95 Killer, as most of his victims lived close to the Interstate 95 highway."
2021-11-30
"A profile of Derrick Todd Lee, who murdered seven women in the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana, and was sentenced to death for his chilling crimes."
07 Dec 2021
"The story of Velma Barfield, the first woman to be executed by lethal injection after taking six lives."
21 Dec 2021
"The chilling story of the serial killer who worked as a nurse in Texas, where she killed many children and infants by injecting them with drugs"
Season 7 - World's Most Evil Killers
2022-11-22
"The notorious story of a man convicted of the murder of two young girls, as well as another killing at a military base."
2022-11-29
"The Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen who murdered at least seventeen women during a spree that lasted for more than a decade."
2022-12-06
"A killer who goaded police and media during his spree, Heriberto Seda claimed to kill based on his victims' star signs."
2022-12-13
"A career criminal who was convicted of one murder and suspected of two others, Charles Albright was notorious for keeping eyes as trophies."
2022-12-20
"Responsible for five murders, Joshua Wade avoided justice for years and later confessed to killings that started from when he was just 14."
2022-12-27
"A Texas serial killer, Anthony Allen Shore was matched to four murders after his arrest for a different crime."
2023-01-03
"A man who terrorized Phoenix in an extensive year-long crime spree, committing nine murders with no apparent motive."
2023-01-10
"A killer who found some of his victims through ads, the case of Paul Runge become prominent in the debate over the death penalty in Illinois."
2023-01-17
"For nearly a decade, the Bayou Strangler deceived, bound, assaulted and murdered men, as he drifted across South Louisiana."
2023-01-24
"Paul Michael Stephani has become etched in the minds of all who knew him as the notorious weepy voiced Killer, whose rage fueled and vicious attacks took the lives of three unsuspecting women."
Season 8 - World's Most Evil Killers
2023-11-23
"Mother Paige Birgfeld went missing in 2007 and her remains were found five years later. A decade on, police closed the net on a local mechanic."
2023-11-30
"In 1973, Dawn Magyar's body was found two months after she had vanished. Twenty-eight years on, advances in forensics helped solve the case."
2023-12-07
"In 1999 and 2000, women began disappearing from Detroit's thriving areas of prostitution. No one suspected that John Eric Armstrong, a seemingly normal father was actually a killer."
2023-12-14
"Over a 25-year career of murder, Richard Biegenwald killed at least six people as he sought out ever more violent and inventive ways of dealing death."
2023-12-21
"For Richard Kuklinski, crime was his way of life. As a professional murderer, his unusual methods led to a disturbing nickname, The Iceman."
2023-12-28
"When police in Colorado interrogated Richard Paul White about the murder of his friend, he began confessing to even more horrifying crimes."
2024-01-04
"Billy Mansfield Jr murdered at least five victims, but investigators suspect the extent of his serial killing is still to be revealed."
2024-01-11
"As well as being a well-spoken, well-respected computer expert, Randy Kraft was a serial killer suspected of killing more than 60 victims."
2024-01-18
"Working as a truck driver, serial killer Wayne Adam Ford strangled and dismembered his victims before dumping their bodies in creeks and rivers"
2024-01-25
"After Jarrae Estepp's body was found at a recycling centre, police discovered that her murderer, Steven Dean Gordon, had killed before."
Season 9 - World's Most Evil Killers
2024-12-17
"Examining the crimes of Glen McCurley, who in 1974 abducted 17-year-old Carla Walker from a bowling alley car park and killed her before leaving her body in a ditch"
