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Serial Killer Season

This December, Crime+Investigation is reopening the case files for some of the most shocking and notorious murders in history. This Serial Killer Season, viewers will get to know everything there is to know about these twisted indivudals. Brand new programming this winter includes: Faces of Evil (starts 9th December) showcasing the evil behind the most unassuming facades, Very Scary People (new season starts 15th December) delving into the background, motives and psyche of the criminals, and Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper (starts 25th December) investigating a terrifying serial killer who was terrorising 1980s Los Angeles. There's also plenty of titles returning for repeast, including I Survived A Serial Killer, The Serpent: Conversations With A Killer and Gilgo Beach Serial Murders.

'FACES OF EVIL' - Different sections of killers' faces have been put together to make one image

Faces of Evil

From relentless serial killers to remorseless child murderers, this series uncovers the evil behind their often unassuming faces
Very Scary People - the six serial killers that are featured in this season

Very Scary People

Donnie Wahlberg delves into twisted crimes and investigates the background, possible motives, psyche, and investigations of the criminals

Serial Killer Season on Crime+Investigation

The silhouette of a man in front of a Los Angeles street

Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper

In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorising South Central, murdering African American women, and discarding their bodies in the street
The Serpent: Conversations With A Killer

The Serpent: Conversations With A Killer

Charles Sobhraj preyed on tourists travelling through southeast Asia’s 'Hippie Trail' during the 1970s and was suspected to drugging victims, killing them, and stealing their identity.
Rex Heuermann's eyes peering above a beach and the show title

Gilgo Beach Serial Murders

A look at the decades-long investigation revolving around the infamous series of tragic killings between 1996 and 2011 on Long Island
A victim's bloody hand pushes out from the boot of a car

I Survived A Serial Killer

Told from the survivors' point of view, I Survived A Serial Killer highlights the strength and perseverance of ordinary people encountering and overcoming evil
Serial Killer Season Related Articles
Dorothea Puente

Dorothea Puente: The twisted world of The Death House Landlady

Who was Dorothea Puente and how did she earn her shocking title of The Death House Landlady?
Russell Bishop

Babes in the Wood: The cold case solved years later

In 2018, 32 years after their bodies were found, Russell Bishop, the original suspect was convicted of the double murder
Keithe Hunter Jesperson

Keith Hunter Jesperson: Who was the Happy Face Killer?

Who was the Happy Face Killer? Read the shocking story of Canadian-American truck driver Keith Hunter Jesperson and his heinous crimes in the 1990s.
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. appears in court

6 disturbing facts about the Grim Sleeper

The Grim Sleeper was a serial killer who is thought to have killed around 25 people. Read on to find out six facts about this prolific murderer
Charles Sobhraj leaves court

'The Serpent': The murders of Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj was a notorious international serial killer and con artist who was the subject of a worldwide arrest warrant after numerous travellers were murdered in Asia
A graphic showing the famous Long Island pier sign

The hunt for the Long Island Serial Killer

In total, police think the serial killer has murdered and dumped the bodies of at least 11 women on Gilgo Beach, New York
Patrick Kearney

Patrick Kearney: The Trash Bag Killer

Patrick Kearney was responsible for multiple deaths in the 60s and 70s, but who is he and why did he become a vicious killer?
Tourist killers

Tourist killers: from Charles Sobhraj to Ivan Milat

The killers who targeted tourists in search of fun and adventure

Infamous Serial Killers

Ted Bundy waving

The execution of Ted Bundy: ‘His body stiffened and his hands clenched'

As Bundy was led to the death chamber to be strapped to ‘Old Sparky’ on the 24th of January, 1989, he appeared to be afraid
Jeffrey Dahmer's mugshot

6 unbelievable facts about Jeffrey Dahmer

Here are some facts you might not know about Jeffrey Dahmer, the so-called ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’ who murdered 17 men and boys.
Personal photograph of John Wayne Gacy

11 chilling facts about John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy, aka 'Pogo' or 'Patch the Clown', killed and sexually assaulted at least 33 young men and boys in the 1970s.
Joel Rifkin listens at his arraignment

Joel Rifkin: New York's most prolific serial killer

Joel Rifkin is thought to have murdered at least 17 women and is currently serving a 203-year sentence
A stock image of a log cabin with police tape

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng's horrifying murder cabin

Between 1984 and 1985, Leonard Lake and Charles Ng committed a horrific murder spree that could have a death toll as high as 25
Aileen Wuornos smiling in an orange prison jumpsuit at the officer's station

7 shocking facts about Aileen Wuornos

After murdering seven men, Aileen Wuornos became only the tenth woman to receive the death penalty since it was reinstated in the US in the 1970s
Composite sketch of the Zodiac Killer overlayed on one of the letters he sent to the press

6 unbelievable facts about the Zodiac Killer

Some of the Zodiac Killers cyphers and crytopgrams were so complex that they remain unsolved to this day
Dennis Rader in handcuffs

17 chilling facts about Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer

Dennis Rader was one of the most terrifying serial killers of the 20th century and he kept up his guise as an innocent family man for 30 years.

British Serial Killers

Harold Shipman

Dr Death: Unbelievable facts about Harold Shipman's crimes

Here are some of the most unbelievable facts about Harold Shipman's crimes
Peter Sutcliffe

40 years on: Catching the Yorkshire Ripper

Peter Sutcliffe was eventually caught after a routine check of his car registration number.
A composite graphic of police tape wrapped around a footpath signpost. There is a background photo of Saddleworth Moor and text reading ' Moors Murders

Keith Bennett and the Moors Murders victims

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady murdered six children on Saddleworth Moor in the 1960s
Dennis Nilsen in the back of a police car

9 disturbing facts about Dennis Nilsen

Here are some scary facts about one of America's most horrific serial killers

Other Serial Killers

Serial killers by IQ... Are most killers smarter or dumber than the average person?

Serial killers' IQs ranked

Ted Kaczynski, 'The Una Bomber's' IQ was higher than Albert Einstein's
A man holds an axe in front of car headlights

4 uncaught serial killers who are still at large

A former detective and criminology lecturer believes there could be as many as 4,000 uncaught serial killers in the US
A graphic showing the National Flag of Canada with a crime scene within the maple leaf

Canada's most prolific serial killers

From Bruce McArthur to Yves Trudeau, these are Canada's most deadly serial killers
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Five international serial killers you may not have heard of

Lurking behind the names of these infamous killers are lesser-known serial killers who did not receive the same degree of media coverage