The Case of Jack the Ripper. The idea of a monster, a killer stalking people began in 1888 in one of London’s poorest neighborhoods, Whitechapel, with the fiend known only to history as Jack the Ripper.
H.H.Holmes and Jane Toppan. The phenomenon of serial killing moved to America with two of the country’s most brutal killers - Chicago’s Dr. Death, H.H. Holmes, and a Boston nurse, Jane Toppan.
Albert Fish, the Vampire of Brooklyn. Program 3 examines the demented life of Albert Fish, who earned his ghoulish nickname, the Vampire of Brooklyn, by preying on America’s most innocent - children.
The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer. Serial killing took a holiday during the Depression and WWII, but following the war, it once again terrorized America.
The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy. In the sixties and seventies the Zodiac, Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy became grisly reminders of just how dangerous America’s streets had become.
Serial killing’s homoerotic aspect is revealed though the grisly exploits of the clown killer, John Wayne Gacy, Atlanta’s child killer, Wayne Williams, and the highway killers.
The Hillside Stranglers and the Beltway Snipers. Program 7 explores the horrific idea of buddies sharing the disgusting thrill of serial murder.
The Gainesville Ripper, the Unabomber and others Serial killers have many faces from sexual sadists to thrill killers, but all of them are sociopaths who show no empathy toward other human beings.
The Green River Killer and BTK. Law enforcement has the difficult task of catching serial killers. These fiends can go for years without capture as shown in the startling cases of Seattle’s Green River Killer and Wichita’s BTK.
The Night Stalker and Jeffrey Dahmer. The reasons why these demonic serial murderers take the lives of innocent people are finally revealed in the final program.