Very Scary People

Season 5

TV-14

Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.

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12 Episodes

The Trailside Killer: Part One
E1
The Trailside Killer: Part OneA killer stalks California; the clues are scarce, until one victim gets away.
The Trailside Killer: Part Two
E2
The Trailside Killer: Part TwoA killer stalks California; the clues are scarce, until one victim gets away.
The Slave Master: Part One
E3
The Slave Master: Part OneIn the mid 1980s, Kansas City women start to vanish; they all share one thing in common, an odd connection to the same man who calls himself "The Slave Master"; police must be just as wily if they want to bring down this serial killing sadist.
The Slave Master: Part Two
E4
The Slave Master: Part TwoIn the mid 1980s, Kansas City women start to vanish; they all share one thing in common, an odd connection to the same man who calls himself "The Slave Master"; police must be just as wily if they want to bring down this serial killing sadist.
The Twin: Part One
E5
The Twin: Part OneIdentical twins aren't always alike, especially when one might be a killer.
The Twin: Part Two
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The Twin: Part TwoSomeone snatches a student from her college campus in Indiana, while a second missing girl turns up dead months later. When terrified girls report a man trying to lure them into his van, police wonder if he is the real killer until one man confesses.
The Times Square Killer: Part 1
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The Times Square Killer: Part 1Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is a convicted serial killer and rapist who murdered at least eighteen young women and girls in New York and New Jersey between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed as: The New York Ripper, The Torso Killer and The Times Square Killer. Cottingham was arrested on May 22, 1980 and convicted of numerous murders. He was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison. In 2009, decades after his first five murder convictions, Cottingham told a journalist that he had committed at least 80 to 100 "perfect murders" of women in various regions of the United States.
The Times Square Killer: Part 2
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The Times Square Killer: Part 2Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is a convicted serial killer and rapist who murdered at least eighteen young women and girls in New York and New Jersey between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed as: The New York Ripper, The Torso Killer and The Times Square Killer. Cottingham was arrested on May 22, 1980 and convicted of numerous murders. He was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison. In 2009, decades after his first five murder convictions, Cottingham told a journalist that he had committed at least 80 to 100 "perfect murders" of women in various regions of the United States.
The Black Widow: Part 1
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The Black Widow: Part 1Cops wonder if a series of deaths means a black widow is spinning her web.
The Black Widow: Part 2
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The Black Widow: Part 2Nurse Judy Buenoano survives a string of unimaginable tragedies, including two house fires, a mysterious canoe accident, and the loss of her husband, boyfriend, and child. It is discussed whether Judy is just a magnet for bad luck or if something far more sinister is at play.
The Happy Face Killer: Part 1
E11
The Happy Face Killer: Part 1Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew "smiley faces" on his numerous letters to the media and authorities. Many of his victims were sex workers and transients who had no personal connection to him. Strangulation was Jesperson's preferred method of murdering, the same method he often used to kill animals as a child. He was eventually arrested and convicted. He is serving multiple life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole.
The Happy Face Killer: Part 2
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The Happy Face Killer: Part 2Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew "smiley faces" on his numerous letters to the media and authorities. Many of his victims were sex workers and transients who had no personal connection to him. Strangulation was Jesperson's preferred method of murdering, the same method he often used to kill animals as a child. He was eventually arrested and convicted. He is serving multiple life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole.