100 Serial Killer Documentaries to Watch
Explore 100 serial killer documentaries, selected for topic accuracy, audience interest, and catalog quality. Browse summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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Capturing the Killer Nurse
Charlie Cullen was an experienced registered nurse, trusted and beloved by his colleagues at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. He is also one of history’s most prolific serial killers, with a body count potentially numbering in the hundreds across multiple medical facilities in the Northeast.
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The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer
Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison launches a new investigation into Herb Baumeister decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister's stately home. Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims' families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing.
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Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.
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4TV SeriesNight Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
2021★ 7.5
5TV SeriesConversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
2025★ 7.3
6TV SeriesGone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
2025★ 7.3
7TV SeriesLast Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
2023★ 6.7
8TV SeriesConversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
2019★ 7.5
9TV SeriesBizarre Murders
2018★ 6.3
10TV SeriesConversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022★ 7.4
11TV SeriesFred and Rose West: A British Horror Story
2025★ 6.9
12MovieThe Investigation of Lucy Letby
2026★ 6.2
13TV SeriesI'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020★ 7.0
14TV SeriesThe Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
2021★ 6.9
15TV SeriesCatching Killers
2021★ 6.8
16TV SeriesDating Death
2022★ 4.8
17TV SeriesThe Killing Season
2016★ 6.6
18TV SeriesMonique Olivier: Accessory to Evil
2023★ 7.3
19TV SeriesThe Ripper
2020★ 6.5
20TV SeriesTed Bundy: Falling for a Killer
2020★ 7.1
21TV SeriesDark Minds
2012★ 5.0
22TV SeriesKen and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes
2021★ 7.9
23TV SeriesThe Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets
2025★ 5.8
24TV SeriesPillowcase Murders
2024★ 5.5
25TV SeriesBorn Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024★ 6.8
26TV SeriesPeople Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
2024★ 7.3
27TV SeriesThe Hunt for the Zodiac Killer
2017★ 6.2
28TV SeriesSerial Thriller
2015★ 4.6
29MovieThe Women and the Murderer
2021★ 6.2
30MovieMy Father, the BTK Killer
2025★ 6.7
31TV SeriesJohn Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise
2021★ 7.0
33TV SeriesThe Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea
2021★ 6.6
34TV SeriesCity of Angels | City of Death
2021★ 6.4
35MovieCrazy, Not Insane
2020★ 7.2
36TV SeriesMonster in My Family
2015★ 7.7
37MovieFaces of Death III
1985★ 3.7
38MovieTerror in the Aisles
1984★ 6.2
39TV SeriesPsycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein
2023★ 5.9
40MovieZodiac Killer Project
2025★ 6.2
41TV SeriesThe Park Maniac: The Untold Story
2024★ 7.5
42TV SeriesBTK: Confession of a Serial Killer
2022★ 6.7
43TV SeriesButchers of L.A.
2025★ 6.8
44TV SeriesThe Playing Card Killer
2023★ 5.4
45TV SeriesInvisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America
2021★ 6.6
46TV SeriesJack the Ripper: The Definitive Story
2011★ 5.3
47TV SeriesThe Hillside Strangler
2021★ 6.6
48TV SeriesI Survived a Serial Killer
2021★ 6.8
49MovieTed Bundy: Mind of a Monster
2019★ 7.6
50TV SeriesSanta Claus: The Serial Killer
2022★ 7.0
51TV SeriesAfter the Night
2020★ 6.9
52TV SeriesThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story
2019★ 6.7
53TV SeriesThe Hillside Strangler
2026★ 8.0
54MovieThe Killing of America
1981★ 7.2
55TV SeriesRichard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes
2024★ 7.0
57TV SeriesBefore They Kill Again
2024★ 9.0
58TV SeriesSerial Killer Capital: Baton Rouge
2022★ 6.3
59TV SeriesThe Clown and The Candyman
2021★ 6.7
60MovieFreight Train: Slayer of Innocence
2017★ 5.3
61TV SeriesDark Passages
2021★ 8.7
62MovieGosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer
2018★ 5.7
63MovieAileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
1992★ 6.8
64TV SeriesInside The Mind of a Serial Killer
2015★ 5.4
65TV SeriesJeffrey Dahmer: Killer Cannibal
2019★ 5.3
66TV SeriesYorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders
2022★ 6.0
67MovieJeffrey Dahmer: Confessions of a Serial Killer
2012★ 8.0
68MovieThe Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
2020★ 6.8
69MovieTales of the Grim Sleeper
2014★ 6.3
70MovieSerial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters
2001★ 5.9
71TV SeriesManifesto of a Serial Killer
2023★ 5.8
72TV SeriesThe Chameleon Killer
2021★ 7.7
73MovieJust a Guy
2020★ 5.3
74MovieHow Police Missed the Grindr Killer
2017★ 3.3
75MovieAlbert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
2007★ 5.4
76MovieJohn Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019★ 7.0
77TV SeriesSur les traces d'un tueur en série
2020★ 8.0
78MovieEscaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story
2021★ 7.3
79TV SeriesCold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper
2024★ 3.0
80MovieSerial Killer, Autopsy of a Fascination
2023★ 7.5
81TV SeriesThe Nilsen Files
2022★ 7.5
82MovieManson
2009★ 6.0
83TV SeriesUnmasking a Killer
2018★ 7.0
84MovieSerial Killers Defined
2013★ 9.3
85MovieThe Pig Farm
2011★ 5.8
86MovieThe Case of Bruno Lüdke
2021★ 6.1
87MovieFred & Rose West: Love & Murder
2024★ 7.0
88MovieChaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
2003★ 5.8
89MovieFresh Meat: Killing Dahmer
2023★ 7.5
90MovieMind of a Monster: The Grim Sleeper
2021★ 4.8
91MovieMurder: No Apparent Motive
1984★ 7.0
92MovieMurder by the Coast
2021★ 6.4
93MovieThe Jeffrey Dahmer Files
2013★ 5.4
94MovieSon of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer
2017★ 6.8
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Death Diploma
1987★ 7.5
96MovieBazaar Bizarre: The Strange Case of Serial Killer Bob Berdella
2004★ 4.0
97MovieThe Confessions of Thomas Quick
2015★ 6.2
98MovieHomicide Hunter: Devil in the Mountains
2022★ 6.2
99TV SeriesThe Hunt for Bible John
2021★ 7.5
100MovieThis Is the Zodiac Speaking
2008★ 6.1
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