World's Most Evil Killers
World's Most Evil Killers

World's Most Evil Killers

2018 10 Seasons 98 Episodes ⭐ 7.8 Documentary

World’s Most Evil Killers delves into the gripping real-life stories of the world’s most terrifying and prolific killers. From Fred and Rose West to Ed Gein – The Clown Killer – and even to The Milwaukee Cannibal. Each episode focuses on one notorious killer and features authentic first-hand accounts of their behavior, from detectives who ran the case, journalists who reported on the stories, relatives, and at times survivors, alongside series experts who provide analysis. These criminologists, crime journalists and psychologists examine how the infamous killers made headlines both nationally and internationally and why they still continue to evoke fear and fascination in the public eye.

World’s Most Evil Killers delves into the gripping real-life stories of the world’s most terrifying and prolific killers. From Fred and Rose West to Ed Gein – The Clown Killer – and even to The Milwaukee Cannibal. Each episode focuses on one notorious killer and features authentic first-hand accounts of their behavior, from detectives who ran the case, journalists who reported on the stories, relatives, and at times survivors, alongside series experts who provide analysis. These criminologists, crime journalists and psychologists examine how the infamous killers made headlines both nationally and internationally and why they still continue to evoke fear and fascination in the public eye.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Fritz Honka

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

EP 2

Joachim Georg Kroll

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

EP 3

Volker Eckert

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

EP 4

Marc Dutroux

Profiling the Belgian serial killer, convicted for kidnapping, torturing and sexually abusing six victims until his arre

EP 5

John Wayne Gacy

Documentary profiling Chicago killer John Wayne Gacy, who was well-liked by his local community, until it emerged he had

EP 6

Jeffrey Dahmer

An insight into the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, the American serial killer dubbed the `Milwaukee Cannibal' after he raped,

EP 7

Ed Gein

A profile of Ed Gein, the killer and body-snatcher who came to be known as the `Butcher of Plainfield', and whose story

EP 8

Thierry Paulin

An insight into the crimes of Thierry Paulin, who attacked, robbed and murdered at least 18 elderly women in France duri

EP 1

Edmund Kemper

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

EP 2

Richard Ramirez

Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles

EP 3

Dorothea Puente

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

EP 4

Charles Ng and Leonard Lake

The chilling case of a Hong Kong kleptomaniac and a Vietnam veteran who committed a series of horrific murders from thei

EP 5

Cary Stayner

Also known as the Yosemite Park Killer, Cary Stayner murdered four women in 1999 before his capture. Were his actions th

EP 6

Rodney Alcala

Examining the murderer who appeared on a dating game show in the midst of a killing spree that may have claimed as many

EP 7

Horst Kroener

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

EP 8

Wolfgang/Beate Schmidt

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

EP 9

Jack Unterweger

The story of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, who was heralded as an example of successful rehabilitation, on

EP 10

Pawel Tuchlin aka The Scorpion

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

EP 1

Ted Bundy

A look at the life - and horrifying crimes - of Ted Bundy, a notorious serial killer who murdered at least 30 young wome

EP 2

Aileen Wuornos

A look at the life and crimes of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whose story was featured in the Oscar-winning film Mo

EP 3

Bobby Joe Long

The crimes of serial killer Bobby Joe Long, who abducted and murdered at least 10 women in 1984. He was executed by leth

EP 4

Gary Ridgway

The case of serial killer Gary Ridgway, who has confessed to murdering a staggering 71 teenage girls and women across Wa

EP 5

Dennis Rader

The crimes of the American serial killer Dennis Rader, who murdered 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area over 17 years

EP 6

Diane Downs

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

EP 7

Robert Berdella

A look at the horrific crimes committed by Kansas City serial killer Robert Berdella, known for kidnapping, raping, tort

EP 8

Robert Lee Yates

A profile of the serial killer Robert Lee Yates, who narrowly avoided the death penalty for killing at least 13 sex work

EP 9

Danny Rolling

A profile of serial killer Danny Rolling, nicknamed the Gainesville Ripper, who targeted Florida students with crimes so

EP 10

Karol Kot

A look at the life of the Polish serial killer, nicknamed the Vampire of Krakow for his wildly varying choice of victims

EP 1

Todd Christopher Kohlhepp

A chilling profile of the serial killer Todd Christopher Kohlhepp, who claimed the lives of at least seven innocent peop

EP 2

David Berkowitz

A profile of the serial killer who found himself at the center of New York's biggest manhunt after a vicious shooting sp

EP 3

Robert Ben Rhoades

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

EP 4

William Suff

A profile of the murderer known to some as the Riverside Prostitute Killer, who sits on death row after being convicted

EP 5

Christopher Hightower

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

EP 6

Sante and Kenneth Kimes

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

EP 7

Richard Chase

A profile of the serial killer who took the lives of six victims in one month, known to some as The Vampire Killer due t

EP 8

Angel Maturino Resendiz

Known as The Railroad Killer to some, the serial killer is thought to have taken the lives of more than 23 victims befor

EP 9

The Hillside Stranglers

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 a

EP 10

Daniel Lee Siebert

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

EP 1

Lonnie Franklin

The Grim Sleeper: The story of the brutal Los Angeles serial killer. Nine innocent women and a teenage girl lost their l

EP 2

William Bonin

Freeway Killer: The story of the savage serial killer who took the lives of over 21 victims and left their bodies strewn

EP 3

Jerry Brudos

The Shoe Fetish Killer: The crimes of Jerry Brudos, whose disturbing shoe fetish played a part in the gruesome murders h

EP 4

Keith Jesperson

The Happy Face Killer: A profile of the serial killer, whose chilling confession letters to the media and prosecutors we

EP 5

Arthur Shawcross

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

EP 6

Sunset Strip Killers

Sunset Strip Killers: The story of two killers who targeted young girls and sex workers for their own twisted pleasure.

EP 7

Patrick Wayne Kearney

Trash Bag Killer: The story of one of the most prolific serial killers in America, with a victim list of at least 25 - t

EP 8

Dayton Leroy Rogers

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

EP 9

Richard Roszkowski

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

EP 10

Cesar Barone

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

EP 1

John Allen & Lee Malvo

John Allen and Lee Malvo: The story of the Beltway sniper attacks. John Allen and his teenage accomplice carried out the

EP 2

Robert Pickton

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

EP 3

Sean Vincent Gillis

The story of the serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis, who brutally snatched away the lives of eight innocent women during

EP 4

Don Miller

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

EP 5

Judy Buenoano

The story of Judy Buenoano, the first woman in Florida to die in the electric chair. She was a killer so evil that her o

EP 6

Gary Ray Bowles

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 hi

EP 7

Derrick Todd Lee

A profile of Derrick Todd Lee, who murdered seven women in the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana, and was sentenced to death

EP 8

Velma Barfield

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

EP 9

Chester Turner

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

EP 10

Genene Jones

The chilling story of the serial killer who worked as a nurse in Texas, where she killed many children and infants by in

EP 1

Jorge Avila Torrez

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

EP 2

Robert Hansen - The Butcher Baker

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

EP 3

Heriberto Seda - The New York Zodiac

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

EP 4

Charles Albright

A career criminal who was convicted of one murder and suspected of two others, Charles Albright was notorious for keepin

EP 5

Joshua Wade

Responsible for five murders, Joshua Wade avoided justice for years and later confessed to killings that started from wh

EP 6

Anthony Allen Shore - The Tourniquet Killer

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

EP 7

Mark Goudeau

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

EP 8

Paul Runge

A killer who found some of his victims through ads, the case of Paul Runge become prominent in the debate over the death

EP 9

Ronald Dominique

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

EP 10

Paul Michael Stephani

Paul Michael Stephani has become etched in the minds of all who knew him as the notorious weepy voiced Killer, whose rag

EP 1

Lester Jones

Mother Paige Birgfeld went missing in 2007 and her remains were found five years later. A decade on, police closed the n

EP 2

Jerald Wingeart

In 1973, Dawn Magyar's body was found two months after she had vanished. Twenty-eight years on, advances in forensics he

EP 3

John Eric Armstrong

In 1999 and 2000, women began disappearing from Detroit's thriving areas of prostitution. No one suspected that John Eri

EP 4

Richard Biegenwald

Over a 25-year career of murder, Richard Biegenwald killed at least six people as he sought out ever more violent and in

EP 5

Richard Kuklinski

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

EP 6

Richard Paul White

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

EP 7

Billy Mansfield Jr

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

EP 8

Randy Kraft

As well as being a well-spoken, well-respected computer expert, Randy Kraft was a serial killer suspected of killing mor

EP 9

Wayne Adam Ford

Working as a truck driver, serial killer Wayne Adam Ford strangled and dismembered his victims before dumping their bodi

EP 10

Steven Dean Gordon

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

EP 1

Glen McCurley

Examining the crimes of Glen McCurley, who in 1974 abducted 17-year-old Carla Walker from a bowling alley car park and k

EP 2

William Devin Howell

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

EP 3

Michael Bruce Ross

An in-depth look at the life and crimes of Michael Bruce Ross who was executed in 2005 after murdering eight women acros

EP 4

Donald Henry Gaskins

A profile of serial killer Donald Henry Gaskins who stabbed, shot, drowned and poisoned more than a dozen people in Sout

EP 5

Wayne Williams

From 1979 to 1981, at least 28 children and youths were murdered after vanishing from predominantly Black neighborhoods

EP 6

David Marmolejo

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

EP 7

Emanuel Lovell Webb

In the 1990s, Bridgeport was a violent place. So when several woman were found murdered, the deaths were never linked. A

EP 8

Westley Allan Dodd

Westley Allan Dodd exterior concealed a man with sadistic urges. By the age of 28, he was responsible taking the lives o

EP 9

Joel Rifkin

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

EP 10

Charles Cullen

To some, nurse Charles Cullen was a friendly face, always willing to lend a hand. None suspected what he really was: a r

EP 1

Gregory Green

Gregory Green hid his past murder of his first wife and unborn baby, then in 2016 killed his second wife's four children

EP 2

Benjamin Atkins

Benjamin killed 11 women in Detroit, Michigan, in the space of seven months, making him one of the prolific serial kille

EP 3

Edward Wayne Edwards

When two couples are murdered, years apart, the crimes don't look connected. Detectives link Edward and his life as a se

EP 4

Kenneth Jackson

The murder and rape of a Vietnamese immigrant in 2007, and how 25-year-old Kenneth Jackson's loose lips led police to un

EP 5

Leslie Allen Williams

In May 1992, Leslie Allen Williams was arrested for assault. Once in custody, she confessed to the murders of four teena

EP 6

Edward Covington

On Mother's Day 2008, Edward Covington murdered his girlfriend and her two children, then mutilated the bodies before po

EP 7

James Randall

A convicted offender linked to multiple murders is finally caught after a covert police sting uncovers damning forensic

EP 8

Granville Ritchie

A missing child case unravels fast when police uncover a horrific tale of abuse and murder behind a child reported as a

EP 9

Robert Honsch

A mother and daughter go missing, their bodies found but not identified. Years later, DNA uncovers the truth and leads p

EP 10

Diane & Rachel Staudte

A mother poisons her family with antifreeze, killing her husband and son, until a tip sparks an investigation that expos

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