Copycat Killers
2 Series ∙ 33 Episodes ∙ True Crime
A chilling look behind the headlines of real-life murder cases where the killers were inspired by horror films and TV shows.
A chilling look behind the headlines of real-life murder cases where the killers were inspired by horror films and TV shows.
James Eagan Holmes killed 12 people and claimed to be the Joker from the Batman movies.
Joshua Cooke said he was convinced he lived in The Matrix after murdering his parents.
Iraq veteran Jason Hart used Breaking Bad as inspiration when he murdered his girlfriend.
14-year-old student shooter Michael Carneal claimed he was inspired by The Basketball Diaries.
American serial killer Nathaniel White took his inspiration from Robocop.
17-year old Jake Evans wanted to recreate one brutal scene from Rob Zombie's Halloween remake.
20 year-old Jason Bautista was inspired by The Sopranos to embark on a grisly crime.
The catchphrase from Child's Play was used to horrifying effect in Suzanne Capper's murder.
Clint Eastwood's film Dirty Harry inspired Dale Pierre and his friends to plan a deadly crime.
16-year-old Allan Bentley reenacted a torturous scene from the film Reservoir Dogs.
X-Men fan Jed Allen's obsession with the character Wolverine let to a brutal triple murder.
New York history teacher Albert Fentress committed a murder inspired by the film Deliverance.
Troubled Indianapolis teen Jonathan Cruz wanted to recreate The Purge.
Sean Sellers was inspired to re-enact the character of Damien from The Omen.
Comparing themselves to characters in Billionaire Boys Club, two brother commit murder.
Leonard Lake and his partner-in-crime Charles Ng build a bunker, where they imprison almost two-dozen women.
When Erin Caffey begins dating the town bad boy, her parents disapprove - with murderous results.
George Hennard's hatred of women culminates in the tragic slaughter of a restaurant full of customers.
Janice Orndoff kills her husband in a supposed act of self-defence.
When Marcin Kasprzak's girlfriend left him, he copied a horrific scene from Kill Bill and buried her alive.
