Becoming Evil: Cult of Personality

Season 1

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History is scarred by the horrifying acts of serial killers. This 10 part documentary series takes an in-depth look at the most notorious cases and the personalities of the people live for death and the attention they draw around them.

Where to Watch Becoming Evil: Cult of Personality • Season 1

10 Episodes

  • The Monster Within and Among Us
    E1
    The Monster Within and Among UsThe Case of Jack the Ripper. The idea of a monster, a killer stalking people began in 1888 in one of London’s poorest neighborhoods, Whitechapel, with the fiend known only to history as Jack the Ripper.
  • Killers Without Conscience
    E2
    Killers Without ConscienceH.H.Holmes and Jane Toppan. The phenomenon of serial killing moved to America with two of the country’s most brutal killers - Chicago’s Dr. Death, H.H. Holmes, and a Boston nurse, Jane Toppan.
  • The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat You
    E3
    The Bogeyman's Gonna Eat YouAlbert Fish, the Vampire of Brooklyn. Program 3 examines the demented life of Albert Fish, who earned his ghoulish nickname, the Vampire of Brooklyn, by preying on America’s most innocent - children.
  • Serial Killing Begins
    E4
    Serial Killing BeginsThe Boston Strangler, Ed Gein and the Lipstick Killer. Serial killing took a holiday during the Depression and WWII, but following the war, it once again terrorized America.
  • Men Who Like to Kill
    E5
    Men Who Like to KillThe Zodiac, the Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy. In the sixties and seventies the Zodiac, Son of Sam, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy became grisly reminders of just how dangerous America’s streets had become.
  • John Wayne Gacy and the Highway Killers
    E6
    John Wayne Gacy and the Highway KillersSerial killing’s homoerotic aspect is revealed though the grisly exploits of the clown killer, John Wayne Gacy, Atlanta’s child killer, Wayne Williams, and the highway killers.
  • Buddy Serial Killing
    E7
    Buddy Serial KillingThe Hillside Stranglers and the Beltway Snipers. Program 7 explores the horrific idea of buddies sharing the disgusting thrill of serial murder.
  • The Many Faces of Serial Killers
    E8
    The Many Faces of Serial KillersThe Gainesville Ripper, the Unabomber and others Serial killers have many faces from sexual sadists to thrill killers, but all of them are sociopaths who show no empathy toward other human beings.
  • To Catch a Serial Killer
    E9
    To Catch a Serial KillerThe Green River Killer and BTK. Law enforcement has the difficult task of catching serial killers. These fiends can go for years without capture as shown in the startling cases of Seattle’s Green River Killer and Wichita’s BTK.
  • Why Serial Killers Kill
    E10
    Why Serial Killers KillThe Night Stalker and Jeffrey Dahmer. The reasons why these demonic serial murderers take the lives of innocent people are finally revealed in the final program.

 

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