World's Most Evil Killers

Mar 11, 2018

An account of the German serial killer Fritz Honka, whose insecurities over his height and peculiar sexual habits led to him killing four prostitutes

Mar 18, 2018

A profile of the ghastly German serial killer who hunted and ate parts of his victims, earning him the title of the 'Ruhr Cannibal'.

Mar 25, 2018

A profile of Volker Eckert, the German truck driver who used his constant travelling to spread his killing spree across Europe.

Apr 1, 2018

Profiling the Belgian serial killer, convicted for kidnapping, torturing and sexually abusing six victims until his arrest in 1996.

Apr 8, 2018

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.

Apr 14, 2018

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

Apr 21, 2018

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.

Apr 28, 2018

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.

May 6, 2018

Serial killer Edmund Kemper killed six women in California and several members of his family.

May 7, 2018

Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles with his spate of home invasions.

May 13, 2018

The story of the "Death House Landlady", who took in elderly and disabled tenants, only to murder them for their social security paychecks

May 14, 2018

The chilling case of a Hong Kong kleptomaniac and a Vietnam veteran who committed a series of horrific murders from their cabin in California.

May 20, 2018

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?

May 21, 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.

May 27, 2018

The disturbing case of 53-year-old German Horst Kroener, who was jailed in 2016 for murdering his Filipina wife in her sleep.

May 28, 2018

The case of 'The Pink Giant', Wolfgang Schmidt, a transgender German serial killer who brutally murdered five women and an infant.

Jun 24, 2018

The story of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, who was heralded as an example of successful rehabilitation, only for him to kill again.

Jul 1, 2018

An examination of the Polish serial killer, who came to be known as "The Scorpion" after murdering nine women and attacking eleven others.

Apr 28, 2019

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.

Jan 7, 2020

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.

Jan 14, 2020

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.

Jan 21, 2020

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.

Jan 28, 2020

The crimes of the American serial killer Dennis Rader, who murdered 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area over 17 years and dubbed himself BTK - meaning `Bind, Torture, Kill'.

Feb 4, 2020

A look at the cold-hearted criminal who was convicted of murdering her daughter and attempting to kill her two other children in 1983

Feb 11, 2020

A look at the horrific crimes committed by Kansas City serial killer Robert Berdella, known for kidnapping, raping, torturing and butchering his victims.

Feb 18, 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.

Feb 25, 2020

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.

Mar 3, 2020

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.

May 26, 2020

A chilling profile of the serial killer Todd Christopher Kohlhepp, who claimed the lives of at least seven innocent people between 2003 and 2016.

Jun 2, 2020

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.

Jun 9, 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.

Jun 16, 2020

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.

Jun 23, 2020

A profile of the Rhode Island family man and Sunday school teacher, who also turned out to be a cold-blooded triple murderer.

Jun 30, 2020

An investigation into the murderous mother-and-son duo, who killed their elderly landlady in a greed-fuelled ploy.

Jul 7, 2020

A profile of the serial killer who took the lives of six victims in one month, known to some as The Vampire Killer due to his penchant for cannibalism.

Jul 14, 2020

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.

Jul 21, 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.

Jul 28, 2020

A look at the life of the American serial killer, who was convicted of three murders but confessed to many more.

Jan 19, 2021

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

Jan 26, 2021

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.

Feb 2, 2021

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.

Feb 9, 2021

The Happy Face Killer: A profile of the serial killer, whose chilling confession letters to the media and prosecutors were signed off with smiley faces.

Feb 16, 2021

The Genesee River Killer: The story of the notorious murderer, whose bloodthirsty murder spree lasted over a decade and claimed over a dozen lives.

Feb 23, 2021

Sunset Strip Killers: The story of two killers who targeted young girls and sex workers for their own twisted pleasure. Descriptions of sexual violence and child abuse.

Mar 2, 2021

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.

Mar 9, 2021

The Molalla Forest Killer: The story of the brutal killer who targeted women on the street and dumped their bodies in the forest.

Mar 16, 2021

A profile of the triple-murderer who killed his ex-girlfriend, her nine-year-old daughter and another man in a brutal attack.

Mar 23, 2021

A profile of the serial killer who took the lives of four innocent women before being handed the death sentence.

Oct 19, 2021

John Allen and Lee Malvo: The story of the Beltway sniper attacks. John Allen and his teenage accomplice carried out the brutal series of shootings that killed 10.

Oct 26, 2021

The story of one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, dubbed `The Pig Farmer Killer' by the media.

Nov 2, 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.

Nov 9, 2021

The story of a terrifying killer who snatched away the lives of four victims before being caught while trying to claim his fifth.

Nov 16, 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.

Nov 23, 2021

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.

Nov 30, 2021

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.

Dec 7, 2021

The story of Velma Barfield, the first woman to be executed by lethal injection after taking six lives.

Dec 14, 2021

The story of the cold-blooded serial killer who took the lives of at least fifteen people during a terrifying decade-long murder campaign.

Dec 21, 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.

Nov 22, 2022

The notorious story of a man convicted of the murder of two young girls, as well as another killing at a military base.

Nov 29, 2022

The Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen who murdered at least seventeen women during a spree that lasted for more than a decade.

Dec 6, 2022

A killer who goaded police and media during his spree, Heriberto Seda claimed to kill based on his victims' star signs.

Dec 13, 2022

A career criminal who was convicted of one murder and suspected of two others, Charles Albright was notorious for keeping eyes as trophies.

Dec 20, 2022

Responsible for five murders, Joshua Wade avoided justice for years and later confessed to killings that started from when he was just 14.

Dec 27, 2022

A Texas serial killer, Anthony Allen Shore was matched to four murders after his arrest for a different crime.

Jan 3, 2023

A man who terrorized Phoenix in an extensive year-long crime spree, committing nine murders with no apparent motive.

Jan 10, 2023

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.

Jan 17, 2023

For nearly a decade, the Bayou Strangler deceived, bound, assaulted and murdered men, as he drifted across South Louisiana.

Jan 24, 2023

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.

Nov 23, 2023

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.

Nov 30, 2023

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.

Dec 7, 2023

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.

Dec 14, 2023

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.

Dec 21, 2023

For Richard Kuklinski, crime was his way of life. As a professional murderer, his unusual methods led to a disturbing nickname, The Iceman.

Dec 28, 2023

When police in Colorado interrogated Richard Paul White about the murder of his friend, he began confessing to even more horrifying crimes.

Jan 4, 2024

Billy Mansfield Jr murdered at least five victims, but investigators suspect the extent of his serial killing is still to be revealed.

Jan 11, 2024

As well as being a well-spoken, well-respected computer expert, Randy Kraft was a serial killer suspected of killing more than 60 victims.

Jan 18, 2024

Working as a truck driver, serial killer Wayne Adam Ford strangled and dismembered his victims before dumping their bodies in creeks and rivers

Jan 25, 2024

After Jarrae Estepp's body was found at a recycling centre, police discovered that her murderer, Steven Dean Gordon, had killed before.

Dec 17, 2024

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

Jan 14, 2025

An in-depth look at the life and crimes of William Devin Howell who was found guilty of the murders of seven different women

Jan 21, 2025

An in-depth look at the life and crimes of Michael Bruce Ross who was executed in 2005 after murdering eight women across Connecticut and New York.

Jan 28, 2025

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.

Feb 4, 2025

From 1979 to 1981, at least 28 children and youths were murdered after vanishing from predominantly Black neighborhoods of Atlanta, sparking terror in the community.

Feb 11, 2025

An in-depth look at the case of David Marmolejo, who was convicted of the brutal murder of his own mother in 2009

Feb 18, 2025

In the 1990s, Bridgeport was a violent place. So when several woman were found murdered, the deaths were never linked. A decade later, a cold case team made a startling connection.

Feb 25, 2025

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.

Mar 4, 2025

In 1993, police officers pulled over a young man for erratic driving. Within the car, they found the body of a murdered woman.

Mar 11, 2025

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.

Nov 25, 2025

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.

Dec 2, 2025

Benjamin killed 11 women in Detroit, Michigan, in the space of seven months, making him one of the prolific serial killers in American history.

Dec 9, 2025

When two couples are murdered, years apart, the crimes don't look connected. Detectives link Edward and his life as a serial killer come to light.

Dec 16, 2025

The murder and rape of a Vietnamese immigrant in 2007, and how 25-year-old Kenneth Jackson's loose lips led police to uncover his identity as the killer

Dec 23, 2025

In May 1992, Leslie Allen Williams was arrested for assault. Once in custody, she confessed to the murders of four teenage girls

Mar 10, 2026

On Mother's Day 2008, Edward Covington murdered his girlfriend and her two children, then mutilated the bodies before police found him.

Mar 17, 2026

A convicted offender linked to multiple murders is finally caught after a covert police sting uncovers damning forensic evidence.

Mar 24, 2026

A missing child case unravels fast when police uncover a horrific tale of abuse and murder behind a child reported as a runaway.

Mar 31, 2026

A mother and daughter go missing, their bodies found but not identified. Years later, DNA uncovers the truth and leads police to Robert Honsch.

Apr 7, 2026

A mother poisons her family with antifreeze, killing her husband and son, until a tip sparks an investigation that exposes Diane Staudte's crimes.