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  4. Murderers & Their Mothers - Season 1

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Murderers & Their Mothers - Season 1

Series: Murderers & Their Mothers
2.5
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Episodes
10
Rating
NR
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Synergetic

About

Do the warped and damaged relationships of murderers and their mothers lie at the root of many of the world's most notorious killers? In these ten episodes, journalist Donal MacIntyre examines ten cases of murder in which the culprits' childhoods and maternal influences set them on the path towards their unspeakable crimes.

Related Subjects

  • Documentary
  • Crime

Episodes

1. Daniel Bartlam - The Coronoation Street Killer

45m

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At 14 years old, Daniel Bartlam killed his mother with a claw hammer then sought to cover his tracks by concocting a story that came straight from a soap opera.

2. Fred & Rose West. The Killer Couple

45m

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Fred and Rosemary West murdered 12 women including 2 of their daughters in one of the most shocking cases Britain has ever seen.

3. Jed Allen - The Wolverine Killer

45m

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With a sunny exterior, Jed Allen's case shook the world when he killed his mother, stepfather, and six year old half-sister. Experts examine the dysfunctional family of the Wolverine.

4. Harold Shipmean - The Angel of Death

45m

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Dr Harold Shipman, was Britain's most prolific serial killer with at least 215 known victims. Was Shipman simply addicted to murdering by morphine or did his upbringing turn him into a mass murderer?

5. Joachim Knychala - Frankenstein

45m

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Joachim Knychala, the Polish serial killer who earned the ghoulish nickname `Frankenstein', attacked his victims with an axe. He brutally murdered 5 women and attempted another 7 over 8 grisly years.

6. Dennis Nilsen - The Kindly Killer

45m

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One of Britain's most infamous killers. Dennis Nilsen murdered 15 young men in London during the late 70s and early 80s. But what led this seemingly normal civil servant to start killing for company?

7. Robert Black - The Lone Killer

45m

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Serial child-killer Robert Black preyed on young girls across the country. Black's biological mother left him shortly after his birth, while his foster mother neglected and physically abused him.

8. Leszek Pekalski - The Vampire of Bytowa

45m

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Poland's `vampire' Leszek Pekalski murdered dozens of men, women and children. Pekalski was subjected to extreme physical violence on a daily basis, and was neglected and often starved by family.

9. Adam Lanza - Sandy Hook School Shooting

45m

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Tragic Sandy Hook incident, where Adam Lanza killed his mother before shooting 20 children dead at the elementary school.

10. Richard Kuklinksi - The Iceman Killer

45m

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Richard Kuklisnki, known as the 'Iceman,' claimed to have killed up to 250 in his three-decade-long career as a hitman for the mafia, all of which he kept separate from his average middle-class existence. How much of Kuklisnki's psychopathic personality was passed on by his parents? And how much of his traumatic upbringing was invented by Kuklinski as a way of rationalizing his crimes?

Extended Details

  • SeriesMurderers & Their Mothers
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Craig JacksonActor
Barbara KirwinActor
Donal MacIntyreActor