Name: Killers: Behind the Myth
Uploaded: 2023-03-16T17:40:20.000Z
Description: Killers: Behind the Myth tells the surprising story of how some of the world's most infamous murderers were brought to justice.

Killers: Behind the Myth tells the surprising story of how some of the world's most infamous murderers were brought to justice.

NBCU - Series

Polish author Krystian Bala becomes a prime suspect after readers spot uncanny similarities between his recently published novel and the murder of a businessman.

Bala: The Novel Killer

For two years the babyfaced killer Karol Kot terrorized the Polish city of Krakow.

Kot: The Vampyre of Krakow

For over twenty years the sex-killer Joachim Kroll had been strangling women across northern Germany.

Kroll: The Duisburg Cannibal

Fritz Honka quietly lived in Hamburg's red light district of St Paulli, picking up elderly prostitutes for the price of a glass of schnapps and a bed for the night.

Honka: The Ripper of St Paulli

For 8 years brutal sex-killer Pawel Tuchlin terrorized the region around Gdansk, Poland. Known as 'The Scorpion' for the swift deadliness of his attacks, he targeted women walking alone. He killed 9 women and left 11 more gravely injured.

Tuchlin: The Scorpion

Anatoly Onoprienko, 'The Terminator', earnt his nickname from an unprecedented spree of mass killings in Ukraine.

Onoprienko: The Terminator

Suffolk, England, 2006 - the corpses of 2 young prostitutes are discovered in a river outside the town of Ipswich.

The Suffolk Strangler

Bradford, Northern England, 2009 - drug addicted prostitutes start to vanish from the streets of the city.

The Crossbow Cannibal

In 1988, an unemployed gardener and loner from Long Island, New York, takes the life of a desperate, drug addicted prostitute in the home he shares with his mother and sister.

The Long Island Killer/ Joel the Ripper

In the summer of 2001, the bodies of several prostitutes are found, unceremoniously dumped at the sides of St Louis' highways.

The Videotape Killer/ The Sidewalk Strangler

William Bonin was the first man in California to be executed by lethal injection.

The Freeway Killer

When police see a car weaving between lanes on a Californian highway late one night, they pull the car over.

The Scorecard Killer

Not all serial killers are the same. Some kill for pleasure, others for reward. Cult killer Robert Rozier stalks Miami. He and his associates murder and mutilate on their master's orders. But one fateful mistake will bring Rozier to justice.

Robert Rozier

Miami 1986. While a drug war rages, crazed killer Manuel Pardo believes he is on a mission to clean up the streets. Guilty or innocent, no one is safe. The city's underworld is under siege, but one mistake will bring the killer out of the shadows.

Manuel Pardo

"Machete murderer" Juan Corona is convicted of hacking 25 Californian farm workers to death in the 1970s.

Juan Corona

A sadistic trucker roams the highways in his mobile torture chamber, hunting for victims. Once they're under his control, he brutalizes and then kills them. But an illegally parked vehicle will prove his downfall...

Robert Ben Rhoades

In a quite coastal community, a brutal murderer stalks and kills at random. The police investigation will uncover a hidden world of sadomasochism, double identities, and the most terrifying killer of all - a pitiless psychopath hiding in plain sight.

Peter Moore

From the criminal underbelly of a rural town, a sadistic psychopath leaves a trail of destruction. As police discover a wave of vicious murders, investigators rush to track down the culprit. But this killer doesn't fit any profile they've ever seen.

Joanne Dennehy

Horrific murderers are brought to justice in America and Europe.

Daniel Lee Siebert

Profile of serial killer Ronald Dominique, who confessed to the rape and murder of at least 23 men.

Killers: Behind the Myth

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