8.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2019
This is the shocking and gruesome mystery of John Wayne Gacy, a popular Chicago businessman and part-time clown who was leading a double life in the 1970s. By day he was a community leader and by night a predator of young men.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2019
In Chicago, community leader and part-time clown John Wayne Gacy leads a double life, transforming into a monster who preys on male teenagers and becomes the most prolific serial killer of his day.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/14/2019
The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identity, but mostly go nowhere.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2019
The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identity, but mostly go nowhere.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2019
More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the truth is more complicated and tragic than that.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2020
He is among the most infamous serial killers in American history. From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City – under his creepy self-given moniker: the Son of Sam. Using a large caliber. 44 revolver, he unleashed eight horrific shootings across three different boroughs- wounding seven people and killing six. Despite an extraordinary investigation, and hundreds of NYPD officers working the case– Berkowitz’s crime spree lasted over a year. How did he get away with it? What clues did investigators miss? The detectives who worked the case tell the true tale of what it was like in New York City with a gun-toting murderer on the loose.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - BTK Part 1: Bind, Torture, Kill
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2020
In January 1974, four members of a family are brutally tortured and murdered in Wichita, Kansas. The murders shock the safe midwestern city, but little do they know, it is just the beginning. He calls himself “B.T.K.” which stands for Bind, Torture, Kill and for decades this bloodthirsty serial killer terrifies Wichita as he murders again and again and again. Wichita residents live in fear that they will be his next victim. Who is B.T.K. and will police capture this crazed killer before he strikes again?
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - BTK Part 2: The Taunting
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/19/2020
B.T.K. stands for Bind, Torture, Kill., the name the serial killer gave himself. After terrorizing Wichita, Kansas with multiple killings from 1974-1991 he goes quiet. But he resurfaces in 2004 and residents of the midwestern city are once again petrified. For months he plays a cat and mouse game with law enforcement and the media taunting them as he seeks the attention he craves. But then… he makes a mistake. And when “BTK” is finally apprehended it is chilling to discover that he has been hiding in plain sight for years.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#9 - The Night Stalker Part 1: Summer of Terror
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2020
The summer of 1985 was one of the hottest Los Angeles had seen in a century. But terrified residents weren’t sleeping with the windows open, they weren’t sleeping at all. A killer was on the loose. And though the 1980s were considered the decade of the serial killer – one man stood out. He was the Night Stalker – his crimes were random, vicious and committed in the name of Satan. His victims ranged from toddlers to the elderly. And as the city was paralyzed with fear, he went unchecked while police struggled to stop him. Then the L.A.P.D. get a tip, a teenage boy spotted a suspicious car leaving a crime scene. Would it be enough to bring the Night Stalker to justice?
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - The Night Stalker Part 2: I Will Be Avenged
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2020
Through the record-breaking heat of the spring and summer of 1985 in California, a savage killer was on the loose. The Night Stalker had been linked to at least 15 murders from children to the elderly, male and female, wealthy and poor. Then police get a break – a tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker. Twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him. But the man who terrified the nation for more than a year isn’t finished yet. His trial is a new, bizarre chapter that has some wondering if the Night Stalker will escape justice.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#11 - The Co-ed Killer Part 1: The Murder Capital of the World
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/2/2020
Santa Cruz, California was a mecca for the hippie generation in the early 1970’s, a beachside paradise where a university had recently opened. But this era of peace and love is shattered when female students began to go missing and their body parts start showing up around town. Police had no leads on who was committing these horrific crimes, but they soon realize that all the victims had something in common- they were last seen hitchhiking. A frantic public, desperate for answers, live in terror, waiting for the man they dubbed “The Coed Killer” to strike again. But no one could have expected that the person responsible, a local man, Edmund Kemper, was living among them, hiding in plain sight. He was a man with a dark history and a tortured childhood, a man who had killed years before and had now set his twisted sights on young women.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#12 - The Co-ed Killer Part 2: Thinking Murder All Day Long
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/2/2020
n April 1973, 24-year-old Edmund Kemper had murdered 6 coeds in and around the city of Santa Cruz, California, shaking the community to its core. But Kemper reached a breaking point, and what the public would soon learn, was almost impossible to believe. Told through interview footage with Kemper himself, as well as people who were there, this episode takes viewers inside the mind of a serial killer, from a childhood wrought with abuse through an early life of violence. Kemper outlines his motives for the killing spree and describes the terrifying methods he used to slaughter young women, operating right under everyone’s noses. As Kemper explains in great detail, he spared no one from his madness, not even his own flesh and blood. With his willingness to tell his story so openly, Kemper would go on, years later, to assist the FBI in profiling serial killers, offering insight into how, and why, killers like himself commit such horrific acts.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - The Golden State Killer Part 1: Hunting Human Beings
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2021
The Golden State Killer invaded homes, tortured and terrorized families, committed fifty brutal rapes and thirteen vicious murders, and was on the loose for forty-four years. Cold case Investigators chased down thousands of leads without ever getting their man. But a new forensic tool breaks the case and exposes this remorseless predator – Joseph DeAngelo – his family, his background, and his life story; and finally, scores of victims get a measure of long-awaited justice.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - The Amityville Horror Part 1: Murdered One By One
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2021
In November 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered inside their beautiful seaside home. The mother, father, and four of their children were shot in the back as they lay sleeping in their beds. The bodies were discovered by the only family member left alive – the oldest son Butch DeFeo. What really happened that night in Amityville? Who murdered the DeFeo family and why? What caused the strange events in the house near the sea? Parapsychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate claims of levitating objects and demonic possession in an attempt to explain why, 50 years later, this house is still a source of nightmares.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - The Amityville Horror Part 2: Evil in the House
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/2021
In November 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered inside their beautiful seaside home. The mother, father, and four of their children were shot in the back as they lay sleeping in their beds. The bodies were discovered by the only family member left alive – the oldest son Butch DeFeo. What really happened that night in Amityville? Who murdered the DeFeo family and why? What caused the strange events in the house near the sea? Parapsychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate claims of levitating objects and demonic possession in an attempt to explain why, 50 years later, this house is still a source of nightmares.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - The Dating Game Killer Part 1: Smooth Talker
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2021
In 1968, an 8-year-old girl is abducted and raped. The Los Angeles police were just moments from catching her attacker, but he eludes them and escapes to New York where he kills a young woman. This is the beginning of a monstrous killing spree of young girls and women. When police discover who is behind these horrific murders, they are shocked to find it's a handsome, charming photographer. With a string of murders already behind him, incredibly, Rodney Alcala is chosen to appear on the national game show, "The Dating Game." What happens next makes Rodney Alcala one of the most horrific serial killers in US history.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - The Dating Game Killer Part 2: The Bite Mark
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2021
In 1968, an 8-year-old girl is abducted and raped. The Los Angeles police were just moments from catching her attacker, but he eludes them and escapes to New York where he kills a young woman. This is the beginning of a monstrous killing spree of young girls and women. When police discover who is behind these horrific murders, they are shocked to find it's a handsome, charming photographer. With a string of murders already behind him, incredibly, Rodney Alcala is chosen to appear on the national game show, "The Dating Game." What happens next makes Rodney Alcala one of the most horrific serial killers in US history.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - The Iceman Part 1: The Murder Business
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2021
He was a family man, living in a New Jersey suburb with his wife and three kids. But unbeknownst to his neighbors, Richard Kuklinski held a dark secret: he was the "Iceman" – a cold-blooded killer who was part-time mob hitman for hire, and full-time psychopath. This intimidating, oversized killer managed to evade the police with ease for years. That is, until a few smart investigators started connecting the dots between seemingly unrelated murders and a mystery man known as "Big Rich."
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - The Iceman Part 2: Trapping a Serial Killer
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2021
He was a family man, living in a New Jersey suburb with his wife and three kids. But unbeknownst to his neighbors, Richard Kuklinski held a dark secret: he was the "Iceman" – a cold-blooded killer who was part-time mob hitman for hire, and full-time psychopath. This intimidating, oversized killer managed to evade the police with ease for years. That is, until a few smart investigators started connecting the dots between seemingly unrelated murders and a mystery man known as "Big Rich."
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - The Ken and Barbie Killers Part 1: Dead Ringer
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2022
From 1987 to 1992, young women were abducted and murdered north of the U.S.-Canadian border. A tip led cops to an unlikely suspect: a blond, blue-eyed accountant who lived with his wife in a pink house in the suburbs.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - The Ken and Barbie Killers Part 2: I Kidnapped A Girl
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2022
From 1987 to 1992, young women were abducted and murdered north of the U.S.-Canadian border. A tip led cops to an unlikely suspect: a blond, blue-eyed accountant who lived with his wife in a pink house in the suburbs.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - The Back To School Killer Part 1: A Fear in the Air
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2022
When college-aged women go missing, the investigation leads authorities to a local star athlete.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - The Back To School Killer Part 2: A Fear in the Air
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/12/2022
When college-aged women go missing, the investigation leads authorities to a local star athlete.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - The Hillside Stranglers Part 1: A Pair of Serial Killers
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2022
In the fall of 1977, bodies of young women begin piling up in LA. Almost all of the victims are nude, discarded on hillsides showing signs of torture. It is nearly a year before two murders 1200 miles away uncover the Hillside Stranglers.
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8.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - The Cross Country Killer Part 1: He Could Make People Disappear
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/10/2022
Samantha Koenig was closing shop in Anchorage, Alaska, when a man known in the community as a business owner and caring father, approaches. After kidnapping Samantha, an intense manhunt took authorities on a cross country investigation.
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The Best Episodes of Very Scary People
Every episode of Very Scary People ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Very Scary People!
A chronicle of the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. Each two-hour episode traces the heinous, criminal acts...
Genre:Documentary
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Best Episodes Summary
"John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 1" is the best rated episode of "Very Scary People". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/17/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2".