
Born to Kill? — Season 5
During the mid-1970s, Donald Nielson, known as the Black Panther, carried out a series of burglaries, armed robberies, and murders across north-east England.
Patrick Mackay, once labeled "the most dangerous man in Britain," stood behind a disturbing series of unusual murders throughout the 1970s. Did Patrick Mackay possess an innate capacity for violence?
In 1970, a California physician and his young family suffered a brutal end, murdered and found within the swimming pool of their secluded hillside residence. The perpetrator claimed to be acting under divine instruction.
The arrest of Cary Stayner came after the vanishing of a group of women hiking in Yosemite National Park during 1999.
The year 1979 brought a wave of violent crimes that shook the community of Richmond, Virginia. The unsettling discovery of a triple homicide ultimately directed law enforcement’s attention toward a group of brothers known to be involved wit…
The arrest of the peculiar Hadden Clark for the murder of a young woman in Maryland brought with it a startling claim: responsibility for other killings as well. The question arose then – was Hadden Clark born to kill?
Between 1976 and early 1977, female students at the University of California in Santa Barbara lived under a shadow of fear, haunted by a series of disturbing murders. The crimes became known as “look-alike” killings due to the unsettling re…
From May 2005 to August 2006, Dale and Jeff Hausner, later joined by Samuel Dieteman, transformed random acts of drive-by shootings into a macabre game, meticulously tracking their victims as if keeping score.
The program delves into the horrific crimes committed by Paula Bernardo and Karla Homolka, a pair consumed by sadism who subjected numerous young women to appalling abuse—among them, Karla’s own sister.
The program focuses on Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. Back in 1984, the pair embarked on a series of drug-fueled killings that instilled fear within their quiet California community, a reign of terror lasting roughly fifteen years.
The case of Peter Sutcliffe, who between 1975 and 1981 murdered thirteen women and earned the moniker The Yorkshire Ripper, continues to fascinate. How did he evade capture for so many years? And was it his inherent disposition or the circu…
The summer of 1980 saw Los Angeles gripped by fear as Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy committed a string of disturbing murders, marking their passage with violence.


