America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil - Season 1

First aired: 1/27/2009 10 episodes

A 10-Part Journey into Darkness

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Episodes

1. The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper

Aired: 1/27/2009

Episode One discusses 'The Monster Within And Among Us', and discusses Jack The Ripper (even though he's not American), since he is pretty much the first recognized serial killer. Since a lack of real footage is obvious, this episode uses footage from an old black and white move, loosely based on Jack The Ripper.

2. Killers Without Conscience

Aired: 2/3/2009

This is the 1800s and talks of H. H. Holmes (Doctor Death), and Jane Toppan (The Angel of Death).

3. The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You

Aired: 2/10/2009

A look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.

4. Serial Killing Begins Again

Aired: 2/17/2009

The 1960s and 70s represented the dawn of a new era in serial killing. Featuring: The Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer

5. Men Who Like to Kill

Aired: 2/24/2009

Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy

6. Homosexual Serial Killers

Aired: 3/3/2009

Some serial killers kill out of desire. But it's thought that some kill out of a rejection of their own desire - which is explored through a look at John Wayne Gacy and the Highway Killers.

7. Buddy Serial Killing

Aired: 3/10/2009

The sensationalist nature of the Hillside Strangers and Beltway Snipers cases helps to further solidify the serial killer's unofficial home in popular culture and on the nightly news.

8. The Many Faces of Serial Killers

Aired: 3/17/2009

One of the defining traits of serial killers - sociopathic behavior. This episode looks at the Gainesville Ripper, the Unabomber, and other serial killers operating in the 1980s.

9. To Catch a Serial Killer

Aired: 3/24/2009

Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK

10. Why Serial Killers Kill

Aired: 3/31/2009

The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?" Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer