World's Most Evil Killers

1. Fritz Honka

Air Date: 2018-03-11

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

2. Joachim Georg Kroll

Air Date: 2018-03-18

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

3. Volker Eckert

Air Date: 2018-03-25

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

4. Marc Dutroux

Air Date: 2018-04-01

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

5. John Wayne Gacy

Air Date: 2018-04-08

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.

6. Jeffrey Dahmer

Air Date: 2018-04-14

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

7. Ed Gein

Air Date: 2018-04-21

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.

8. Thierry Paulin

Air Date: 2018-04-28

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.

1. Edmund Kemper

Air Date: 2018-05-06

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

2. Richard Ramirez

Air Date: 2018-05-07

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

3. Dorothea Puente

Air Date: 2018-05-13

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

4. Charles Ng and Leonard Lake

Air Date: 2018-05-14

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

5. Cary Stayner

Air Date: 2018-05-20

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?

6. Rodney Alcala

Air Date: 2018-05-21

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.

7. Horst Kroener

Air Date: 2018-05-27

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

8. Wolfgang/Beate Schmidt

Air Date: 2018-05-28

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

9. Jack Unterweger

Air Date: 2018-06-24

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

10. Pawel Tuchlin aka The Scorpion

Air Date: 2018-07-01

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

1. Ted Bundy

Air Date: 2019-04-28

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.

2. Aileen Wuornos

Air Date: 2020-01-07

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.

3. Bobby Joe Long

Air Date: 2020-01-14

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.

4. Gary Ridgway

Air Date: 2020-01-21

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.

5. Dennis Rader

Air Date: 2020-01-28

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'.

6. Diane Downs

Air Date: 2020-02-04

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

7. Robert Berdella

Air Date: 2020-02-11

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

8. Robert Lee Yates

Air Date: 2020-02-18

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.

9. Danny Rolling

Air Date: 2020-02-25

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.

10. Karol Kot

Air Date: 2020-03-03

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.

1. Todd Christopher Kohlhepp

Air Date: 2020-05-26

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

2. David Berkowitz

Air Date: 2020-06-02

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.

3. Robert Ben Rhoades

Air Date: 2020-06-09

A profile of The Truck Stop Killer, who targeted hitchhikers and truck stop sex workers in a horrific string of crimes spanning 15 years.

4. William Suff

Air Date: 2020-06-16

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.

5. Christopher Hightower

Air Date: 2020-06-23

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

6. Sante and Kenneth Kimes

Air Date: 2020-06-30

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

7. Richard Chase

Air Date: 2020-07-07

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.

8. Angel Maturino Resendiz

Air Date: 2020-07-14

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.

9. The Hillside Stranglers

Air Date: 2020-07-21

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.

10. Daniel Lee Siebert

Air Date: 2020-07-28

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

1. Lonnie Franklin

Air Date: 2021-01-19

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

2. William Bonin

Air Date: 2021-01-26

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.

3. Jerry Brudos

Air Date: 2021-02-02

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.

4. Keith Jesperson

Air Date: 2021-02-09

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.

5. Arthur Shawcross

Air Date: 2021-02-16

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

6. Sunset Strip Killers

Air Date: 2021-02-23

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.

7. Patrick Wayne Kearney

Air Date: 2021-03-02

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.

8. Dayton Leroy Rogers

Air Date: 2021-03-09

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

9. Richard Roszkowski

Air Date: 2021-03-16

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

10. Cesar Barone

Air Date: 2021-03-23

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

1. John Allen & Lee Malvo

Air Date: 2021-10-19

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.

2. Robert Pickton

Air Date: 2021-10-26

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

3. Sean Vincent Gillis

Air Date: 2021-11-02

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.

4. Don Miller

Air Date: 2021-11-09

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

5. Judy Buenoano

Air Date: 2021-11-16

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.

6. Gary Ray Bowles

Air Date: 2021-11-23

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.

7. Derrick Todd Lee

Air Date: 2021-11-30

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.

8. Velma Barfield

Air Date: 2021-12-07

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

9. Chester Turner

Air Date: 2021-12-14

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

10. Genene Jones

Air Date: 2021-12-21

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.

1. Jorge Avila Torrez

Air Date: 2022-11-22

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

2. Robert Hansen - The Butcher Baker

Air Date: 2022-11-29

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

3. Heriberto Seda - The New York Zodiac

Air Date: 2022-12-06

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

4. Charles Albright

Air Date: 2022-12-13

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

5. Joshua Wade

Air Date: 2022-12-20

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

6. Anthony Allen Shore - The Tourniquet Killer

Air Date: 2022-12-27

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

7. Mark Goudeau

Air Date: 2023-01-03

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

8. Paul Runge

Air Date: 2023-01-10

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.

9. Ronald Dominique

Air Date: 2023-01-17

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

10. Paul Michael Stephani

Air Date: 2023-01-24

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.

1. Lester Jones

Air Date: 2023-11-23

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.

2. Jerald Wingeart

Air Date: 2023-11-30

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.

3. John Eric Armstrong

Air Date: 2023-12-07

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.

4. Richard Biegenwald

Air Date: 2023-12-14

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.

5. Richard Kuklinski

Air Date: 2023-12-21

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

6. Richard Paul White

Air Date: 2023-12-28

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

7. Billy Mansfield Jr

Air Date: 2024-01-04

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

8. Randy Kraft

Air Date: 2024-01-11

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

9. Wayne Adam Ford

Air Date: 2024-01-18

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

10. Steven Dean Gordon

Air Date: 2024-01-25

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

11. Harry Jarvis

Air Date: 2024-02-01

12. Graham Coutts

Air Date: 2024-02-08

13. Jordan Monaghan

Air Date: 2024-02-15

14. Danville Neil

Air Date: 2024-02-22

15. Nicholas Burton

Air Date: 2024-02-29

16. Joe OReilly

Air Date: 2024-03-07

17. Colin Whelan

Air Date: 2024-03-14

18. Charlotte and Linda Mulhall

Air Date: 2024-03-21

19. Catherine Nevin

Air Date: 2024-03-28

20. Eric Locke

Air Date: 2024-04-04

1. Glen McCurley

Air Date: 2024-12-17

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

2. William Devin Howell

Air Date: 2025-01-14

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

3. Michael Bruce Ross

Air Date: 2025-01-21

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.

4. Donald Henry Gaskins

Air Date: 2025-01-28

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.

5. Wayne Williams

Air Date: 2025-02-04

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.

6. David Marmolejo

Air Date: 2025-02-11

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

7. Emanuel Lovell Webb

Air Date: 2025-02-18

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.

8. Westley Allan Dodd

Air Date: 2025-02-25

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.

9. Joel Rifkin

Air Date: 2025-03-04

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

10. Charles Cullen

Air Date: 2025-03-11

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.