World's Most Evil Killers
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10 Seasons · 98 Episodes · Premiered May 27, 2017
Take an in-depth look at the lives and crimes of some of the World's Most Evil Killers including Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, Cary Stayner, Leonard Lake, Dorothea Puente and more.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
8 episodes
E01
John Wayne Gacy
Sat, May 27 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E02
Jeffrey Dahmer
Thu, Jun 1 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An insight into the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, the American serial killer dubbed the `Milwaukee Cannibal' after he raped, murdered and dismembered 17 people between 1978 and 1991.
E03
Ed Gein
Thu, Jun 8 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A 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.
E04
Marc Dutroux
Thu, Jun 15 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux, who was convicted of torturing and sexually abusing six victims, up until his arrest in 1996.
E05
Joachim Kroll
Thu, Jun 22 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the German serial killer Joachim Georg Kroll, who hunted and ate parts of his victims, earning him nicknames such as `the Duisburg Man-Eater' and `the Ruhr Cannibal'.
E06
Fritz Honka
Thu, Jun 29 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stuart Hamilton and Liz Yardley investigate the crimes of Fritz Honka, who killed at least four sex-workers in Hamburg in the 1970s, hiding their dismembered bodies around his home.
E07
Thierry Paulin
Thu, Jul 6 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E08
Volker Eckert
Thu, Jul 13 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Volker Eckert, the German truck driver who used his constant travelling to spread his killing spree across Europe.
Season 2
10 episodes
E01
Edmund Kemper
Sun, Apr 29 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Criminologists profile Edmund Kemper aka "The Co Ed Butcher", the American serial killer whose spate of killings lasted from 1964 to 1973.
E02
Richard Ramirez
Sun, May 6 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorised Los Angeles with his spate of home invasions.
E03
Dorothea Puente
Sun, May 13 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of the "Death House Landlady", who took in elderly and disabled tenants, only to murder them for their social security paychecks.
E04
Charles Ng and Leonard Lake
Sun, May 20 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The chilling case of a Hong Kong kleptomaniac and a Vietnam veteran who committed a series of horrific murders from their cabin in California.
E05
Cary Stayner
Sun, May 27 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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?
E06
Rodney Alcala
Sun, Jun 3 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Examining the so called "Dating Game Killer", who appeared on a dating game show in the midst of a killing spree that may have claimed as many as 130 victims.
E07
Horst Kroener
Sun, Jun 10 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The disturbing case of 53-year-old German Horst Kroener, who was jailed in 2016 for murdering his Filipina wife in her sleep.
E08
Wolfgang/Beate Schmidt
Sun, Jun 17 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The case of "The Pink Giant", Wolfgang Schmidt (later Beate), a transgender German serial killer who brutally murdered five women and an infant.
E09
Unterweger
Sun, Jun 24 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, who was heralded as an example of successful rehabilitation, only for him to kill again.
E10
Pawel Tuchlin aka The Scorpion
Sun, Jul 1 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An examination of the Polish serial killer, who came to be known as "The Scorpion" after murdering nine women and attacking eleven others.
Season 3
10 episodes
E01
Ted Bundy
Sun, Apr 28 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the life - and horrifying crimes - of Ted Bundy, a notorious serial killer who murdered at least 30 young women and girls between 1974 and 1978.
E02
Aileen Wuornos
Tue, Jan 7 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Bobby Joe Long
Tue, Jan 14 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Gary Ridgway
Tue, Jan 21 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Dennis Rader
Tue, Jan 28 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Diane Downs
Tue, Feb 4 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the cold-hearted criminal who was convicted of murdering her daughter and attempting to kill her two other children in 1983
E07
Robert Berdella
Tue, Feb 11 2020 10:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Robert Berdella was an American serial killer known as The Kansas City Butcher, who was responsible for drugging, raping, torturing and murdering 6 young men.
E08
Robert Lee Yates
Tue, Feb 18 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E09
Danny Rolling
Tue, Feb 25 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of serial killer Danny Rolling, nicknamed the Gainesville Ripper, who targeted Florida students with crimes so horrific that he inspired the movie Scream.
E10
Karol Kot
Tue, Mar 3 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the life of a Polish serial killer, nicknamed the Vampire of Krakow for his wildly varying choice of victims, from young children to the elderly.
Season 4
10 episodes
E01
Todd Christopher Kohlhepp
Tue, May 26 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the serial killer Todd Christopher Kohlhepp, who claimed the lives of at least seven innocent people between 2003 and 2016.
E02
David Berkowitz
Tue, Jun 2 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of David Berkowitz, the serial killer who found himself at the centre of New York's biggest manhunt after a vicious shooting spree that left six dead.
E03
Robert Ben Rhoades
Tue, Jun 9 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the Truck Stop Killer, Robert Ben Rhoades, who targeted hitchhikers and truck-stop sex workers in a horrific string of crimes spanning 15 years.
E04
William Suff
Tue, Jun 16 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E05
Christopher Hightower
Tue, Jun 23 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the Rhode Island family man and Sunday school teacher Christopher Hightower, who turned out to be a cold-blooded triple murderer.Â
E06
Sante and Kenneth Kimes
Tue, Jun 30 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An investigation into the murderous mother and son Sante and Kenneth Kimes, who killed their elderly landlady in a greed-fuelled ploy.
E07
Richard Chase
Tue, Jul 7 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Richard Chase, the serial killer who took the lives of six victims in one month, and became known to some as the Vampire Killer due to his penchant for cannibalism.
E08
Angel Maturino Resendiz
Tue, Jul 14 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The crimes of Angel Maturino Resendiz, known to some as the Railroad Killer, who is thought to have taken the lives of more than 23 victims before his execution in 2006.
E09
The Hillside Stranglers
Tue, Jul 21 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Daniel Lee Siebert
Tue, Jul 28 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 5
10 episodes
E01
Lonnie Franklin
Tue, Jan 19 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
William Bonin
Tue, Jan 26 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Jerry Brudos
Tue, Feb 2 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Keith Jesperson
Tue, Feb 9 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Arthur Shawcross
Tue, Feb 16 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Sun Set Strip Killers
Tue, Feb 23 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E07
Patrick Wayne Kearney
Tue, Mar 2 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Dayton Leyroy Rogers - The Molalla Forest Killer
Tue, Mar 9 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of one of Oregon's most prolific killers, Dayton Leyroy Rogers, who would prowl Molalla's forests in search of prostitutes to satisfy his lust for violence.
E09
Richard Roszkowski
Tue, Mar 16 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of triple-murderer Richard Roszkowski, who killed his ex-girlfriend Holly Flannery, her nine-year-old daughter Kylie and his former room-mate Thomas Gaudet in September 2006.
E10
Cesar Barone
Tue, Mar 23 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of serial killer Cesar Barone, currently serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of four women in Oregon in the early 1990s.
Season 6
10 episodes
E01
John Allen & Lee Malvo
Tue, Oct 19 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of shootings in which John Allen and his teenage accomplice Lee Malvo killed 10 people.
E02
Robert Pickton
Tue, Oct 26 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Robert Pickton, one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, dubbed `The Pig Farmer Killer" by the media
E03
Sean Vincent Gillis
Tue, Nov 2 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E04
Don Miller
Tue, Nov 9 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Judy Buenoano
Tue, Nov 16 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Gary Ray Bowles
Tue, Nov 23 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E07
Derrick Todd Lee
Tue, Nov 30 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Velma Barfield
Tue, Dec 7 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Chester Turner
Tue, Dec 14 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Genene Jones
Tue, Dec 21 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 7
10 episodes
E01
Jorge Avila-Torrez
Tue, Nov 22 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
Robert Hansen - The Butcher Baker
Tue, Nov 29 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Heriberto Seda - The New York Zodiac
Tue, Dec 6 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Charles Albright
Tue, Dec 13 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Joshua Wade
Tue, Dec 20 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Responsible for five murders, Joshua Wade avoided justice for years and later confessed to killings that started from when he was just 14.
E06
Anthony Allen Shore: The Tourniquet Killer
Tue, Dec 27 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
After being arrested for a different crime, Anthony Allen Shore was matched up to four murders making him the Tourniquet Killer.
E07
Mark Goudeau: The Baseline Killer
Tue, Jan 3 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The crimes of Mark Goudeau, an American abductor, robber, serial rapist and later serial killer who was active in Arizona from 2005 to 2006.
E08
Paul Runge
Tue, Jan 10 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A killer who found some of his victims through ads, the case of Paul Runge became prominent in the debate over the death penalty in Illinois.
E09
Ronald Dominique - The Bayou Strangler
Tue, Jan 17 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006.
E10
Paul Michael Stephani - The Weepy-Voiced Killer
Tue, Jan 24 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of a killer who was infamous for his whimpering confessions made over the phone to police after each of his murders.
Season 8
10 episodes
E01
Lester Jones
Thu, Nov 23 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at the crimes of the most evil murderers. 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.
E02
Jerald Wingeart
Thu, Nov 30 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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. (
E03
John Eric Armstrong
Thu, Dec 7 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 1999 and 2000, John Eric Armstrong prowled Detroit looking for sex workers. A seemingly normal father, no one suspected he was a killer.
E04
Richard Biegenwald
Thu, Dec 14 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.Â
E05
Richard Kuklinski
Thu, Dec 21 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
For Richard Kuklinski, crime was his way of life. As a professional murderer, his unusual methods led to a disturbing nickname, The Iceman.Â
E06
Richard Paul White
Thu, Dec 28 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When police in Colorado interrogated Richard Paul White about the murder of his friend, he began confessing to even more horrifying crimes.Â
E07
Billy Mansfield Jr
Thu, Jan 4 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
From 1975 and 1980, Billy Mansfield Jr murdered at least five victims, but investigators suspect the extent of his serial killing is still to be revealed.
E08
Randy Kraft
Thu, Jan 11 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Wayne Adam Ford
Thu, Jan 18 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
While working as a long-haul truck driver, serial killer Wayne Adam Ford strangled and dismembered his victims before dumping their bodies in creeks and rivers.
E10
Steven Dean Gordon
Thu, Jan 25 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
After a worker found the body of Jarrae Estepp at a California recycling center, detectives closed in on her murderer, Steven Dean Gordon, and discovered that he had killed before.
Season 9
10 episodes
E01
Glen McCurley
Tue, Jan 7 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
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.
E02
William Devin Howell
Tue, Jan 14 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at the life and crimes of William Devin Howell who was found guilty of the murders of seven different women.
E03
Michael Bruce Ross
Tue, Jan 21 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at the life and crimes of Michael Bruce Ross who was executed in 2005 after raping and murdering women across Connecticut and New York.
E04
Donald Henry Gaskins
Tue, Jan 28 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of serial killer Donald Henry Gaskins who stabbed, shot, drowned and poisoned more than a dozen people in South Carolina in the 1970s.
E05
Wayne Willams
Tue, Feb 4 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at the life and crimes of Wayne Williams who is serving life in prison for the murder of two men but suspected to be responsible for at least 24 other murders.
E06
David Marmolejo
Tue, Feb 11 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at the life and crimes of David Marmolejo, who was convicted of the murder of his own mother.
E07
Emanuel Lovell Webb
Tue, Feb 18 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Examining the life and crimes of Emanuel Lovell Webb, known as the East End Killer, who raped and killed four women in Bridgeport, Connecticut between 1990 and 1993.
E08
Westley Allan Dodd
Tue, Feb 25 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Westley Allan Dodd exterior concealed a man with sadistic urges. By the age of 28, he was responsible taking the lives of three young boys.
E09
Joel Rifkin
Tue, Mar 4 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 1993, police officers pulled over a young man for erratic driving. Within the car, they found the body of a murdered woman.
E10
Charles Cullen
Tue, Mar 11 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
To some, nurse Charles Cullen was a friendly face, always willing to lend a hand. None suspected what he really was: a relentless and ruthless killer.
Season 10
10 episodes
E01
Gregory Green
Tue, Nov 25 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gregory Green hid his past murder of his first wife and unborn baby, then in 2016 killed his second wife's four children, two by gas and two by gun, repeating his deadly violence.
E02
Benjamin Atkins
Tue, Dec 2 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
How Benjamin Atkins killed 11 women in Detroit, Michigan, in the space of seven months, making him one of the prolific serial killers in American history.
E03
Edward Wayne Edwards
Tue, Dec 9 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at notorious murderers, with each edition examining their lives to find what exactly drove the killers to commit their crimes.
E04
Kenneth Jackson
Tue, Dec 16 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An in-depth look at notorious murderers, with each ediition examining their lives to find what exactly drove the killers to commit their crimes.
E05
Leslie Allen Williams
Tue, Dec 23 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In May 1992, Leslie Allen Williams was arrested for assault. Once in custody, Williams confessed to the murders of four teenage girls.
E06
Edward Covington
Tue, Mar 10 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The crimes of Florida man Edward Covington, who on Mother's Day 2008 murdered his girlfriend and her two children, then mutilated the bodies. His defence attorney argued that he was mentally unstable - but the judge rejected the argument and the killer was sentenced to death.
E07
James Randall
Tue, Mar 17 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Granville Ritchie
Tue, Mar 24 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Ronald Honsch
Tue, Mar 31 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A mother and daughter go missing, their bodies found but not identified. Years later, DNA uncovers the truth and leads police to Ronald Honsch
E10
Diane & Rachel Staudte
Tue, Apr 7 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A mother poisons her family with antifreeze killing her husband and son, until a tip sparks an investigation that exposes Diane Staudte's crimes.
Cast
Fred Dinenage
as Narrator
