Copycat Killers

Most people remember the D.C. snipers terrorizing the Washington, D.C. area as the world watched for three weeks in October 2002, but what many do not realize is that it all stemmed from the movie, "The Matrix."

On a warm summer evening in Aurora, Colorado, an excited audience sits down for the opening midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," but little do they know, this will be a night to remember, and not because of the film.

For Regan Jolley, life seems too good to be true when she meets a charming young war veteran, Jason Hart, in rehab and starts a whirlwind romance, but when the relationship turns sour, Regan loses everything and pays with her life.

The "Robocop" movie franchise becomes more than just entertainment for Nathaniel White, whose appetite for the brutal on-screen violence potentially plays a role in him becoming a serial killer.

The movie "The Basketball Diaries" tells the story of a star student's decent into the seedy underground world, but 14-year old Michael Carneal horrifies the nation when he reenacts the movie's most violent scene.

In an upscale, gated community in Texas, evil lurked from within as 17-year-old Jake Evans invoked Rob Zombie's revamped classic Hollywood slasher flick, "Halloween," in his homicidal quest to destroy his family.

George Hennard searches all his life for love, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't find it; after years of constant rejection, his resentment and hatred of women grows and he turns to murder in 1991.

An episode of "The Sopranos" that contained manslaughter and dismemberment, inspired a sinister and tragic act by two brothers.

Inspired by a scene from the Clint Eastwood classic "Dirty Harry" series, Dale Pierre and his friends rob a local electronics store with deadly results.

A movie character was the inspiration behind the gruesome murder of 16-year-old Suzanne Capper.

Allan Bentley was inspired by the movie "Reservoir Dogs" to perform a gruesome series of events.

A triple murder shook a small town in England when 21-year-old Jed Allen reached his boiling point.

An in-depth look at convicted murderer Albert Fentress and his crimes.

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng built a bunker where many women became their victims.

Lyle and Erik Menendez lived a comfortable life, but things change when their father cuts them off.

Jonathan Cruz obsessed over the premise behind the movie "The Purge."

Sean Sellers was a young person wreaking havoc in a small town as demons possessed him.

Erin Caffey's life turns upside down when she begins dating the town bad boy.

Janice Orndoff kills her husband, shocking those who thought they knew her.

Marcin Kasprzak's love and his horrifying dark secret that he kept hidden.