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Murderers and their Mothers

How did the dysfunctional relationships between the world’s most notorious serial killers and their mothers turn them into psychopathic murderers? In this unnerving and shocking series we explore different killer’s disturbing childhoods and their unnatural maternal relationships.

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Release Date:

Jan 4, 2019

Production:

Emporium Productions

Distributor:

Synergetic

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Season 1

1. Daniel Bartlam: The Coronation Street Killer

May 15, 2016

47 minutes

At 14 years old Daniel Bartlam savagely killed his mother with a claw hammer. Daniel’s deep resentment of his mother following his parents’ divorce rapidly led to dark and menacing behavior, and she was desperate to keep the problems behind closed doors, but did her love for him seal her fate?

2. Fred and Rose West: The Killer Couple

May 22, 2016

46 minutes

Fred and Rosemary West raped, murdered and dismembered twelve young women including two of their daughters in one of the most shocking cases of serial killing Britain has ever seen. Were they born to kill, or did their mothers make them into monsters thanks to childhoods full of incest and abuse?

3. Jed Allen: The Wolverine Killer

May 29, 2016

47 minutes

The case of Jed Allen, a young man who on the surface had a happy, stable life, but would eventually kill his mother, step-father and half-sister in a brutal knife attack. What in Jed’s dysfunctional childhood years with his mother was a trigger that led him to commit family annihilation.

4. Harold Shipman: The Angel of Death

Jun 5, 2016

47 minutes

Dr Harold Shipman was Britain’s most prolific serial killer with at least 215 known victims. Was Shipman simply addicted to murder, playing God by killing many of his elderly female patients, or did his upbringing and the circumstances of his mother's death turn him into a mass murderer?

5. Joachim Knychala: Frankenstein of Bytom

Jun 12, 2016

46 minutes

Joachim Knychala, the Polish serial killer who earned the ghoulish nickname ‘Frankenstein,’ attacked his victims with an axe, butchering and desecrating their bodies after death. MacIntyre and criminologist Dr Elizabeth Yardley explore Knychala’s twisted relationship with his mother and grandm

6. Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer

Jun 19, 2016

47 minutes

One of Britain’s most infamous killers, Dennis Nilsen murdered 15 young men in London during the late seventies and early eighties. Nilsen held onto the corpses of his victims, talking to them and sleeping beside them. But what led this seemingly normal civil servant to start killing for company?

7. Robert Black: The Lone Killer

Jun 26, 2016

47 minutes

Serial child-killer Robert Black worked as a delivery driver, preying on young girls up and down the country. Black’s own childhood was fraught with violence and abandonment. Were his early psychological traumas the triggers that transformed Black into the depraved monster he became.

8. Leszek Pękalski: The Vampire of Bytów

Jul 3, 2016

47 minutes

One of Poland’s most notorious serial killers, Leszek Pekalski, confessed to murdering dozens of people - men, women, and children - but later recanted all but one of his confessions. What role did his mother's heavy drinking while pregnant and later abuse and neglect play in Pekalski's evolution?

9. Richard Kuklinski: The Iceman

Jul 10, 2016

47 minutes

Richard Kuklinski, known as the ‘Iceman,' claimed to have killed up to 250 in his career as a hitman for the mafia. How much of Kuklinski’s psychopathic personality was passed on by his parents? And how much of his traumatic upbringing was invented by Kuklinski as a way of rationalizing his crim

10. Adam Lanza: The Sandy Hook Killer

Jul 17, 2016

47 minutes

In December 2012, Adam Lanza killed his mother Nancy before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School and executing one of the worst mass shootings in American history. How much is Nancy to blame for keeping an arsenal of weapons in the home and refusing comprehensive treatment for her disturbed son?

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About This Series

Everyone is someone’s child, even a serial killer... How did the dysfunctional relationships between the world’s most notorious serial killers and their mothers turn them into psychopathic murderers? In this unnerving and shocking series each episode explores a different killer’s disturbing childhood, their unnatural maternal relationships and the devastating impact of ‘Mother.'

Cast and Crew

Directed By

Sarah Stevenson

Produced By

Laura Djanogly, Nick Kenton, Emma Read

Starring

Donal MacIntyre, Elizabeth Yardley

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 5Mbps for 540p, 3Mbps for 360p.

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core I3+ or AMD equivalent recommended for HD 1080p playback
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 500 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 12Mbps for 1080p or 8Mbps for 720p.

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: Mac OSX 10.7
Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 5Mbps for 540p, 3Mbps for 360p.

Recommended:

OS: Mac OSX 10.10+
Processor: Intel Core I3+ or AMD equivalent recommended for HD 1080p playback
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 500 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 12Mbps for 1080p or 8Mbps for 720p.

* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

Minimum:

OS: Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or later, SteamOS 2.20 or later
Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 5Mbps for 540p, 3Mbps for 360p.

Recommended:

OS: Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or later, SteamOS 2.20 or later
Processor: Intel Core I3+ or AMD equivalent recommended for HD 1080p playback
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 500 MB available space
Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 12Mbps for 1080p or 8Mbps for 720p.

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