35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget

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  • 2020
  • 1 Season
  • 5.9  (43)

The official definition of a serial killer is someone who kills three or more people. But do they have more in common than just a statistic? The series looks deeply into contemporary serial killers, to the most meticulous killer of modern times, Sacramento's Dorothea Puente, the owner of the 'House of Horrors'. Then there are the educated killers, like Dr Harold Shipman, who is thought to have killed nearly 300 people who were his patients and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who held a PhD in Mathematics. At the other end of the scale, Los Angeles serial killer Lonnie Franklin was organised but not smart, his reign of murder led to the deaths of so many disadvantaged women.

35 Serial Killers the World Wants to Forget is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (13 episodes). The series first aired on March 6, 2020.

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End of Innocence
13. End of Innocence
March 6, 2020
Either side of the globe, two cities lost their innocence after the harrowing crimes of serial killers. Eric Edgar Cook terrorised the Western Australian city of Perth over 4 years, killing 8 people. Manchester was never the same after Ian Brady and Myra Hindley tortured and murdered 5 children and buried them in the Settleworth Moors.
Suburban Nightmare
12. Suburban Nightmare
March 6, 2020
Roger Kibbe roamed California's major freeway in his urge to rape and strangle unsuspecting young women. A London Summer was stained when murderer and necrophiliac, Kenneth Erskine preyed on the city's elderly. Cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer strangled, dismembered and ate 17 boys and men, before serving them to guests.
Coming as the Devil
11. Coming as the Devil
March 6, 2020
As news of the awful fate of Jack the Ripper's victims emerged from London's deprived East End and travelled around the world, the killer and his crimes may have as well. Against the backdrop of flower power, demonic cult leader Charles Manson ordered his followers to murder, leaving seven people dead over two nights.
Torture that Torments
10. Torture that Torments
March 6, 2020
The brutality of the murders of five young girls at the hands of the Toolbox Killers brought a courtroom to tears and continues to haunt. During one London winter, a small studio flat belonging to Anthony Hardy, a sexually dysfunctional sadist, turned into a slaughter house.
Malevolent Motives
9. Malevolent Motives
March 6, 2020
Randy Kraft predated on dozens of young men in California, drugging them before committing sadistic acts of torture and murder. Eric Royce Leonard shot dead 6 people within a few weeks, creating city-wide panic. The lethal combination of Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy brought murder, mutilation, and necrophilia to the streets of LA.
The Depths of Depravity
8. The Depths of Depravity
March 6, 2020
Gerald Gallego and Charlene Williams were a toxic mix that led to the rape, bludgeoning and murder of 10 people in just over two 2 years. During LA's crack epidemic, there were few clues to hint that neighbourhood 'go-to-guy', Lonnie Franklin would be 'The Grim Sleeper' who raped and murdered women over three decades.
Roads of Rage
7. Roads of Rage
March 6, 2020
With his IQ of 155, Michael Bruce Ross, the Roadside Strangler, snatched girls off the road to murder and sexually assault them. Detectives closed in on Serial Shooters, Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman who were vying for airtime against another serial killer in the most heinous possible way-by randomly shooting people dead on the street.
Very Bad Bachelors
6. Very Bad Bachelors
March 6, 2020
Army veteran and ex-police officer, Dennis Nilsen asphyxiated young men, stored their bodies before dismembering them. Rodney Alcala was a sadistic rapist and serial killer who had murdered 4 women by the time he appeared on the popular television show, the Dating Game. Thrill Killer J R Chavez terrorised Dallas, shooting dead 5 people in one night.
Trail of Atrocities
5. Trail of Atrocities
March 6, 2020
Richard Chase was labelled the Vampire of Sacramento by police. He had a lust for blood whose depravity would include rape, murder, mutilation, cannibalism and necrophilia. Roger and Verna Stafford were armed robbers responsible for what would be the worst killings in the State of Oklahoma for nearly 20 years.
Homicidal Horror
4. Homicidal Horror
March 6, 2020
Between 1986 and 1987, the bodies of missing young women were dug up around Sacramento, California. The locations all shared a trait: handyman Maurice Solomon Jr had either worked or lived there. For 13 months, violent ex-con Mark Goudeau murdered, kidnapped, sexually assaulted and robbed around Baseline Road in Phoenix, Arizona.
Death's Door
3. Death's Door
March 6, 2020
Fostering an image as a kindly medical professional, Dr Shipman had for years cunningly disguised his addiction to drugs and killing his patients. Dorothea Puente appeared to be a mild care home manager. So when police detective John Cabrera knocked on her door it was for information and not the haul of bodies he would eventually find.
Killers Against the Grain
2. Killers Against the Grain
March 6, 2020
Chester Turner, according to LAPD, is the most prolific serial killer in the history of Los Angeles. Joanna Dennehy became only the third woman in UK history to be jailed forever without parole for her brutal murders of three men. In Sydney, the most vulnerable of residents were at risk from the Granny Killer.
When Darkness Falls
1. When Darkness Falls
March 6, 2020
The Hillside Stranglers, tortured and murdered women before dumping their bodies around the Los Angeles hillsides. No one was off limits to Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker's, rapes, assaults and murders around California. paranoid schizophrenia Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, committed sexual homicide against women in the north of England.
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  • Premiere Date
    March 6, 2020
  • IMDB Rating
    5.9  (43)