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Deadly Men: Joel Rifkin
By day, he was a loser who couldn't keep his job mowing lawns. By night, he was a talented predator who lived out his sick sadistic fantasies by cruising for prostitutes and then strangling them with his bare hands during sex. This profile of Joel Rifkin, who confessed to 17 murders, includes a rare jailhouse interview where he talks about his life and killing spree, saying he has no idea why he became such a monster.
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Deadly Men: John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise
A politician, a clown, an entrepreneur, a family man--these were the roles played by John Wayne Gacy to hide the fact that he was a serial killer who murdered 33 boys and young men. Rare archival materials and interviews with family and friends paint a portrait of Gacy from cradle to grave.
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Hi-Tech Homicide Detectives: Welcome to Homicide
On a hot summer day in Richmond, Detective Shane Waite is called to a local apartment complex where there is believed to be a dead body inside the trunk of a car. Waite discovers a bound murder victim stuffed in the trunk of the car. Detective Waite theorizes that the murder victim was killed at another location and transported to the apartment complex. With no witnesses and no original crime scene, the detective has to rely heavily on the forensic evidence gathered from the victim's body. The only other piece of physical evidence is the victim's car. Detective Waite has forensic tech Detective Faith Flippo test the vehicle for blood, DNA, and anything else that might help identify the killer. A break in the case occurs when Detective Waite receives a 911 call from a witness who said he that heard two gunshots the night of the murder at his apartment complex and saw two men entering the building.

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