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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
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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".

  • Lives Lost
    8.2/10(80)
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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

  • Crossing the Line
    8.0/10(305)
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    #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

  • Loved to Death
    7.8/10(56)
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    #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

  • An Ordinary Boy
    7.7/10(294)
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    #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

  • Sympathy for the Devil
    7.5/10(338)
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    #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

  • Killer in the Eyes of the Law
    7.3/10(363)
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    #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

  • Living with the Consequences
    7.3/10(250)
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    #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

  • Means to an End
    7.2/10(480)
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    #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

  • Trapped
    7.2/10(215)
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    #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

  • Owning It
    7.2/10(188)
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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

  • A Mother's Choice Pt. 2
    7.2/10(29)
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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

  • The Mockingbird
    7.1/10(193)
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    #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

  • Something Hideous
    7.1/10(181)
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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

  • Lost Innocence
    7.1/10(71)
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    #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

  • Time Bomb
    7.1/10(23)
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    #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

  • Choices
    7.1/10(28)
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    #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

  • Intended Evil
    7.0/10(280)
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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

  • Family Affair
    7.0/10(268)
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    #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

  • Hunted
    7.0/10(243)
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    #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

  • The Bogeyman
    7.0/10(125)
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    #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

  • A Brutal Outcome
    7.0/10(46)
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    #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

  • A Mother's Choice Pt. 1
    7.0/10(31)
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    #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

  • Defense of Another
    7.0/10(31)
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    #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

  • Declared Competent
    6.9/10(247)
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    #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

  • A Matter of Life and Death
    6.8/10(226)
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    #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