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#1 - Lives Lost
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 10/16/2024
Higinio Gonzalez killed a store clerk during an armed robbery at the age of 16. He swears it was an accident, but one county attorney isn't so sure.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10305 votesLoading...8.0/10(305)Loading...
#2 - Crossing the Line
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 11/26/2019
Cavona Flenoy was convicted of the murder of a Sudanese student, with prosecutors arguing that she had lured him in with a promise of sex before shooting him and stealing his wallet and car.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1056 votesLoading...7.8/10(56)Loading...
#3 - Loved to Death
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 10/16/2024
Convicted for killing his grandmother, Rex Groves insists he no longer holds murderous thoughts towards his family. But their trust isn't easily won.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10294 votesLoading...7.7/10(294)Loading...
#4 - An Ordinary Boy
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 10/29/2019
At the age of 17 years old, Leo Little kidnapped, robbed and murdered Jehovah’s Witness minister Christopher Chavez.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10338 votesLoading...7.5/10(338)Loading...
#5 - Sympathy for the Devil
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 6/19/2018
Sentenced for a triple murder linked by police to Satanism, Miguel Angel Martinez becomes the youngest person ever on death row in Texas.
Director: James Tovell
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10363 votesLoading...7.3/10(363)Loading...
#6 - Killer in the Eyes of the Law
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 6/5/2018
Kenneth Foster's death sentence is commuted just hours before his execution, but he asserts that his punishment under an unusual Texas law is unfair.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10250 votesLoading...7.3/10(250)Loading...
#7 - Living with the Consequences
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 7/24/2018
Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at his trial.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10480 votesLoading...7.2/10(480)Loading...
#8 - Means to an End
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 5/29/2018
After years in solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10215 votesLoading...7.2/10(215)Loading...
#9 - Trapped
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 11/12/2019
On October 13th 1984, after 15 years in an unhappy marriage Linda was planning to demand a divorce and according to Linda Couch that night a fight broke out and a gun discharged accidently, shooting Walter in the back of the head, killing him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Owning It
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 12/3/2019
Charles Armentrout attempted to murder his father, and successfully murdered his grandmother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - A Mother's Choice Pt. 2
Season 6 Episode 2
Aired 1/8/2025
As Daniel maintains his innocence, more details about Jose Menchaca's murder come to light, shifting the focus to Candie's troubled past and cartel ties.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10193 votesLoading...7.1/10(193)Loading...
#12 - The Mockingbird
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 6/12/2018
Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.
Director: James Tovell
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Something Hideous
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 12/17/2019
In 1984, alongside two female accomplices, Toby Lynn Williams robbed and kidnapped at gunpoint his former employer, Johnny Moore, his wife, Deborah, and six-month-old baby.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1071 votesLoading...7.1/10(71)Loading...
#14 - Lost Innocence
Season 5 Episode 2
Aired 10/16/2024
Young love takes a dark turn when Ashley Morrison's plan to run away with her boyfriend, Christian Sims, results in the murder of his grandmother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1023 votesLoading...7.1/10(23)Loading...
#15 - Time Bomb
Season 6 Episode 5
Aired 1/8/2025
Leroy Schmitz claims he didn't mean to kill his wife during a drunken argument, pleading that an abusive childhood predisposed him to violence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1028 votesLoading...7.1/10(28)Loading...
#16 - Choices
Season 6 Episode 6
Aired 1/8/2025
Sentenced to a minimum of 109 years behind bars, Kevin Saxon considers the choices that led him to commit murder — both in and outside of prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Intended Evil
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 6/26/2018
After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter -- until his ex dies due to a hospital error.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10268 votesLoading...7.0/10(268)Loading...
#18 - Family Affair
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 7/10/2018
High on a drug that fuels his paranoia, Deandra Buchanan fatally shoots his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend -- a crime he claims he can't recall.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10243 votesLoading...7.0/10(243)Loading...
#19 - Hunted
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 7/17/2018
Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10125 votesLoading...7.0/10(125)Loading...
#20 - The Bogeyman
Season 4 Episode 5
Aired 12/21/2022
Sentenced to life without parole for Jason Johnson's horrific murder, Gary Black says he has no regrets, while Jason's family finds purpose in tragedy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1046 votesLoading...7.0/10(46)Loading...
#21 - A Brutal Outcome
Season 5 Episode 6
Aired 10/16/2024
Makueeyapee Whitford claims the murder he committed was an act of self-defense against a rival tribe, but eyewitness testimonies tell a different story.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1031 votesLoading...7.0/10(31)Loading...
#22 - A Mother's Choice Pt. 1
Season 6 Episode 1
Aired 1/8/2025
A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1031 votesLoading...7.0/10(31)Loading...
#23 - Defense of Another
Season 6 Episode 3
Aired 1/8/2025
Serving 20 years in prison for a bar brawl gone awry, Walter Triplett maintains that racial profiling played the biggest factor in his conviction.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10247 votesLoading...6.9/10(247)Loading...
#24 - Declared Competent
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 7/3/2018
No one -- including David Lewis himself -- disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis's mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10226 votesLoading...6.8/10(226)Loading...
#25 - A Matter of Life and Death
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 7/31/2018
Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of I Am a Killer
Every episode of I Am a Killer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of I Am a Killer!
Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Episodes
44
Avg. Rating
6.9
S1
S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
7.2
6.5
6.1
6.8
7.3
7.7
5.9
6.5
7.1
6.6
6.3
6.5
Best Episodes Summary
"Lives Lost" is the best rated episode of "I Am a Killer". It scored 8.2/10 based on 80 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/16/2024. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Crossing the Line".