Very Scary People
Very Scary People
TV ShowReturning Series

Very Scary People

8.6 / 10
2019
6 seasons
68 episodes
Documentary

A chronicle of the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. Each two-hour episode traces the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 1

    8.0
    17-03-201943m

    This is the shocking and gruesome mystery of John Wayne Gacy, a popular Chicago businessman and part-time clown who was leading a double life in the 1970s. By day he was a communit...

  • Ep 2

    2.John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2

    8.0
    17-03-201943m

    In Chicago, community leader and part-time clown John Wayne Gacy leads a double life, transforming into a monster who preys on male teenagers and becomes the most prolific serial k...

  • Ep 3

    3.Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1

    7.0
    24-03-201943m

    Charles Manson is a violent predator who has powers of persuasion that make it possible for him to convince his hippie followers to brutally murder innocent strangers

  • Ep 4

    4.Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2

    7.0
    24-03-201943m

    Charles Manson is a violent predator who has powers of persuasion that make it possible for him to convince his hippie followers to brutally murder innocent strangers

  • Ep 5

    5.NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 1

    6.0
    31-03-201943m

    In Northern California, a masked predator meticulously plans his sexual assaults by studying the habits and routines of his female prey; after 27 years on the loose, police close i...

  • Ep 6

    6.NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 2

    7.0
    31-03-201943m

    In Northern California, a masked predator meticulously plans his sexual assaults by studying the habits and routines of his female prey; after 27 years on the loose, police close i...

  • Ep 7

    7.Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 1

    7.0
    07-04-201943m

    A look at the deal makers and hangers-on who attached themselves to Aileen Wuornos, who is known as America's first female serial killer.

  • Ep 8

    8.Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2

    4.0
    07-04-201943m

    A look at the deal makers and hangers-on who attached themselves to Aileen Wuornos, who is known as America's first female serial killer.

  • Ep 9

    9.Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 1

    8.0
    14-04-201943m

    The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identi...

  • Ep 10

    10.Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 2

    8.0
    14-04-201943m

    The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identi...

  • Ep 11

    11.Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 1

    4.0
    21-04-201943m

    More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the t...

  • Ep 12

    12.Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2

    8.0
    21-04-201943m

    More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the t...

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