Episode list

The case of John Christie, Richard Speck and the Lipstick Killer.

The case of Neville Heath, The Hillside Stranglers and John Norman Collins.

Examining the Boston Strangler, The Night Stalker, and the Trash Bag Murders.

Some killers select their victims randomly

Traveling murderers roam the country or the world in search of victims.

Some serial killers find their victims on the streets of British and American cities.

The anonymity of the highway and the speed of its traffic make it an ideal dumping ground for murderers.

Some killers transform their homes into chambers of horror.

Two young couples become serial killers; and a misfit crosses America and murders at least 20 people.

Several killers, both real and fictional, consume their victims.

Some killers choose their victims by type.

The new advances in forensics technology helped to catch the Railway Killers, Timothy Wilson Spencer and David Lashley.

The rampage killings of Fritz Haarmann, Michael Ryan, Charles Whitman and Dean Corll.

Doctors abuse their positions of trust to administer poison to their victims.

Examining the cases of Alice Wynekoop, John Bodkin Adams and Harold Shipman.

Surgeons use their expertise to hide their crimes.

Cult leaders exert huge power over members, sometimes causing them to kill or to commit suicide.

The tragic deaths of Sharon Tate; Gianni Versace and Joe Orton.

Several serial killers evade punishment.

The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the Green Bicycle Case, and the trial of Sam Sheppard.

Jealousy and obsession can turn violent.

Sometimes kidnappings turn to murder.

The tragic and mysterious deaths of Dian Fossey, Roberto Calvi and the DeFeo family.

The story of Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and John Dillinger.

Influential friends and expensive lawyers sometimes allow the wealthy to get away with murder: the cases of Lord Errol, William Woodward, Lord Lucan, and Sir Harry Oakes.

When a colleague dies in the line of duty, police officers work tirelessly to catch the killer.

In 1932 a suicide note accompanies the death of a movie producer. In 1935 a screen idol becomes an apparent suicide. In 1958 a teenage daughter is charged with the murder of an actress's boyfriend.

Money can be the motive for murder.

Some murderers kill for no apparent reason.

Sometimes politicians also can be the victim of a homicide.

Women sometimes kill: Madame Fahmy, Ma Barker, Velma Barfield, Karla Faye Tucker.

Murder is sometimes used to silence people who threaten the system.

Conmen worm their way into victims' lives and kill them for their cash.

Many young women's dreams of an easy and glamorous modeling career are cut short.

Some killers plan their actions to the very last detail.

Even America's heartland is not immune to violent crime.

Poisoners leave clear trails for police to follow.

Crucial evidence sometimes brings killers to justice years later.

Many murderers find that a large trunk is just the right size to hold a human corpse.

Examining the Mississippi Burning murders, and the crimes of Klaus Barbie and Colin Ireland.

The struggle for mob leadership leads to an endless cycle of murder and blood feuds.

The life of a prostitute can be brutal and short.

Cases of hit-men's: Curtis Chillingworth, Elizabeth Ann Duncan, Carlos the Jackal.

The lives and crimes of Alma Rattenbury, Ulrike Meinhoff and Aileen Wournos