TV Show

Signs of a Psychopath

This harrowing half-hour archive series revisits some of the most brutal killers in modern history, reviewing news footage and the words of the killers themselves to see which terrifying traits each killer exhibited. What are the signs...of evil?

TV Show Stats +8%

11 seasons

93 episodes total

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

2020

Rating

TV Show

7.8/10

10 votes • HD

Season 1

9 episodes
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Chase Me
Episode 1

Chase Me

Episode 1 • Aug 23, 2020

A 50-year-old woman is found dead in her home. All that's left behind is a note that reads, "Chase me." But when detectives uncover the killer, they quickly discover they have come face to face with a remorseless psychopath.

7.5
23m
Into the Woods at Midnight
Episode 2

Into the Woods at Midnight

Episode 2 • Aug 30, 2020

Residents of a quaint village are terrified when a local innkeeper and two others are found brutally murdered. Detectives in Maine must follow the depraved killer into the woods at night as he leads them to where he killed and buried a fourth victim.

7.5
23m
I'm Not the Monster I Was
Episode 3

I'm Not the Monster I Was

Episode 3 • Sep 06, 2020

An unapologetic 14-year-old boy confesses to the murder of his best friend. Twelve years later, he's back in court with chance at a reduced sentence. Has this 26-year-old really changed? Or is he the same meticulous, cold-blooded killer he always was?

7.5
23m
Where Evil Grows
Episode 4

Where Evil Grows

Episode 4 • Sep 13, 2020

A charming 20-year-old wants to help authorities with a murder investigation. He claims to have met one of the three victims and says he has no knowledge of the crime, but detectives suspect otherwise. Could this intellectual be hiding a dark side?

7.0
23m
I Dug a Hole and Said a Prayer
Episode 5

I Dug a Hole and Said a Prayer

Episode 5 • Sep 20, 2020

When police question a man in his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her young son's disappearance, they discover he has a terrifying capacity for violence. Later, a seemingly innocuous man searching for a missing girl could be a real-life monster.

0.0
23m
I Could Hear Her Calling Me
Episode 6

I Could Hear Her Calling Me

Episode 6 • Sep 27, 2020

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23m
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Season 2

6 episodes
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I Didn't Do Anything
Episode 1

I Didn't Do Anything

Episode 1 • May 30, 2021

An arrogant woman believes she's committed the perfect crime. She is wrong.

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23m
Fantasy Over Family
Episode 2

Fantasy Over Family

Episode 2 • May 30, 2021

An obsession with a web-cam model leads to the annihilation of a family.

7.0
23m
Guess I've Got No Conscience
Episode 3

Guess I've Got No Conscience

Episode 3 • Jun 06, 2021

A prolific serial killer brags on tape about strangling eight young women.

7.0
23m
Diary of a Psychopath
Episode 4

Diary of a Psychopath

Episode 4 • Jun 13, 2021

A college student disappears at the start of his freshman year without a trace, leaving his family and his girlfriend reeling; when authorities look to his best friend for answers, they uncover a love triangle gone wrong.

7.0
23m
I Have a Surprise for You
Episode 5

I Have a Surprise for You

Episode 5 • Jun 13, 2021

After coming home to find her parents on the floor bleeding, a woman's younger brother claims their father shot their mother before turning the gun on himself.

7.0
23m
Only if There's Something in it for Me
Episode 6

Only if There's Something in it for Me

Episode 6 • Jun 20, 2021

While being questioned in the abduction of an Anchorage barista, a young local businessman starts negotiating with investigators to reveal details of a depraved secret life as one of America's most meticulous and psychopathic serial killers.

7.0
23m

Season 3

7 episodes
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I Am Strange
Episode 1

I Am Strange

Episode 1 • Sep 14, 2021

A heartless gunman shoots a young couple with devastating consequences.

7.0
23m
The Good Girl
Episode 2

The Good Girl

Episode 2 • Sep 14, 2021

A home invasion leads to the revelation of a shocking double life.

7.0
23m
Do Her Mortal Harm
Episode 3

Do Her Mortal Harm

Episode 3 • Sep 21, 2021

The naked and mutilated body of a mother turns up at the bottom of a ravine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When tire tracks lead investigators to a suspect, they encounter an undetected serial killer who confesses to butchering eight women over a decade.

7.0
23m
I Killed Him. Boom. Boom.
Episode 4

I Killed Him. Boom. Boom.

Episode 4 • Sep 28, 2021

Police respond to a 911 call to find a father of two dead in his home with more than 15 gunshot wounds. Police question the family, but one person is missing, his mother-in-law. Now detectives must determine if this grandma could be a deadly psychopath.

7.0
23m
You Met the Angel of Death
Episode 5

You Met the Angel of Death

Episode 5 • Oct 05, 2021

When a graduate student suddenly goes missing, the family he's staying with immediately contacts police. Then, just days later, a horrific discovery forces investigators to face a rare kind of monster.

7.0
23m
I'm Just a Sick Monster
Episode 6

I'm Just a Sick Monster

Episode 6 • Oct 12, 2021

An officer responds to a 911 call placed by a robber on the lam who feels compelled to turn himself in. However, when the officer arrives at the scene, the criminal confesses to much more than breaking and entering.

7.0
23m
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Season 4

10 episodes
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Everyone Has a Death Sentence
Episode 1

Everyone Has a Death Sentence

Episode 1 • Mar 09, 2022

The "Tourniquet Killer" terrorizes young girls across Houston, Texas. When advances in DNA finally lead to his arrest, this psychopath eagerly confesses to multiple murders.

7.0
23m
Sleeping Beauties
Episode 2

Sleeping Beauties

Episode 2 • Mar 09, 2022

First responders arrive at a home in Ontario where a mother leads officers to the bodies of her two children. An investigation yields the truth: this awful tragedy isn't an accident but a carefully crafted killing by a vengeful psychopath.

7.0
23m
God Was Using Me
Episode 3

God Was Using Me

Episode 3 • Mar 16, 2022

A longtime nurse confesses to helping end the lives of numerous elderly patients at multiple nursing homes; detectives discover this is no angel of mercy; behind her unsuspecting persona lies a ruthless psychopath.

6.0
23m
Most People Would Be Haunted
Episode 4

Most People Would Be Haunted

Episode 4 • Mar 16, 2022

A failed actor take out his rage on the weakest members of society; after killing four people, a chance encounter with police leads to his downfall; the interrogation room becomes the stage for this killer's final performance.

7.0
23m
I Knew She Lived Alone
Episode 5

I Knew She Lived Alone

Episode 5 • Mar 23, 2022

Burlington Police get a call that a man killed his girlfriend. At the scene they find the man calm while his girlfriend's body lies nearby. He explains that he has other victims, revealing a history of psychopathic sexual deviancy.

7.0
23m
I Was a Star
Episode 6

I Was a Star

Episode 6 • Mar 23, 2022

A woman dies in a brutal stabbing at home. Police quickly locate the prime suspect: Antoine Bynum. In his interrogation, he appears to have a psychotic episode until detectives discover it's merely the ruse of a deranged psychopath.

7.0
23m
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Season 5

11 episodes
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I Guess My Life Is Over Now
Episode 1

I Guess My Life Is Over Now

Episode 1 • Jan 22, 2023

A mother who calls 911 to report her 32-year-old son is threatening her turns up dead in her home; he becomes the only suspect, and when he turns himself in, his pragmatic retelling of the slaying isn't just cold hearted, it's psychopathic.

6.0
21m
I Was in a Zone
Episode 2

I Was in a Zone

Episode 2 • Jan 22, 2023

A crash on a North Dakota highway leaves one passenger dead but the driver unscathed; when investigators see that the victim has stab wounds, they know there was foul play; detectives interrogate the driver.

6.0
21m
It Wanted to Kill Somebody
Episode 3

It Wanted to Kill Somebody

Episode 3 • Jan 29, 2023

Searchers for a missing woman find her brutally beaten body in a dilapidated house near her home. The case goes cold until a local teen steps forward to reveal that he's not only the killer but also a manipulative psychopath with a thirst for violence.

7.0
21m
Heat Will Destroy
Episode 4

Heat Will Destroy

Episode 4 • Jan 29, 2023

After his conviction for the brutal slaying of his wife, a Florida inmate lays claim to another unsolved murder 17 years prior, revealing that he's a manipulative psychopath with a history of violence and an unquenchable thirst for revenge.

7.0
21m
Hell to Look Forward To
Episode 5

Hell to Look Forward To

Episode 5 • Feb 05, 2023

A man confesses to accidentally killing his best friend while cleaning his gun; during his interrogation, he stuns police by revealing that he’s behind a long trail of bloodshed and is a serial killer who seems to consider himself an angel of mercy.

7.0
21m
I Wanted Her to Hear It
Episode 6

I Wanted Her to Hear It

Episode 6 • Feb 05, 2023

A man finds his girlfriend and her mother murdered in their beds at night; he calls 911 for help, but police discover his urge to seek revenge.

7.0
21m
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Season 6

10 episodes
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Something a Man Would Do
Episode 1

Something a Man Would Do

Episode 1 • Jul 09, 2023

A woman finds her elderly brother dead in his bedroom with his throat slashed. Uncovering the truth poses a challenge for detectives, as the individual responsible for killing him is a manipulative psychopath who craftily deflects blame.

7.0
21m
Hey Look, I'm a Serial Killer
Episode 2

Hey Look, I'm a Serial Killer

Episode 2 • Jul 16, 2023

A racially motivated serial killer on death row, who targeted civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and pornography publisher Larry Flynt, confesses to additional unsolved murders with the help of a shrewd female prosecutor.

7.0
0m
Having Breakfast on Him
Episode 3

Having Breakfast on Him

Episode 3 • Jul 16, 2023

« Previous Ep. Next Ep. » Investigators search a farm for a missing man and find human leg bone on the property. The owner, Susan Monica, admits that her pigs ate her tenant alive, and he's not the only victim. A ruthless psychopath, Monica despises humans but loves her pigs.

6.0
0m
He Didn't Know I Was There
Episode 4

He Didn't Know I Was There

Episode 4 • Jul 16, 2023

A gunman shoots a man dead as he runs along a country road. First responders find a witness standing next to the body with a strange story to tell, and detectives will unravel the lies of a callous psychopath who takes out his frustrations in bloodshed.

6.0
0m
He Thought We Were Buddies
Episode 5

He Thought We Were Buddies

Episode 5 • Jul 23, 2023

A man calls 911 with his dying breath, and first responders arrive to find him brutally murdered, stabbed 59 times. When detectives question his best friend, they uncover a tangled, sick story of deception and jealousy that explodes in psychopathic rage.

0.0
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I Still Care About Her
Episode 6

I Still Care About Her

Episode 6 • Jul 23, 2023

A killer shoots a young woman dead in her boyfriend's Orlando apartment. Hours later, he turns up in a hospital bed 500 miles away with a gunshot wound and a bizarre story that unravels to reveal he's a lying, callous psychopath.

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Season 7

9 episodes
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I'm Not Your Typical Murderer
Episode 1

I'm Not Your Typical Murderer

Episode 1 • Feb 25, 2024

A frantic graduate student calls 911 to say she just shot her boyfriend in self-defense. Police soon discover that her story doesn't add up and realize they are face-to-face with a remorseless, calculating psychopath.

8.0
43m
Family Comes First
Episode 2

Family Comes First

Episode 2 • Mar 03, 2024

Eleven operators receive a terrifying call from a youngster who claims he stabbed his parents to death. Unsure if the call is a Halloween joke, police rush to the area, only to learn that it is not a fake and that the caller is a budding psychopath.

7.0
20m
It Was a Frenzy
Episode 3

It Was a Frenzy

Episode 3 • Mar 03, 2024

A teen plays out his sadistic fantasies of murder on an unassuming drifter.

7.0
20m
The Monster Has Always Been There
Episode 4

The Monster Has Always Been There

Episode 4 • Mar 10, 2024

A 911 operator receives a frightening call from a man who claims that he stabbed and killed two people. Police rapidly learn that not only is the call legitimate, but the caller is a violent and unpredictable psychotic.

7.0
20m
I'm Telling You I'm Dangerous
Episode 5

I'm Telling You I'm Dangerous

Episode 5 • Mar 10, 2024

In rural Missouri, police receive a chilling call from a 50-year-old man who claims to have shot three individuals inside his home. Detectives discover that this impulsive massacre had a purpose, and that the culprit is a psychopath obsessed with control.

7.0
20m
He Had it Coming
Episode 6

He Had it Coming

Episode 6 • Mar 24, 2024

A concerned mother reports her 24-year-old son missing. He has fallen under the spell of a 47-year-old widowed woman. Detectives soon realize she's a sexual psychopath who has claimed the lives of more than one admirer.

7.0
41m
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Season 8

10 episodes
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I Love Something So I Kill It
Episode 1

I Love Something So I Kill It

Episode 1 • Jun 02, 2024

On a quiet winter night, a mother finds her 22-year-old son horrifically dismembered in her basement. The lone suspect is the victim's ex-girlfriend, who is at her home in an emotionless state with blood on her hands.

7.5
21m
I Slept With a Knife
Episode 2

I Slept With a Knife

Episode 2 • Jun 02, 2024

Weeks after an 18-year-old man's friend reports him missing, his clothing turns up burned in a trash can behind a suburban home. When witnesses lead investigators to a young man with a history of violence, they soon learn he had not worked alone.

7.0
22m
Unorthodox and Weird
Episode 3

Unorthodox and Weird

Episode 3 • Jun 09, 2024

A 19-year-old woman vanishes, and the suspect is a former high school classmate with whom she had been communicating days earlier. The family is weary, for the suspect has a notorious past filled with sexual deviancy and homicidal urges toward women.

0.0
42m
His Parents Didn't Like Me
Episode 4

His Parents Didn't Like Me

Episode 4 • Jun 16, 2024

A man finds his family slaughtered in their West Virginia home. The oldest son, 16-year-old Gavin Smith, is missing, he turns up hiding at his girlfriend's.

7.0
21m
You’re Never Going To Get it Out of Me
Episode 5

You’re Never Going To Get it Out of Me

Episode 5 • Jun 16, 2024

After his wife vanishes from Jackson, Missouri., a psychopath plays cat and mouse with detectives.

7.0
21m
My Pretty White Shoelaces
Episode 6

My Pretty White Shoelaces

Episode 6 • Jun 23, 2024

Hikers in Portland discover the badly decomposed body of a raped and strangled young girl. A month later, another woman turns up brutally murdered in same fashion. The prime suspect is a homeless drifter harboring dark sexual fantasies.

6.0
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Season 9

10 episodes
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I Felt a Release
Episode 1

I Felt a Release

Episode 1 • Feb 16, 2025

A psychopathic son wanting control murders his middle-aged parents.

7.0
21m
They Named Me Stormy
Episode 2

They Named Me Stormy

Episode 2 • Feb 16, 2025

A vindictive psychopathic wife murders her husband.

6.0
21m
Let's Be Bonnie and Clyde
Episode 3

Let's Be Bonnie and Clyde

Episode 3 • Feb 23, 2025

After a couple's murder, police find a fantasy killing by two psychopaths.

8.0
20m
It's Called Closure
Episode 4

It's Called Closure

Episode 4 • Feb 23, 2025

Terror rocks an Ohio town when a mother, her two kids, and a close friend vanish. Fearing foul play, investigators track down the prime suspect and uncover a house of horrors. Detectives find themselves dealing with a psychopath with a bizarre obsession.

6.0
20m
The Package Killer
Episode 5

The Package Killer

Episode 5 • Mar 02, 2025

Police catch a break on three St. Louis cold case murders when emerging DNA technology makes a match: a 73-year-old frail man whose harmless facade is hiding a vicious individual.

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Everybody Was Agreeing to It
Episode 6

Everybody Was Agreeing to It

Episode 6 • Mar 02, 2025

A young man's confession to participating in a plot to murder another teenager stuns police of Ocala, Florida. As detectives dig in, they uncover a sadistic plot involving a manipulative ex-girlfriend with the desire to kill.

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Season 10

11 episodes
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I'm Already Seeing Red
Episode 1

I'm Already Seeing Red

Episode 1 • Aug 03, 2025

Police engage in a massive manhunt to find a killer on a murder spree of revenge, taking the lives of his girlfriend, cousin, and a man he considers a father figure. Once captured, he proclaims that he simply wants to be "heard."

8.0
20m
Just Don't Want to Go to Jail
Episode 2

Just Don't Want to Go to Jail

Episode 2 • Aug 03, 2025

Authorities grow concerned when a 25-year-old woman reports her 50-year-old father and 6-year-old daughter missing. Police discover their dead bodies and uncover the shocking truth she is a psychotic killer.

7.0
21m
That Anger Would Rise Again
Episode 3

That Anger Would Rise Again

Episode 3 • Aug 10, 2025

For over three decades, Albuquerque police struggle to solve three violent cold cases. After years of searching, the cases break wide open when officers pick up a man on a probation violation. and he soon reveals himself to be a homicidal psychopath.

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He Went Boom
Episode 4

He Went Boom

Episode 4 • Aug 10, 2025

Pensacola Police are called to the Corner Store when a killer guns down a young man in a brazen public execution in the parking lot. Police track down their suspect and find a cold-blooded psychopath without remorse.

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It's Despicable and Gruesome
Episode 5

It's Despicable and Gruesome

Episode 5 • Aug 24, 2025

When a young mother goes missing, her husband joins the search while police discover her dismembered body in a stack of bins.

7.0
0m
I Just Smiled and Laughed
Episode 6

I Just Smiled and Laughed

Episode 6 • Aug 24, 2025

A vehicle plows down a 75-year-old military veteran on a country road in an apparent hit-and-run. When a young man confesses to the crime, detectives quickly learn they've encountered a psychopath with an intense desire to thrill kill.

7.0
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Season 11

0 episodes
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