Murderers and Their Mothers
TV Show · Crime · Documentary

In this series each episode explores a different killer's disturbing childhood and their unnatural maternal relationships. Presented by crime journalist Donal MacIntyre, with in depth analysis from leading psychologists, criminologists and first hand witnesses, Murderers And Their Mothers investigates the most infamous serial killers, asking whether these murderers were born or made.

2016 · 46m
Starring Donal MacIntyre

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Daniel Bartlam – the Coronation Street Killer
    At 14 Daniel Bartlam savagely killed his mother with a claw hammer and then sought to cover his tracks by setting fire to her body.His parent’s divorce led to menacing behavior, and the mom was desperate to keep it a secret, to her own dreadful fate.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Fred & Rose West – The Killer Couple
    Fred and Rosemary West raped, tortured, murdered and dismembered twelve women. Why did the Wests embark on their path of depravity? Were they born to kill, or did their mothers make them into monsters thanks to childhoods full of incest and abuse?
    44m
  • EPISODE 3
    Jed Allen – The Wolverine Killer
    Jed Allen, presumably had a stable life, but in May 2015 he killed his mother, step-father and six year old sister. MacIntyre and Dr. Yardley explore Jed's dysfunctional childhood with his mother to discover the trigger that led him to commit murder.
    45m
  • EPISODE 4
    Harold Shipman – The Angel of Death
    Dr Harold Shipman was UK's most prolific serial killer with at least 215 known victims. Was Shipman simply addicted to murder, or did his upbringing and the circumstances of his mother's death turn him into a mass murderer?
    44m
  • EPISODE 5
    Joachim Knychala - Frankenstein
    Joachim Knychala, aka ‘Frankenstein', butchered and desecrated his victim’s bodies with an axe. MacIntyre and Dr. Yardley explore Knychala's twisted relationship with his mother to see whether they were the cause of his murderous misogyny.
    45m
  • EPISODE 6
    Dennis Nilsen - The Kindly Killer
    Dennis Nilsen murdered 15 young men from the 70s - 80s. Nilsen held on to the corpses of his victims for weeks on end, talking to them on his return home from work and sleeping beside them. What led this bizarre killing?
    45m

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  • Donal MacIntyre
    Presenter

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Murderers and Their Mothers

Crime

In this series each episode explores a different killer's disturbing childhood and their unnatural maternal relationships. Presented by crime journalist Donal MacIntyre, with in depth analysis from leading psychologists, criminologists and first hand witnesses, Murderers And Their Mothers investigates the most infamous serial killers, asking whether these murderers were born or made.

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TRUCRUK
Released
2016
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TV-PG

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  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
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  • Egypt
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Israel
  • Jordan
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  • Niger (English)
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  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
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  • United Arab Emirates
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