Mark of a Killer
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Docudrama
Seth Jarrett
Christopher Mitchell
| Mark of a Killer | |
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| Genre | True crime Docudrama |
| Written by | Steve Bronstein |
| Directed by | Chad Cunningham Seth Jarrett Christopher Mitchell |
| Narrated by | Laura San Giacomo |
| Composer | David Starck |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Christopher Sgueglia Wendy Greene |
| Producers | Graziano Bruni Steve Bronstein John Girod Randee Brown |
| Cinematography | Christopher Lane |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | Jupiter Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Oxygen |
| Release | January 20, 2019 – present |
The Mark of a Killer (or simply Mark of a Killer) is an American true crime television series currently airing on the Oxygen Network. The program examines the behaviors of serial killers. As of Season 3, the series is currently titled Mark of a Serial Killer.
Each 45 minutes-long episode follows the story of an investigation guided by the killer's postmortem signature and features first-hand accounts from detectives and prosecutors who worked on the cases, interviews with criminal psychology experts and with family members and friends of the victims or the perpetrators.[1]
The show has regular participants criminal psychologists/experts, like: Katherine Ramsland, Joni E. Johnston and Mark Safarik. Other experts are also appearing in the series for one-one episode like Michael H. Stone or Dayle Hinman.[2]
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Location | Killer | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | Posed to Kill | Gainesville, Florida | Danny Rolling | January 20, 2019 | |
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In 1990, a killer start to terrorize the University of Florida’s campus by killing students. "The Gainesville Ripper" leaves behind a bizarre crime scene where the female victims have been posed. After clearing their prime suspects name, detectives turn to VICAP to solve the case. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | The Last Call Killer | New Jersey & Staten Island | Richard Rogers | January 27, 2019 | |
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In the early 1990s; four bodies are found dismembered, bagged, and thrown in roadside garbage cans. The "Last Call Killer" hunted his victims openly in piano bars. However no one suspected he could be hiding in plain sight, working as a local nurse. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | An Eye For Murder | Dallas, Texas | Charles Albright | February 10, 2019 | |
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The Dallas Police Department discover three women murdered with their eyes surgically removed. Police believe they have a deranged doctor on the loose until two cops find themselves on the trail of a man with a Psycho-esque mother, a talent for taxidermy, and a hatred for women. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | Pattern of Murder | Sacramento, California | Roger Kibbe | February 17, 2019 | |
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In 1986 a killer hijacks the highway as several women are found strangled with their clothing cut into precise but odd patterns. A survivor leads police to a sports car driving man, posing as a good samaritan to poach potential victims. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | Momentos of Murder | Burbank, California | Rodney Alcala | February 24, 2019 | |
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When the Hillside Stranglers are caught police realize they still have another serial killer running rampant in Los Angeles. He tortures and toys with his victims while keeping pieces of their jewelry. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | An Appetite for Murder | Texas & Kentucky & Illinois | Ángel Maturino Reséndiz | March 3, 2019 | |
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Authorities have a killer riding the rails and leaving a literal trail of bread crumbs after eating at victims' tables. When more murders are linked, the FBI names a Most Wanted suspect and a national manhunt for "The Railroad Killer" ensues. | ||||||
Season 2 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Location | Killer | Original release date | |
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| 7 | 1 | Killer Caller | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Paul Michael Stephani | April 9, 2020 | |
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Minneapolis Police Department are hunting for a killer who confesses to a string of murders in a chilling, high-pitched voice, begging for forgiveness. No one can identify him until one woman survives a brutal attack. | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | Deadly Summer | New York City | David Berkowitz | April 16, 2020 | |
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In the summer of 1976, the New York City Police Department are chasing a man shooting at couples with a gigantic, .44 caliber handgun. He taunts the city with terrifying letters until police get a lead about a suspect who has shot a neighbor's dog. | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | Deadly Design | Brooklyn, New York | Salvatorre Perrone | April 23, 2020 | |
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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn shop keepers are afraid of closing time as a killer shoots his victims while locking up their stores. Police release surveillance footage to the press and ask the public for help to find a duffle bag wielding murderer before he strikes again. | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | The Other Zodiac | Queens, New York | Heriberto Seda | April 30, 2020 | |
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In the 1990s, "The Big Apple" is on edge as a killer leaves coded clues at crime scenes and declares his compulsion to choose victims by their birth signs. Police race against time before he can achieve twelve killings to complete the Zodiac. | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | The Smell of Death | Chicago, Illinois | John Wayne Gacy | May 7, 2020 | |
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When bodies of missing young men start washing up along the Kankakee River, a pattern emerges. A piece of evidence leads the investigators of Kankakee, Illinois to the house of a seemingly model citizen. | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | Hunted to death | Anchorage, Alaska | Robert Hansen | May 16, 2020 | |
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Police have found a string of murdered women in shallow graves in remote areas of the Southcentral Alaska wilderness. After months of searching, police zero in on a local family man who's been living a double life. | ||||||
| 13 | 7 | Collar and Leash | Tampa, Florida | Bobby Joe Long | May 23, 2020 | |
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A string of women are found dead by the side of the road in Florida with a unique ligature that looks like a dog collar and leash. Detectives are stumped until a 17-year-old girl manage to escape from a vicious kidnapper, leading police to a sadistic person. | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | Killer Athlete | Portland, Oregon | Randall Woodfield | May 30, 2020 | |
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The I-5 Corridor in Oregon is taken over by a brazen bandit who terrorizes the highway with a blitz of assaults and murders. The only clue to identify him is a specific athletic taping used to bind his victims. | ||||||
| 15 | 9 | Bound To Kill | Wichita, Kansas | Dennis Rader | June 6, 2020 | |
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A serial killer taunted police in the 1970s with brazen letters taking credit for his horrific kills. At the introduction of the computer era, the killer gets sloppy and accidentally leaves a digital clue behind. | ||||||
| 16 | 10 | Keys to a Killer | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Derrick Todd Lee | June 13, 2020 | |
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In the 1990s the small-town PD of Zachary, Louisiana discover the key to solve a serial killer case when a pattern emerges with personal items missing from each local victim. | ||||||