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2018420 minPG-13documentary

4.3/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

True Crime Surveillance

21st Century Serial Killers

2018420 minPG-13documentary

4.3/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

Exploring how modern life fuels the deadly drive of contemporary serial killers.

True Crime Surveillance

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Exploring how modern life fuels the deadly drive of contemporary serial killers.

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Will Hanrahan

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Colin Sutton

Colin Suttoncast

Serena Kutchinskycast

Peter Bleksleycast

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21st Century Serial Killers forensically researches the lives of the killers who can't stop killing, revealing how the grim opportunities, provided by the 21st century, played a part in a number of murders.

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