Copycat Killers

S2 E1 ∙

The 2012 case of James Eagan Holmes, who killed 12 people at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, and claimed to be the Joker from the Batman movies when he was arrested.

G

Contains Violence

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  • S2 E1

    James Eagan Holmes killed 12 people and claimed to be the Joker from the Batman movies.

  • S2 E2

    Joshua Cooke said he was convinced he lived in The Matrix after murdering his parents.

  • S2 E3

    Iraq veteran Jason Hart used Breaking Bad as inspiration when he murdered his girlfriend.

  • S2 E4

    14-year-old student shooter Michael Carneal claimed he was inspired by The Basketball Diaries.

  • S2 E5

    American serial killer Nathaniel White took his inspiration from Robocop.

  • S2 E6

    17-year old Jake Evans wanted to recreate one brutal scene from Rob Zombie's Halloween remake.

  • S2 E7

    20 year-old Jason Bautista was inspired by The Sopranos to embark on a grisly crime.

  • S2 E8

    The catchphrase from Child's Play was used to horrifying effect in Suzanne Capper's murder.

  • S2 E9

    Clint Eastwood's film Dirty Harry inspired Dale Pierre and his friends to plan a deadly crime.

  • S2 E10

    16-year-old Allan Bentley reenacted a torturous scene from the film Reservoir Dogs.

  • S2 E11

    X-Men fan Jed Allen's obsession with the character Wolverine let to a brutal triple murder.

  • S2 E12

    New York history teacher Albert Fentress committed a murder inspired by the film Deliverance.

  • S2 E13

    Troubled Indianapolis teen Jonathan Cruz wanted to recreate The Purge.

  • S2 E14

    Sean Sellers was inspired to re-enact the character of Damien from The Omen.

  • S2 E15

    Comparing themselves to characters in Billionaire Boys Club, two brother commit murder.

  • S2 E16

    Leonard Lake and his partner-in-crime Charles Ng build a bunker, where they imprison almost two-dozen women.

  • S2 E17

    When Erin Caffey begins dating the town bad boy, her parents disapprove - with murderous results.

  • S2 E18

    George Hennard's hatred of women culminates in the tragic slaughter of a restaurant full of customers.

  • S2 E19

    Janice Orndoff kills her husband in a supposed act of self-defence.

  • S2 E20

    When Marcin Kasprzak's girlfriend left him, he copied a horrific scene from Kill Bill and buried her alive.