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America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil

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  • 2009-2009
  • 1 Season
  • Mill Creek Entertainment
  • Documentary, Suspense
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Wars have terrorized entire populations for thousands of years. The American West was home to ruthless killers who were idolized in fiction and folklore. Evil evolved to a hideous new form with the genocidal dictators of the 20th Century such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse Tung who ordered the execution of tens of millions. But in the middle of the 20th Century a new and chilling phenomenon emerged in the post-war Western society: The Serial Killer! As if fashioned from our nightmares, they terrified and fascinated us. Lurking behind masks of bland normality, the serial killer often evaded capture for years, decades or eternity. These are America's Serial Killers!

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Tom Kimball
Narrator
Kirk Gill
Self - True Crime Writer
Jack Levin
Self - Criminologist, Northeastern University, Boston

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Episode 1

The Monster Within and Among Us: The Case of Jack the Ripper

Tue, Jan 27, 200947 mins

Episode One discusses 'The Monster Within And Among Us', and discusses Jack The Ripper (even though he's not American), since he is pretty much the first recognized serial killer. Since a lack of real footage is obvious, this episode uses footage from an old black and white move, loosely based on Jack The Ripper.

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