The BEST episodes of Born to Kill (2005) season 5
Every episode of Born to Kill (2005) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Born to Kill (2005) season 5!
Take an in-depth look at some of the world’s most prolific serial killers through the first hand accounts and testaments of the people who knew them best. Police detectives, journalists, childhood friends, room mates, attorneys and leading experts in criminal psychology will offer us an insight in to their unique relationships with the most evil of society.
#1 - Thor Nis Christiansen: The Hitch Hike Hunter
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2013
During 1976 and early 1977, female students at the University of California in Santa Barbara were terrorised by some lookalike murders, so-called because the victims closely resembled one another. Thor Christiansen struck while they were hitchhiking and desecrated their bodies after murdering them.
#2 - Hadden Clark: The Cross-Dressing Cannibal
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/2013
When eccentric Hadden Clark was arrested for the murder of a young girl in Maryland, he claimed he was also responsible for other murders. Was Hadden Clark Born to Kill?
#3 - Donald Nielson: The Black Panther
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/13/2013
In the mid-1970s, Donald Nielson aka the Black Panther committed a string of burglaries, armed robberies and murders in north-east England.
#4 - Patrick Mackay: The Devil's Disciple
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/20/2013
Once dubbed 'the most dangerous man in Britain', Patrick Mackay was responsible for a string of bizarre murders during the 1970s. Was Patrick Mackay born to kill?
#5 - The Briley Brothers: Butcher Brothers
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/2013
In 1979, a violent crime spree rocked the town of Richmond, Virginia. The discovery of a triple murder led police to a local gang of brothers.
#6 - Peter Sutcliffe: The Yorkshire Ripper
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/2013
Following the story of the serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe, who between 1975 and 1981 murdered 13 females and became known as The Yorkshire Ripper. But how did he get away with the crimes for so many years and was it nature or nurture that turned this chilled out hard-working man into a serial killer.
#7 - Cary Stayner: The Yosemite Park Slayer
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/2013
Cary Stayner was arrested following the disappearance of a group of female hikers who went missing in Yosemite National Park in 1999.
#8 - Dale Hausner & Sam Dieteman: The Drive-by Slayers
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2013
Between May 2005 and August 2006, Dale and Jeff Hausner who were later were assisted by Samuel Dieteman, turned drive-by shootings into sport as they kept score as they picked off their victims at random.
#9 - John Linley Frazier: The Killer Prophet
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/27/2013
In 1970, a California doctor and his young family were executed and dumped in the swimming pool of their hilltop home. The killer believed that he was on a mission from God.
#10 - Douglas Clark & Carol Bundy: The Sunset Strip Killers
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/2013
During the summer of 1980, Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy carried out a series of shocking murders in Los Angeles, leaving a trail of blood in their wake.
#11 - Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka: The Serial Killing Couple
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2013
The show examines the crimes of sadistic couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka who carried out a series of despicable acts against different young women, including Karla's own sister.
#12 - Wesley Shermantine & Loren Herzog: The Thriller Killers
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2013
The show profiles Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. In 1984, the friends took part in a drug-fueled killing spree that terrorised their rural Californian community for around fifteen years.