The Best Episodes of Violent Minds: Killers on Tape

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   8.2/10(17 votes)

   #1 - Ted Bundy Part 2

   S1:E24/2/2023

   Dr. Carlisle’s evaluation of Ted Bundy is over, but his work on the notorious serial killer has just begun. As Dr. Carlisle develops his theory of the development of the violent mind, Bundy escapes from prison and goes on a murderous rampage.

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   8.1/10(18 votes)

   #2 - Ted Bundy Part 1

   S1:E14/2/2023

   Dr. Al Carlisle’s descent into the violent mind begins by chance, when he’s asked to run a psychological evaluation on a man who will go on to become one of America’s most infamous serial killers: Theodore Robert Bundy.

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   8.1/10(10 votes)

   #3 - Don York

   S1:E75/7/2023

   When a new inmate claims he can't remember the attempted murder of his wife and murder of the man she was having an affair with, Dr. Carlisle uses hypnosis to access his apparent alternate personality, Dan Hell.

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   7.9/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Broken Samurai

   S1:E64/30/2023

   Dr. Carlisle discovers a surprising link between the traumas of war and the development of the violent mind when he interviews a Vietnam War veteran turned killer.

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   7.8/10(11 votes)

   #5 - Manny Cortez Part 1

   S1:E85/14/2023

   Dr. Carlisle begins a surprising relationship with inmate Manny Cortez in the Oregon State Penitentiary and uncovers the impetus for Cortez's murder of two 11-year-old girls.

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   7.8/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Manny Cortez Part 2

   S1:E95/21/2023

   Dr. Carlisle's tapes documenting his 27-year relationship with Manny Cortez reveal the convicted murderer's point of no return when he became unhinged and began his violent spree.

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   7.7/10(18 votes)

   #7 - HiFi Killers

   S1:E34/9/2023

   Dr. Al Carlisle's study of the violent mind continues when the men convicted of Utah's horrific Hi-Fi Shop mass murders enter the Utah State Prison, awaiting a death sentence

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   7.7/10(13 votes)

   #8 - Reggie/Reginald

   S1:E44/16/2023

   When a new inmate at the Utah State Prison claims he cannot remember the crime that sent him to prison, Dr. Carlisle's experiments with hypnosis reveal a violent alternate personality hidden just beneath the surface.

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   7.0/10(15 votes)

   #9 - Arthur Gary Bishop

   S1:E54/23/2023

   Dr. Carlisle’s Mormon faith is tested when Arthur Gary Bishop asks for his help in understanding how he became a serial killer.

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