Netflix has released a chilling new true crime series in which investigators speak about the gruesome details behind infamous murder cases.
Watch the trailer below:
Catching Killers explores three serial killer cases across four hour-long episodes. The first episode is about Gary Ridgway, who became known as the Green River Killer. He was convicted for committing 49 separate murders, making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history by confirmed murders cases.
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He killed many teenage girls and women in the state of Washington throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He would usually strangle his victims, most of whom were alleged to be sex workers, before dumping their bodies in forested areas. He would often return and have sexual intercourse with their corpses.
The second episode follows the case of serial killer and prostitute Aileen Wuornos, who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range. She was sentenced to death for six of the murders and was executed by lethal injection on 9th October 2002.
The third and fourth episodes are both about Keith Hunter Jesperson, who gained the moniker “happy face killer” because his frightening letters to the press about his crimes were signed with smiley faces.
He murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s and many of his victims were sex workers who he strangled.
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His last crime led to his capture and despite claiming to have murdered up to 185 people, only eight have been confirmed. He is now serving a life sentence without parole at the Oregon State Penitentiary.
Each episode has interviews, news reports, re-enactments and real crime scene pictures. The detectives start from scratch to explain each case and the investigations that led to the harrowing cases being solved. Some of scenes show the detectives breaking down in tears as they revisit the frightening murders they helped solve.
Catching Killers is available to watch on Netflix now.
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