09: The Hollywood Ripper

2000s Hollywood: the bright lights for dreamers who want to become famous. Michael Gargiulo made his name in another way – as a brutal murderer with no mercy. Watching, waiting and stalking his female neighbors, eventually breaking into their safe havens. He butchered his victims and then moved to a new location in Tinsel Town to find his next target, all while evading capture from detectives who were trying to hunt him down...

Across the 2000s and early 2010s, family man and trusted construction worker Israel Keyes is living a double life. He is also a master murderer who selects victims at random, carries out untraceable kills and covers his tracks with precision.

1990s Northampton, Massachusetts: a picturesque city known for being home to one of the largest Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the US. It's the last place anyone would imagine a serial killer to walk the hallways, but the very person responsible for keeping these war heroes alive, their nurse, is secretly killing them. From 1989 to 1995, nurse Kristen Gilbert murdered four of her patients, attempted to murder two more and is suspected of killing dozens of others by injecting a hard to trace drug into their bloodstreams.

1980s Alaska: A swirling, chaotic mix of oil workers, dancers, sex workers and old-school cops. On the seedy 4th Avenue strip in Anchorage, women start to go missing, plucked from the street or the bars and never seen again. We uncover audio tapes, police reports and old newspaper articles to reveal Robert C. Hansens horrific crimes as they happened.

From 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos killed seven men as she hitchhiked along Florida’s highways. Delve into the mind of a woman fueled by rage after decades of abuse at the hands of men. We’ll hear Aileen’s innermost feelings and thoughts, through letters she sent from prison to her best friend.

From 1978 to 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys. He cannibalized some of his victims, dismembered their bodies and preyed on the vulnerable to become one of the most depraved serial killers in American history. We track his trajectory as a killer and expose the many opportunities that were lost to prevent his reign of terror.

King County, Washington where THE biggest names in serial killing history began their murder sprees. How could one county gave birth to two such despicable human beings? Was there something in the water? Or was it just bad luck? Featuring interviews from those closest to the case in search of an answer.

70s and 80s Los Angeles, two of the most notorious, vicious, and devastating serial killers in US history, spread fear across the city. Between them, 25 murders, 5 attempted murders, and a vast number of sexual assaults occurred, putting an entire city in a state of terror. Explore the shocking details of how these monsters came to be.

2000s Hollywood: the bright lights for dreamers who want to become famous. Michael Gargiulo made his name in another way – as a brutal murderer with no mercy. Watching, waiting and stalking his female neighbors, eventually breaking into their safe havens. He butchered his victims and then moved to a new location in Tinsel Town to find his next target, all while evading capture from detectives who were trying to hunt him down...

Across the 2000s and early 2010s, family man and trusted construction worker Israel Keyes is living a double life. He is also a master murderer who selects victims at random, carries out untraceable kills and covers his tracks with precision.

1990s Northampton, Massachusetts: a picturesque city known for being home to one of the largest Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the US. It's the last place anyone would imagine a serial killer to walk the hallways, but the very person responsible for keeping these war heroes alive, their nurse, is secretly killing them. From 1989 to 1995, nurse Kristen Gilbert murdered four of her patients, attempted to murder two more and is suspected of killing dozens of others by injecting a hard to trace drug into their bloodstreams.

1980s Alaska: A swirling, chaotic mix of oil workers, dancers, sex workers and old-school cops. On the seedy 4th Avenue strip in Anchorage, women start to go missing, plucked from the street or the bars and never seen again. We uncover audio tapes, police reports and old newspaper articles to reveal Robert C. Hansens horrific crimes as they happened.

From 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos killed seven men as she hitchhiked along Florida’s highways. Delve into the mind of a woman fueled by rage after decades of abuse at the hands of men. We’ll hear Aileen’s innermost feelings and thoughts, through letters she sent from prison to her best friend.

From 1978 to 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys. He cannibalized some of his victims, dismembered their bodies and preyed on the vulnerable to become one of the most depraved serial killers in American history. We track his trajectory as a killer and expose the many opportunities that were lost to prevent his reign of terror.

King County, Washington where THE biggest names in serial killing history began their murder sprees. How could one county gave birth to two such despicable human beings? Was there something in the water? Or was it just bad luck? Featuring interviews from those closest to the case in search of an answer.

70s and 80s Los Angeles, two of the most notorious, vicious, and devastating serial killers in US history, spread fear across the city. Between them, 25 murders, 5 attempted murders, and a vast number of sexual assaults occurred, putting an entire city in a state of terror. Explore the shocking details of how these monsters came to be.

2000s Hollywood: the bright lights for dreamers who want to become famous. Michael Gargiulo made his name in another way – as a brutal murderer with no mercy. Watching, waiting and stalking his female neighbors, eventually breaking into their safe havens. He butchered his victims and then moved to a new location in Tinsel Town to find his next target, all while evading capture from detectives who were trying to hunt him down...

Across the 2000s and early 2010s, family man and trusted construction worker Israel Keyes is living a double life. He is also a master murderer who selects victims at random, carries out untraceable kills and covers his tracks with precision.

1990s Northampton, Massachusetts: a picturesque city known for being home to one of the largest Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the US. It's the last place anyone would imagine a serial killer to walk the hallways, but the very person responsible for keeping these war heroes alive, their nurse, is secretly killing them. From 1989 to 1995, nurse Kristen Gilbert murdered four of her patients, attempted to murder two more and is suspected of killing dozens of others by injecting a hard to trace drug into their bloodstreams.

1980s Alaska: A swirling, chaotic mix of oil workers, dancers, sex workers and old-school cops. On the seedy 4th Avenue strip in Anchorage, women start to go missing, plucked from the street or the bars and never seen again. We uncover audio tapes, police reports and old newspaper articles to reveal Robert C. Hansens horrific crimes as they happened.

From 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos killed seven men as she hitchhiked along Florida’s highways. Delve into the mind of a woman fueled by rage after decades of abuse at the hands of men. We’ll hear Aileen’s innermost feelings and thoughts, through letters she sent from prison to her best friend.

From 1978 to 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys. He cannibalized some of his victims, dismembered their bodies and preyed on the vulnerable to become one of the most depraved serial killers in American history. We track his trajectory as a killer and expose the many opportunities that were lost to prevent his reign of terror.

King County, Washington where THE biggest names in serial killing history began their murder sprees. How could one county gave birth to two such despicable human beings? Was there something in the water? Or was it just bad luck? Featuring interviews from those closest to the case in search of an answer.

70s and 80s Los Angeles, two of the most notorious, vicious, and devastating serial killers in US history, spread fear across the city. Between them, 25 murders, 5 attempted murders, and a vast number of sexual assaults occurred, putting an entire city in a state of terror. Explore the shocking details of how these monsters came to be.