Murder Made Me Famous
"Murder Made Me Famous" shares personal accounts from victims' family members, jurors, members of law enforcement and journalists involved with each case to give viewers an intimate perspective and disclose new information. Featured commentator for every episode is author and PEOPLE crime reporter Steve Helling, who has covered several high-profile crime stories including the Natalee Holloway and Laci Peterson disappearances.
- 2015-2019
- 7 seasons
- ReelzChannel
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
"Murder Made Me Famous" shares personal accounts from victims' family members, jurors, members of law enforcement and journalists involved with each case to give viewers an intimate perspective and disclose new information. Featured commentator for every episode is author and PEOPLE crime reporter Steve Helling, who has covered several high-profile crime stories including the Natalee Holloway and Laci Peterson disappearances.
Season 7 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Pablo Escobar
Sat, Mar 16, 2019 44 mins
Documentary about the life of the drug trafficker, politician, and family man, Pablo Escobar. Chronicles criminal early life, rise to power via the cocaine trade, torture and murder, prison and escape, and international cooperation to eventual capture and death.
Episode 2
Son of Sam
Sat, Mar 23, 2019 44 mins
David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, goes on a yearlong murderous rampage killing six people in 1976 and bringing New York City to its knees.
Episode 3
Laurie Bembenek
Mon, Sep 7, 2026
Police officer Laurie Bembenek is convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife, Christine Schultz; Bembenek claims she was framed for the savage murder, but the evidence included her husband's police revolver and fibers from her wig.
Episode 4
The Boston Strangler
Sun, Mar 31, 2019 44 mins
Known as the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo's murder spree claims the lives of 13 women, many of whom he strangled to death with their own nylon stockings.
Episode 5
Richard Speck: The Nurse Killer
Mon, Apr 22, 2019 44 mins
In 1966, mass murderer Richard Speck systematically tortures, rapes and murders eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital.
Episode 6
Osama bin Laden
Wed, Jan 16, 2019 44 mins
On the FBI's Most Wanted list for more than a decade, Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden orchestrates an attack against the United States, using 19 militants to hijack four airplanes with which to carry out suicide missions on Sept. 11, 2001.
