Encounters with Evil

Episode 1

Thrill Killers

Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Encounters with Evil looks at people who kill for the thrill of it. He examines the case of necrophiliac Dennis Nilsen who murdered fifteen people and kept a grotesque collection of body parts. It also looks at the cases of Australia's backpacker killer Ivan Milat and the gay slayer Colin Ireland who became a serial killer as a New Years resolution.

Episode 2

Psychopaths

Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Encounters with Evil looks at psychopaths who are incapable of empathy and prey on the innocent and the abandoned. It looks at the cases of Joanna Dennehy who murdered three men and attacked two others over a ten day killing spree. It also looks at the cases of serial killers Peter Tobin and Moors murderer Ian Brady.

Episode 3

Evil Imprisoners

Encounters with Evil looks at criminals who kidnap, abuse, imprison, and enslave their victims. It first looks at the case of Austrian Wolfgang Priklopil who abducted Natascha Kampusch for his homemade dungeon. It also looks at the cases of kidnapper Donald Neilson (aka the Black Panther), Austria's Josef Fritzl, and America's Ariel Castro.

Episode 4

Prophets of Doom

Encounters with Evil looks at cult leads who, though gifted with charisma, chose to take their followers down dark paths that led to terrifying ends. It looks at the case of Jim Jones who lead his People's Temple to South America's Jonestown before instructing them to commit suicide. It also looks at the cases of Marshall Applewhite and David Koresh.

Episode 5

Kidnap Killer

Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Encounters with Evil with criminals who kidnap and murder their victims. It looks at cases where perpetrators seize their victim and hold them, before ultimately killing them. It looks at cases including the Scottish case of Robert Black who kidnapped and killed young girls. It also looks at the murder of James Bulger by two young British boys Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the abduction of Peter Falconio by Bradley John Murdoch in Australia, and the murder of two girls by Ian Huntley.

Episode 6

Killer in the Family

Encounters with Evil look at criminals who prey on members of their own families. It looks at cases of family annihilation and other murders in the family. It looks at the case of Jeremy Bamber who killed three generations of his own family in the White House Farm murder. It also looks at the cases of child killer Stuart Hazell and wife murderer Mitchell Quy.

Episode 7

Flesh Eaters

Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Encounters with Evil looks at criminals who cannibalize their victims. It looks at several infamous cases including the notorious case of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who murdered multiple young men before consuming them. It also looks at the Crossbow Cannibal Stephen Griffiths and German cannibal Armin Meiwes.

Episode 8

Spree Shooters

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Encounters with Evil looks at cases of spree killers who kill multiple individual as part of a single fatalistic action. It examines the cases of Michael Ryan who killed sixteen in the Hungerford massacre. It also looks at the cases of Adam Lanza who killed twenty children at Sandy Hook Elementary school, Thomas Hamilton who was killed seventeen people in the Dunblane massacre, and Columbine's Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

Episode 9

Sex Crimes

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Encounters with Evil looks at sex killers who are driven by depraved and twisted sexual desires. It first looks at killer couple Fred and Rosemary West who committed sex crimes and murders over a period of fifteen years in Gloucestershire. It also looks at the Suffolk Strangler Steven Wright the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Stucliffe and the Suffolk Strangler Steven Wright.

Episode 10

Murderous Medics

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Encounters with Evil looks at how some medical professionals put aside their Hippocratic Oaths to prey on the people who put their trust in them. It looks at the crimes of Beverly Allitt who murdered four children while working as a nurse in Lincolnshire. It also looks at the cases of Josef Mengele, Myles Bradbury, and Harold Shipman.