America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil - Season 1
1 - The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: February 10, 2009
A look into the demented sadistic masochistic Albert Fish (The Vampire of Brooklyn), child killer and cannibal.
4 - Serial Killing Begins Again
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: February 24, 2009
Featuring The Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy
6 - Homosexual Serial Killers
Air Date: March 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
Air Date: March 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
Air Date: March 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
Air Date: March 24, 2009
Featuring: The Green River Killer and BTK
10 - Why Serial Killers Kill
Air Date: March 31, 2009
The biggest mystery of all in respect to the serial killer is "why?" Featuring: The Night Stalker and Jeffry Dahmer