serial murderers

Jimmy Keene describes his experiences after he was approached by a prosecutor months into his ten-year prison sentence and accepted a dangerous bargain to befriend a dangerous criminal in a maximum security prison and get him to confess to the murder of two women in exchange for an unconditional release.

Quentin is a serial murderer who shares his thoughts and perverse desires in a sort of journal.

Leslie and her ex-husband are constantly fighting over how to raise their son Ian, but when Ian disappears with his young stepsister, Leslie's ex believes Ian has kindnapped the girl, but Leslie suspects their disappearance is linked to a series of child murders that occurred in the area years before.

Attorney Chris Sinclair vows to find justice for a former client who was murdered by a fellow teacher, but when a key witness loses her job and her family after testifying for Chris's case, Chris's case begins to fall apart.

Investigates the lives of serial killers, such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ivan Milat, and John Wayne Gacy, to explore what factors could potentially lead someone to become a murderer, and discusses how criminal profiling may be used to identify killers before they even commit a crime.

Kate Burkholder, offered the job of chief of police in Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish community where she grew up, believes she has securely put her past behind her, but the discovery of a body in a snowy field makes her realize she has to confront what happened to her as a child and expose a dark secret that could destroy her and those she loves.

A comprehensive overview of the 1888-91 prostitute murders in London's East End, the unsolved crimes whose perpetrator is known only as Jack the Ripper. Includes the crimes' documentary evidence and information from all subsequent investigations, including the complete Scotland Yard files, and presents several crime-scene photos and sketches.

Presents an overview of the Richard Ramirez murder trial and explores the defendant's early years, motives for killing, and involvement with satanism.

Presents the idea, with support from the philosophical theories of Jacques Lacan and psychoanalysis, that serial killers represent a wounded culture that is addicted to and fascinated by murder and treats killings as a type of performance art in the public sphere.

Body language expert Kathryn Dance and deputy Michael O'Neil investigate attacks on and murders of individuals who have posted messages about the deaths of two high school students on a local blog and suspect the driver in the fatal accident may be leaving roadside crosses as warnings about who his next victim will be.