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Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America

Season 1
Dissects the events that allowed five serial killers-Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, The Green River Killer and BTK-to flourish unchecked.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Part 1: The Perfect Storm (1972-1974)
    August 14, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    Weaving together the stories of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Green River Killer and BTK, those closest to the crimes analyze the societal factors that allowed these killers to claim hundreds of victims while evading capture.
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  2. S1 E2 - Part 2: Hiding in Plain Sight (1974-1977)
    August 14, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Green River Killer and BTK manage to blend into their communities and elude close calls with police.
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  3. S1 E3 - Part 3: Catch Me if You Can (1978-1979)
    August 15, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    With their confidences growing in 1978, Bundy, Gacy, Dahmer, the Green River Killer, and BTK-also known as "The Five"-continue their game of cat and mouse with law enforcement.
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  4. S1 E4 - Part 4: Media Firestorm (1979-1982)
    August 15, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    Gacy and Bundy are finally brought to justice. Meanwhile, the Green River Killer is still at large and becoming more of a threat than ever; Dahmer struggles to resist his murderous urges; and BTK has also gone silent while he raises a family.
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  5. S1 E5 - Part 5: Power & Control (1984-1991)
    August 16, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    Gacy and Bundy sit on death row. The Green River Killer task force accepts help from an unlikely source-Ted Bundy. BTK kills his own neighbor. Dahmer succumbs to his devious fantasies and commits his most heinous crimes to date.
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  6. S1 E6 - Part 6: End of an Era (1991-2005)
    August 16, 2021
    43min
    TV-14
    After years of public fear at the hands of "The Five," the remaining three killers are captured between 1991-2005.
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Cast
Mark SafarikJohn Wayne GacyDennis RaderGary RidgwayTed BundyJeffrey DahmerMary Ellen O'TooleKathleen McChesney
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