The BEST episodes of I Am a Killer
Every episode of I Am a Killer ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I Am a Killer!
Death row inmates, convicted of capital murder, give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
#1 - A Silent Order
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2019
For two murders he had carried out on New Year’s Day in 1996, Hutchinson received the ultimate punishment.
#2 - Owning It
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/2019
Charles Armentrout attempted to murder his father, and successfully murdered his grandmother.
#3 - Sympathy for the Devil
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/19/2018
Sentenced for a triple murder linked by police to Satanism, Miguel Angel Martinez becomes the youngest person ever on death row in Texas.
#4 - Declared Competent
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/3/2018
No one - including David Lewis himself - disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis' mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.
#5 - Living with the Consequences
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/24/2018
Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at the trial.
#6 - A Matter of Life and Death
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/31/2018
Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.
#7 - The Mockingbird
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2018
Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.
#8 - Hunted
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/17/2018
Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.
#10 - Family Affair
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2018
High on a drug that fuels his paranoia, Deandra Buchanan fatally shoots his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend - a crime he claims he can't recall.
#11 - Killer in the Eyes of the Law
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2018
Kenneth Foster's death sentence is commuted just hours before his execution, but he asserts that his punishment under an unusual Texas law is unfair.
#12 - Intended Evil
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2018
After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter - until his ex dies due to a hospital error.
#13 - Overkill
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/2019
In 1996, David Barnett murdered his adoptive grandparents, stabbing them over 20 times with five different knives. His motivation for doing so remained a mystery until it was discovered that David Barnett claimed to have been subjected to years of physical and sexual abuse, not by his grandparents but by their son, his adoptive father, John Barnett.
#14 - A Father's Shadow
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2022
Enraged over his rebellious daughter's choice in men, an extremist father enlists his son in a terrifying plot of intimidation and murder.
#15 - Choices
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2025
Sentenced to a minimum of 109 years behind bars, Kevin Saxon considers the choices that led him to commit murder — both in and outside of prison.
#16 - The Bogeyman
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/2022
Sentenced to life without parole for Jason Johnson's horrific murder, Gary Black says he has no regrets, while Jason's family finds purpose in tragedy.
#17 - Friendly Fire
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/21/2022
After fatally shooting a coworker, Thomas "TJ" Schifferns maintains his innocence. But details surrounding the crime suggest TJ had a motive.
#18 - Redemption
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2024
By helping his fellow inmates, Jamel Hatcher feels he's turned his life around — but not everyone believes his rehabilitation is genuine.
#19 - Lost Innocence
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2024
Young love takes a dark turn when Ashley Morrison's plan to run away with her boyfriend, Christian Sims, results in the murder of his grandmother.
#20 - Lives Lost
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2024
Higinio Gonzalez killed a store clerk during an armed robbery at the age of 16. He swears it was an accident, but one county attorney isn't so sure.
#21 - If Things Were Different
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2024
Ezdeth Highley reflects on her murder conviction, her transition while being incarcerated and what she's learned during her ongoing 60-year sentence.
#22 - Loved To Death
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2024
Convicted for killing his grandmother, Rex Groves insists he no longer holds murderous thoughts towards his family. But their trust isn't easily won.
#23 - A Brutal Outcome
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2024
Makueeyapee Whitford claims the murder he committed was an act of self-defense against a rival tribe, but eyewitness testimonies tell a different story.
#24 - A Mother's Choice (1)
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2025
A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.
#25 - A Mother's Choice (2)
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2025
As Daniel maintains his innocence, more details about Jose Menchaca's murder come to light, shifting the focus to Candie's troubled past and cartel ties.