The BEST episodes of I Am a Killer season 1

Every episode of I Am a Killer season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I Am a Killer season 1!

Death row inmates, convicted of capital murder, give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.

Last Updated: 5/7/2026Network: NetflixStatus: Continuing

7.70

94 votes

#1 - 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.

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7.48

124 votes

#2 - 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.

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7.47

136 votes

#3 - 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.

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7.36

103 votes

#4 - 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.

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7.31

168 votes

#5 - 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.

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7.27

88 votes

#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.

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7.25

102 votes

#7 - 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.

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7.20

215 votes

#8 - Means to an End

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2018

After years of solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.

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7.17

112 votes

#9 - 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.

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7.13

98 votes

#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.

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