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Very Scary People

Host Donnie Wahlberg looks at some of the most frightening killers in history, retracing their backgrounds, psychology, motives and how they were eventually caught.
202016 episodes
TV-14
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Son of Sam: The Duke of Death, Part 1
    May 23, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    He is among the most-infamous killers in US history. From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorizes New York City under his self-given moniker: the Son of Sam.
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  2. S2 E2 - Son of Sam: I Am A Monster Part 2
    July 11, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    In 1977, New Yorkers were being stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as "Son of Sam." But a twist of fate and a little luck led to his capture.
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  3. S2 E3 - BTK: Bind, Torture, Kill Part 1
    July 18, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed "B.T.K." serial killer, terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area, for decades. Residents were petrified that they would be next.
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  4. S2 E4 - BTK: The Taunting Part 2
    July 18, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    For years, the BTK killer played a cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement, taunting authorities to catch him. Then he made a critical mistake.
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  5. S2 E5 - The Night Stalker: Summer Of Terror Part 1
    July 25, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    A serial killer terrorized Los Angeles during one of the city's hottest summers on record. His crimes were random, vicious and committed in the name of Satan.
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  6. S2 E6 - The Night Stalker, Part 2
    December 8, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    A tip from a teenager helps authorities identify the Night Stalker as Richard Ramirez. After they release his photo, Ramirez is nearly killed by a mob.
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  7. S2 E6 - The Night Stalker: I Will Be Avenged Part 2
    July 25, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    A tip from a teenager helped authorities identify the "Night Stalker" as Richard Ramirez. After they released his photo, Ramirez was nearly killed by a mob.
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  8. S2 E7 - The Co-Ed Killer: The Murder Capital Of The World Part 1
    August 1, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    The Santa Cruz, California, area lived in fear for years of a man dubbed “The Co-Ed Killer," a name given because several of his victims were college students.
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  9. S2 E7 - The Co-ed Killer, Part 1
    May 23, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    For years, residents of Santa Cruz, California, live in fear of a man dubbed The Co-ed Killer, a name given because several of his victims are college students.
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  10. S2 E8 - The Co-ed Killer, Part 2
    May 23, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    By April 1973, twenty-four-year-old Edmund Kemper murders six college students and several members of his family before he is finally captured.
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  11. S2 E8 - The Co-Ed Killer: Thinking Murder All Day Long Part 2
    August 1, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    By April 1973, Edmund Kemper, 24, had murdered six college students and several members of his family before he was finally captured.
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  12. S2 E9 - Robert Durst: World’s Worst Fugitive Part 1
    August 8, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    A millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune was linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor.
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  13. S2 E9 - Robert Durst, Part 1
    May 23, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    The heir to a vast, million-dollar real estate fortune is linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend and his neighbor.
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  14. S2 E10 - Robert Durst: Nobody Tells The Whole Truth Part 2
    August 8, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    Six weeks after jumping bail in Galveston, Texas, Durst was caught on a store security camera in Pennsylvania shoplifting a sandwich.
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  15. S2 E11 - Dr. Death: A License to Kill Part 1
    August 15, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    For nearly two decades, a distinguished Marine and trusted doctor left a trail of death and mayhem across two continents.
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  16. S2 E12 - Dr. Death: You’re Next Part 2
    August 15, 2020
    42min
    TV-14
    Dr. Michael Swango took an oath to "do no harm." But suspicious illnesses and deaths followed this once-trusted physician from hospital to hospital.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Starring
Donnie Wahlberg
Studio
discovery plus Crimes
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