World's Most Evil Killers
Season 2
Overview
World’s Most Evil Killers delves into the gripping real-life stories of the world’s most terrifying and prolific killers. From Fred and Rose West to Ed Gein – The Clown Killer – and even to The Milwaukee Cannibal. Each episode focuses on one notorious killer and features authentic first-hand accounts of their behavior, from detectives who ran the case, journalists who reported on the stories, relatives, and at times survivors, alongside series experts who provide analysis. These criminologists, crime journalists and psychologists examine how the infamous killers made headlines both nationally and internationally and why they still continue to evoke fear and fascination in the public eye.
Episodes
1. Edmund Kemper
Serial killer Edmund Kemper killed six women in California and several members of his family.
2. Richard Ramirez
Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles with his spate of home invasions.
3. Dorothea Puente
The story of the "Death House Landlady", who took in elderly and disabled tenants, only to murder them for their social security paychecks
4. Charles Ng and Leonard Lake
The chilling case of a Hong Kong kleptomaniac and a Vietnam veteran who committed a series of horrific murders from their cabin in California.
5. Cary Stayner
Also known as the Yosemite Park Killer, Cary Stayner murdered four women in 1999 before his capture. Were his actions the result of a tragic childhood?
6. Rodney Alcala
Examining the murderer who appeared on a dating game show in the midst of a killing spree that may have claimed as many as 130 victims.
7. Horst Kroener
The disturbing case of 53-year-old German Horst Kroener, who was jailed in 2016 for murdering his Filipina wife in her sleep.
8. Wolfgang/Beate Schmidt
The case of 'The Pink Giant', Wolfgang Schmidt, a transgender German serial killer who brutally murdered five women and an infant.
9. Jack Unterweger
The story of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, who was heralded as an example of successful rehabilitation, only for him to kill again.
10. Pawel Tuchlin aka The Scorpion
An examination of the Polish serial killer, who came to be known as "The Scorpion" after murdering nine women and attacking eleven others.