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Some of the world’s most notorious murders are the subject of “It Takes a Killer,” which investigates the crimes from the perspective of the killers, trying to get inside their minds and determine their motives.
Season 1
7.1/1019 votesStephanie Lazarus
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2016
When a newly married woman is killed at home, police believe it's a robbery gone wrong. But 20 years later, an LAPD officer opens the cold case file and sees the crime in a new way. The murder was staged to look like a robbery and the killer could actually be a cop - from the same department.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.0/107 votes
Author of Death
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/15/2016
Out on parole, an ex-con turned published author goes on a 24-hour killing spree. But when he unknowingly leaves one of his victims alive to identify him, cops who launch a multi state manhunt and bring him to justice.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.9/1011 votes
The Ghost Of Baton Rouge
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2016
When a series of women are murdered in Baton Rouge, police draw a profile and begin DNA testing a segment of the city's population - white men. But when one victim survives, she tells detectives they're on the wrong trail. The killer isn't white.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.8/1014 votes
Deaths In The Family
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/21/2016
When three members of the same family die of mysterious causes, police being to suspect they have been poisoned. Detectives exhume bodies and confirm the presence of antifreeze, but who is the poisoner, and why? The secret almost dies when a fourth family member is poisoned, but survives.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.8/1012 votes
Bind, Torture, Kill
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/28/2016
A killer terrorizes Wichita, Kansas, preying on random people and families, tying them up, and strangling them. But then the killer goes quiet. When he resurfaces decades later, police find a way to lure him to reveal his identity - and it's a man no one suspected.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.5/1013 votes
A Treacherous Triangle
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/14/2016
When a young man is brutally murdered in his home, the only suspect with a motive is his ex-girlfriend, who claims she hasn't seen the victim for months; detectives uncover evidence, and phone messages that tell a different story.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.4/105 votes
A Son Snaps
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/15/2016
After years of abuse, a high school valedictorian snaps, viciously stabbing his mother in the family's garage. He almost gets away with her savage murder, except for a couple small inconsistencies in his alibi that reveal his true plans.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.3/1015 votes
Phil Spector
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2016
When an aspiring actress is found dead in the home of a legendary music producer, he claims it was suicide. But as detectives piece together the crime scene, study the pattern of blood splatter, and the position of the weapon, they zero in on their suspect and a history of bizarre behavior.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.3/1017 votes
The Casanova Killer
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/4/2016
When four women are killed at different times in different states after going home from a bar with a handsome young man dressed like a cowboy, detectives don't realize the murders are linked together. When they do, their killer is on the run and the manhunt is on.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown