True Crime Exposed

Charles Manson created a cult called The Family, using drugs, and coercion he managed to build up a following with some of them being prepared to commit murder in his name while he himself killed no one.

When Tim Anderson murdered his promotional manager he set a ball in motion that left a lot of questions about the legal system, criminal activities and the likability of a killer.

Perth Australia in the 60s was a placid and friendly place but that all changed when The Night Caller decided to kill and maim without predjudice through two nights of madness a few months apart.

After taunting the police, torturing victims and basically enjoying his success as a serial killer, Dennis Rader was the most arrogant of killers who made one of the more stupid mistakes one has heard of, this lead to his capture.

His cruelty and need for attention ended up being his undoing, Dennis Rader or BTK kept his victims alive while torturing the, making sure that their last hours alive were consumed by his presence and the fear he induced.

Dahmer is not the most prolific serial killer but his cruelty and debauched torture of his vicitms makes him one of the worst. His arrogance and victimization of Gay men was a deliberate exploitation of a marginal sector of american men.

Attracted to young men and his power over them John Gacy was a serial killer of the worst sort. Targeting the young and weak, using his clown costume and trusted profile to gain access to the vulnerable.

Aileen wuornos is a female serial killer who clocked up a fair number of known killing, her brazen manner and profits made from the murders leaves us in no doubt as to her motives. Join us for the second part of this intersting case.

A notorious serial killer probably because she was so overt in her methods that for possibly the first time in history, men felt vulnerable. Most serial killers target women or children, even women serial killers. Tonight we get some insight into a prolific killer who killed for only one reason, money.

An abusive upbringing, a pro wrestler and old ladies, what could go wrong. between police denial of a serial killer and a refusal to accept theories beyond the least spectacular they could very well have been a direct cause of many murders.

Ted Bundy was dertermined to be seen as a brilliant strategist who managed to kill a number of women, but rather than a brilliant serial killer type, we find a dull little man who uses weakness to his advantage while being bullishly egotistical.

Ted Bundy is credited with intelligence and charisma, but is this true? We have a man who lied and connived his way through a few years of murder only to get caught by his own stupidity.

Crime does have a lighter side. Gaining an insight into criminal minds is always interesting but seeing the failings in the execution of crimes and what can only amount to arrogance in the criminal can be side splittingly funny

Serial killers are a law unto themselves but are also, without doubt, arrogant. What does make a person kill, and when they do why do that to the extent that you absolutely know, you will get caught.

His access to hundreds of victims and being in part protected by the medical watchdogs this serial killer is one of the most prolific of our times.

Known as the dark angel for her indiscriminate killings Mary Ann was heartless and cruel without any remorse to the very end. Her excessive killing got her caught but we can't help but think many would have been suspicious of her in the small towns where she lived.

Dorothea Puente, a true serial killer had no compunction in shifting her crimes to killing innocent elderly, while she used her age and is often referred to as elderly, she wasn't even of retirement age when she was caught. It was a cultivated image assisted by her short stature and styling, she was the consummate con artist so confident that she literally buried the bones in her own back yard.

How does a whole family disappear into thin air? The Day Charles Merrit starting contracting to The McStay business was the day Joshua McStay signed his families death sentence.

a despicable and lazy man, landru realized that to make a quick buck all he needed to do was prey on women, luring them then killing them to steal their funds.

A simple robbery turned into a horror story with the deaths of 3 people and the permanent scarring of 2 more. Considered one of the most brutal events of the time the Hi-Fi Killings also created a controversy with the death sentences bought down on two of the murders.

How can two depraved individuals find each other and then go on to be a crime match. Impossibly that happened when Laurence Bittaker and Roy Norris found themselves sharing time in prison for separatecrimes.

Some killers become serial killers, they lie, they are not usuallyt bad looking, they know how to win the confidence of every day people. They take what they want and they kill to hide their identity and for pleasure. In the case of Rogers we have a particularly mean character who took pleasure in killing and claims over 70 kills.