Killers: Behind the Myth

tv show

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20 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired March 04, 2014

Overview

A look at some of Europe's and America's most horrific serial killers and how bizarrely simple blunders eventually brought them to justice.

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The Suffolk Strangler

Season 2 - Episode 1 - 1h 0m

Air Date

April 15, 2014

Overview

Suffolk, England, 2006 - the corpses of two young prostitutes are discovered in a river outside the town of Ipswich. A manhunt begins, but under the noses of the police and the eyes of the press, three more women are killed in rapid succession. The search for the killer becomes international news, the world watching as the tragedy unfolds on 24 hour news. The police have a hard time, the killer is forensically aware and is killing at a faster rate than Jack the Ripper, but then a stupid mistake from his past brings him to the attention of the authorities. But the battle isn't over. The police have to bring the full force of the latest in forensic science to put the Suffolk Strangler behind bars.