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2023135 minPG-13documentary

The Playing Card Killer

2023135 minPG-13documentary

A chilling docuseries unveils Spain's serial killer linked by playing cards.

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Amanda Sans Pantling

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A chilling docuseries unveils Spain's serial killer linked by playing cards.

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Amanda Sans Pantling

Amanda Sans Pantlingdirector

Francisco Javier Barrosocast

Ángel Moyacast

Beatriz de Vicente de Castro

Beatriz de Vicente de Castrocast

María Teresa Campos

María Teresa Camposcast

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A playing card left at a murder scene connects a string of killings in this docuseries tracking a notorious serial killer who terrorized Spain in 2003

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