The Best Episodes Directed By Joe Berlinger

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   9.5/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Identity Crisis

   S7:E194/30/1999

   Falsone and Lewis investigate the murder of a man in his own backyard. The victim's nose was removed from his body. Ballard and Gharty investigate the murder of a bartender at a strip club. Canvassing the neighbors, Falsone feels that one of the neighbors isn't what she appears to be. Later when they interview her husband, he gets the same feeling. The MEs complete a record setting day of completing autopsies, but find themselves with one unidentified extra body. Munch and Bayliss get the call, but insist that until they can get a crime scene to go to, the problem isn't theirs. Griscom finds the crime scene in the morgue freezer. Ballard mentions to Gharty that he might want to consider stopping his drinking. Falsone's theory about the victim's neighbors proves true when MGee checks into the Witness Protection program. MGee's phone call puts the wheels in motion to get the family moved. Falsone and Lewis arrive just in time to take their suspect into custody and away from the Feds. The

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   9.0/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Sane Enough

   S1:E34/20/2022

   As Gacy's lawyers try to mount an insanity defense, police attempt the daunting, emotional task of identifying — and honoring — each of his victims.

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   8.5/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Evil or Insane?

   S1:E310/7/2022

   Dahmer's trial raises controversial questions about law enforcement and justice. Today, the repercussions of the murders he committed still reverberates.

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   8.3/10(9 votes)

   #4 - The Life of the Party

   S1:E14/20/2022

   John Wayne Gacy becomes a prime suspect in teen Robert Piest's disappearance. Previously unheard audio tapes reveal Gacy's thoughts and early days.

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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #5 - A Nicely Kept Secret

   S1:E24/20/2022

   After a sprawling confession, Gacy starts acting erratically, forcing police to contend with both his behavior and a shifting investigation.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Can I Take Your Picture?

   S1:E210/7/2022

   In the late 1980s, Dahmer develops a pattern of targeting victims in Milwaukee's gay bars while hiding his impulses from the people around him.

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   7.2/10(14 votes)

   #7 - Lost in Los Angeles

   S1:E12/10/2021

   The once-grand Cecil Hotel provides a nightmarish backdrop for the disappearance of Elisa Lam. Her final footage in an elevator triggers a viral hunt.

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   7.2/10(18 votes)

   #8 - Sympathy for the Devil

   S1:E110/7/2022

   Attorneys, experts and journalists recall Jeffrey Dahmer's 1991 arrest and trace the beginnings of the horrifying murders he ultimately confessed to.

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   7.1/10(14 votes)

   #9 - Secrets of the Cecil

   S1:E22/10/2021

   Web sleuths dissect Elisa's social media posts. A grisly discovery changes everything at the hotel already known as the Night Stalker's onetime lair.

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    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Down the Rabbit Hole

    S1:E32/10/2021

    The mystery deepens: Did a crime occur? The obsessed descend on the Cecil hoping to solve the case and tumble down the rabbit hole of conspiracy.

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    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Hard Truth

    S1:E42/10/2021

    A long-awaited autopsy report arrives, but suspicions linger. Today, an unlikely target speaks his mind as experts weigh in on persistent mysteries.

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