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CopyCat Killers

CopyCat Killers

Life imitates art, as the old saying goes, which can sometimes lead to deadly consequences. "Copycat Killers" tells the stories of people who committed crimes that mimicked those that the suspects had seen in films. Each episode discusses one such murder scene and details law enforcement officials' hunt for the perpetrator. The cases are examined through interviews with investigators, victims' family members and forensic experts. Re-creations of the crimes and documents from the case files are also used to illustrate what went down. The crimes covered include high school students who killed a classmate in a scene reminiscent of "Scream" and a serial killer who fed his victims to pigs, similar to a scene in "Hannibal."
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Season 35 of 19 Episodes

  • Teenage lovers Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham become convinced that the only way they can be together is to murder Kim's mother, Elizabeth, who has tried to break them up many times.

  • "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" fan James Cushing finds an axe and thinks it is destiny to follow in the footsteps of the real-life suspected murderess.

  • Token clerk Harry Kaufman goes to work at a Brooklyn subway station like any other day, having no idea that two men named Vincent Ellerbe and James Irons would create a fatal fire in the token clerk's booth.

  • The movie "Casino" revolves around a time when Las Vegas was still the wild west and the mob ran everything; living near Sin City, Matt Baker watches the movie over and over again, trying to mimic the gangsters.

  • Two girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner for the infamous online horror villain Slender Man; after reading stories about Slender Man, the two 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate.

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6 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    X-Men
    Deliverance
    The Collector
    Billionaire Boys Club
    The Omen
    Fear
  • X-Men

    On May 23, 2015, a triple murder shook a small town in England when 21-year-old Jed Allen reached his boiling point; Jed's misguided and intense need to protect his family stems from his idealization of X-Men's Wolverine.
    Upcoming
  • Deliverance

    An in-depth look at convicted murderer Albert Fentress and what led to the horrific crime he has been locked away for since 1980.
    Upcoming
  • The Collector

    Leonard Lake sought attention from countless women, many of whom rejected him; his partner-in-crime, Charles Ng, assisted him in building a bunker in which many women would pass through leaving their fates in his hands.
    Upcoming
  • Billionaire Boys Club

    Lyle and Erik Menendez lived a comfortable life, but when their self-made father finally cuts them off, the boys are outraged, and they start to compare themselves to the characters in the popular TV movie "Billionaire Boys Club."
    Upcoming
  • The Omen

    Sean Sellers grew up in Oklahoma City, with a childhood that was far from normal; much like Damien in the critically-acclaimed horror film "The Omen," Sean was a young person wreaking havoc in a small town as demons possessed him.
    Upcoming
  • Fear

    Erin Caffey's life starts resembling that of Nicole Walker, a character in James Foley's 1996 film, "Fear," and like Nicole, when Erin begins dating the town bad boy, her parents disapprove and forbid her from seeing him again.
    Upcoming
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Life imitates art, as the old saying goes, which can sometimes lead to deadly consequences. "Copycat Killers" tells the stories of people who committed crimes that mimicked those that the suspects had seen in films. Each episode discusses one such murder scene and details law enforcement officials' hunt for the perpetrator. The cases are examined through interviews with investigators, victims' family members and forensic experts. Re-creations of the crimes and documents from the case files are also used to illustrate what went down. The crimes covered include high school students who killed a classmate in a scene reminiscent of "Scream" and a serial killer who fed his victims to pigs, similar to a scene in "Hannibal."

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Brian Stivale

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