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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 of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 4 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2
    7.1/10(60 votes)

    #1 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2

    S1:E4

    Charles Manson is a violent predator who has powers of persuasion that make it possible for him to convince his hippie followers to brutally murder innocent strangers

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 3 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    #2 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1

    S1:E3

    Charles Manson is a violent predator who has powers of persuasion that make it possible for him to convince his hippie followers to brutally murder innocent strangers

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 6 - The Amityville Horror Part 2: Evil in the House
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #3 - The Amityville Horror Part 2: Evil in the House

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Very Scary People Season 6 Episode 6 - Thomas the Terrible
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Thomas the Terrible

    S6:E6

    A shooting nearly destroys a boxer's career, but trouble soon finds him again when a second shooting claims his wife. Is it suicide — or murder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 4 - The Butcher Baker Part 2: The Girls Who Got Away
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #5 - The Butcher Baker Part 2: The Girls Who Got Away

    S3:E4

    The Butcher Baker was one of the most prolific serial killers in Alaska's history. For more than a decade, he kidnapped young women and brought them into the wilderness where he stalked them like prey. He got away with his crimes for years, living a double life as a soft-spoken baker and church-going family man by day, and prowling the streets and strip clubs at night, looking for more victims. But when one woman escaped and lived to tell her harrowing story, police made a shocking discovery inside Robert Hansen's home, which would expose the baker as the monster he truly was.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Very Scary People Season 4 Episode 7 - The Hillside Stranglers Part 1: A Pair of Serial Killers
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #6 - The Hillside Stranglers Part 1: A Pair of Serial Killers

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Very Scary People Season 4 Episode 8 - The Hillside Stranglers Part 2: She Walked Into the Trap
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #7 - The Hillside Stranglers Part 2: She Walked Into the Trap

    S4:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 8 - Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2
    7.4/10(58 votes)

    #8 - Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2

    S1:E8

    A look at the deal makers and hangers-on who attached themselves to Aileen Wuornos, who is known as America's first female serial killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 11 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 1
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    #9 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 1

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 11 - The Firestarter Part 1: A Wall of Flames
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #10 - The Firestarter Part 1: A Wall of Flames

    S3:E11

    A string of horrifying fires plagues California in the Eighties and Nineties, one of them fatally trapping four people inside. Are these raging infernos accidental or is someone setting them deliberately? Years of meticulous investigation leads law enforcement to uncover a wave of terrifying fires set by a man some call the most prolific arsonist of the Twentieth century, who turns out to be none other than renowned fire investigator Captain John Orr. In a game of cat and mouse, colleagues discover dark secrets behind the man who thrived on the chaos of igniting the fires he was supposed to be fighting.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 12 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #11 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Very Scary People Season 2 Episode 12 - Dr Death Part 2: You're Next
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Dr Death Part 2: You're Next

    S2:E12

    Dr. Michael Swango took an oath to “do no harm”… But he did just the opposite. Suspicious illnesses and deaths followed this once-trusted physician-turned-killer from hospital to hospital for nearly two decades and across two continents. His prey – unsuspecting coworkers and helpless patients. What would make a well-respected doctor become one of the most prolific serial killers in the U.S.? Interviews include survivors, Swango’s former colleagues, families of his victims, federal and local investigators, and a Zimbabwe journalist who helped uncover a series of murders in a rural African hospital.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 5 - The Amityville Horror Part 1: Murdered One By One
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #13 - The Amityville Horror Part 1: Murdered One By One

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 12 - The Happy Face Killer: Part 2
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #14 - The Happy Face Killer: Part 2

    S5:E12

    Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew "smiley faces" on his numerous letters to the media and authorities. Many of his victims were sex workers and transients who had no personal connection to him. Strangulation was Jesperson's preferred method of murdering, the same method he often used to kill animals as a child. He was eventually arrested and convicted. He is serving multiple life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 5 - NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 1
    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #15 - NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 1

    S1:E5

    In Northern California, a masked predator meticulously plans his sexual assaults by studying the habits and routines of his female prey; after 27 years on the loose, police close in on the man they believe to be the NorCal Rapist.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Very Scary People Season 2 Episode 11 - Dr Death Part 1: A License To Kill
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Dr Death Part 1: A License To Kill

    S2:E11

    Michael Swango – High school valedictorian; Distinguished Marine; Trusted Doctor… Serial Killer. For nearly two decades, this physician-turned-murderer left a trail of death and mayhem across two continents. Hear from the local and federal authorities who brought his reign of terror to an end, while facing down one of the most crafty and cunning medical serial killers in US history. Interviews include survivors from Michael Swango’s poisoning sprees, his former colleagues, families of his victims, federal and local investigators, and a Zimbabwe journalist who helped uncover a series of murders in a rural African hospital.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 3 - The Butcher Baker Part 1: Terror in the Wilderness
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #17 - The Butcher Baker Part 1: Terror in the Wilderness

    S3:E3

    The Butcher Baker was one of the most prolific serial killers in Alaska's history. For more than a decade, he kidnapped young women and brought them into the wilderness where he stalked them like prey. He got away with his crimes for years, living a double life as a soft-spoken baker and church-going family man by day, and prowling the streets and strip clubs at night, looking for more victims. But when one woman escaped and lived to tell her harrowing story, police made a shocking discovery inside Robert Hansen's home, which would expose the baker as the monster he truly was.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Very Scary People Season 3 Episode 12 - The Firestarter Part 2: Chasing a Pyromaniac
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #18 - The Firestarter Part 2: Chasing a Pyromaniac

    S3:E12

    A string of horrifying fires plagues California in the Eighties and Nineties, one of them fatally trapping four people inside. Are these raging infernos accidental or is someone setting them deliberately? Years of meticulous investigation leads law enforcement to uncover a wave of terrifying fires set by a man some call the most prolific arsonist of the Twentieth century, who turns out to be none other than renowned fire investigator Captain John Orr. In a game of cat and mouse, colleagues discover dark secrets behind the man who thrived on the chaos of igniting the fires he was supposed to be fighting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Very Scary People Season 4 Episode 9 - The Cross Country Killer Part 1: He Could Make People Disappear
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #19 - The Cross Country Killer Part 1: He Could Make People Disappear

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 3 - The Slave Master: Part One
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #20 - The Slave Master: Part One

    S5:E3

    In the mid 1980s, Kansas City women start to vanish; they all share one thing in common, an odd connection to the same man who calls himself "The Slave Master"; police must be just as wily if they want to bring down this serial killing sadist.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 5 - The Twin: Part One
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #21 - The Twin: Part One

    S5:E5

    Identical twins aren't always alike, especially when one might be a killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 6 - The Twin: Part Two
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #22 - The Twin: Part Two

    S5:E6

    Someone snatches a student from her college campus in Indiana, while a second missing girl turns up dead months later. When terrified girls report a man trying to lure them into his van, police wonder if he is the real killer until one man confesses.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 9 - The Black Widow: Part 1
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #23 - The Black Widow: Part 1

    S5:E9

    Cops wonder if a series of deaths means a black widow is spinning her web.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Very Scary People Season 5 Episode 11 - The Happy Face Killer: Part 1
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #24 - The Happy Face Killer: Part 1

    S5:E11

    Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew "smiley faces" on his numerous letters to the media and authorities. Many of his victims were sex workers and transients who had no personal connection to him. Strangulation was Jesperson's preferred method of murdering, the same method he often used to kill animals as a child. He was eventually arrested and convicted. He is serving multiple life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Very Scary People Season 1 Episode 2 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #25 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2

    S1:E2

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2" is the worst rated episode of "Very Scary People". It scored 7.1/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/24/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1".