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12 episodes

Born to Kill? - Season 5

First aired Mar 26, 2014Season 5

Browse all 12 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Donald Nielson: The Black Panther

NR
Mar 26, 201445 min

In the mid-1970s, Donald Nielson aka the Black Panther committed a string of burglaries, armed robberies and murders in north-east England.

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Episode 2

Patrick Mackay: The Devil's Disciple

NR
Mar 26, 201445 min

Once dubbed 'the most dangerous man in Britain', Patrick Mackay was responsible for a string of bizarre murders during the 1970s. Was Patrick Mackay born to kill?

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Episode 3

John Linley Frazier: The Killer Prophet

NR
Mar 26, 201445 min

In 1970, a California doctor and his young family were executed and dumped in the swimming pool of their hilltop home. The killer believed that he was on a mission from God.

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Episode 4

Cary Stayner: The Yosemite Park Slayer

NR
Apr 2, 201445 min

Cary Stayner was arrested following the disappearance of a group of female hikers who went missing in Yosemite National Park in 1999.

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Episode 5

The Briley Brothers: Butcher Brothers

NR
Apr 2, 201445 min

In 1979, a violent crime spree rocked the town of Richmond, Virginia. The discovery of a triple murder led police to a local gang of brothers.

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Episode 6

Hadden Clark: The Cross-Dressing Cannibal

NR
Apr 2, 201445 min

When eccentric Hadden Clark was arrested for the murder of a young girl in Maryland, he claimed he was also responsible for other murders. Was Hadden Clark Born to Kill?

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Episode 7

The Hitchhiker Slayer

NR
Mar 12, 201445 min

During 1976 and early 1977, female students at the University of California in Santa Barbara were terrorised by some lookalike murders, so-called because the victims closely resembled one another. Thor Christiansen struck while they were hitchhiking and desecrated their bodies after murdering them.

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Episode 8

The Drive-by Slayers

NR
Mar 19, 201445 min

Between May 2005 and August 2006, Dale and Jeff Hausner who were later were assisted by Samuel Dieteman, turned drive-by shootings into sport as they kept score as they picked off their victims at random.

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Episode 9

The Serial Killing Couple

NR
Jul 5, 201445 min

The show examines the crimes of sadistic couple Paula Bernardo and Karla Homolka who carried out a series of despicable acts against different young women, including Karla's own sister.

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Episode 10

The Thriller Killers

NR
Feb 26, 201445 min

The show profiles Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. In 1984, tthe friends took part in a drug-fuelled killing spree that terrorised their rural Californian community for around fifteen years.

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Episode 11

The Yorkshire Ripper

NR
Jul 31, 201445 min

Following the story of the serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe, who between 1975 and 1981 murdered 13 females and became known as The Yorkshire Ripper. But how did he get away with the crimes for so many years and was it nature or nurture that turned this chilled out hard-working man into a serial killer.

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Episode 12

The Sunset Strip Killers

NR
Mar 24, 201445 min

During the summer of 1980, Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy carried out a series of shocking murders in Los Angeles, leaving a trail of blood in their wake