The WORST episodes of Mark of a Serial Killer

Every episode of Mark of a Serial Killer ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Mark of a Serial Killer!

"Mark of a Serial Killer" examines the disturbing behaviors of serial killers. Step into the minds of some of the worst serial killers to date as they taunt law enforcement. Some of these killers get a perverse gratification by habitually stealing mementos from murder scenes, including things like shoes, jewelry, keys, and even body parts. All of these stolen things are meant to taunt the investigators while the killers build up their notoriety. The killers often leave trademark clues behind as a way to mark something that was theirs, but the investigators often use these as clues to find them.

Last Updated: 11/6/2024Network: OxygenStatus: Continuing
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The I-40 Killer
star
6.83
24 votes

#1 - The I-40 Killer

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2021

A killer is murdering and mutilating young women along the Route 40 corridor in Delaware. But when investigators set up an undercover operation, the hunter soon becomes the hunted.

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star
6.94
16 votes

#2 - The Englewood Killer

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2021

Chicago police are investigating the murders of several women, whose bodies are discovered in abandoned buildings barefoot. Evidence indicates there is one offender, now police need to locate him.

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The Charmer
star
7.00
16 votes

#3 - The Charmer

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2021

A series of women in the Seattle area are found brutally murdered, their bodies posed. Police realize they may have a killer stalking the area nightclub scene, one who is able to charm his victims into submission.

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star
7.11
9 votes

#4 - The Tourniquet Killer

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/2021

A Houston killer taunts the media and authorities as he uses homemade ligatures to murder his victims.

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star
7.17
6 votes

#5 - The Bayou Strangler

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/2022

When multiple victims' bodies are dumped around the Louisiana Bayou area, a task force is formed to catch a killer who police believe may have strangled over 20 men.

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The Other Zodiac
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7.18
28 votes

#6 - The Other Zodiac

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2020

In the 1990s, New York is on edge as a killer leaves coded clues at crime scenes and declares his compulsion to choose victims by their birth signs. Police race against time before he can achieve twelve killings to complete the Zodiac.

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star
7.20
5 votes

#7 - The Skull Crusher

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/16/2022

Hartford, CT police investigate a string of ruthless killings in the Asylum Hill area committed by a vicious killer with a devastating mark that leaves his victims nearly unrecognizable.

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star
7.20
20 votes

#8 - Keys To A Killer

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/13/2020

In the 1990s, Louisiana is terrorized by multiple serial killers. The small-town PD of Zachary discover the key to solving their cases when a pattern emerges with personal items missing from each local victim.

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Deadly Design
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7.27
30 votes

#9 - Deadly Design

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2020

Brooklyn shop keepers are afraid of closing time as a killer shoots his victims while locking up their stores. Police release surveillance footage to the press and ask the public for help to find a duffle bag wielding murderer before he strikes again.

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Deadly Summer
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7.27
26 votes

#10 - Deadly Summer

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2020

In the summer of 1976, the NYPD are chasing a man shooting at couples in parked cars with a gigantic, .44 caliber handgun. He taunts the city with terrifying letters until police get a lead about a suspect who has shot a neighbor’s dog.

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The I-95 Killer
star
7.29
21 votes

#11 - The I-95 Killer

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2021

After multiple men are discovered brutally murdered, investigators determine that each victim was last seen with a handsome stranger they met in a bar. Police ask the public for help in tracking down a dangerous drifter before he kills again.

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Collar and Leash Killer
star
7.31
29 votes

#12 - Collar and Leash Killer

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2020

Numerous women are found dead by the side of the road with a unique ligature that looks like a dog collar and leash; detectives are stumped until a 17-year-old girl manages an escape from a vicious kidnapper, leading police to a serial killer.

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star
7.33
12 votes

#13 - The Grim Sleeper

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/2021

A cold-blooded killer conceals his victims' bodies with trash, discarding them like garbage in the back alleyways of Los Angeles.

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The Smell of Death
star
7.33
21 votes

#14 - The Smell of Death

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2020

A rash of young men goes missing around Chicago during the 1970s; when bodies start washing up in the river, a pattern emerges; a small piece of evidence leads police to the home of a model citizen, where his furnace puts the suspect in the hot seat.

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An Eye for Murder
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7.38
34 votes

#15 - An Eye for Murder

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2019

Dallas police discover three women murdered with their eyes surgically removed; police believe they have a deranged doctor on the loose until two rookie cops find themselves on the trail of a man with a talent for taxidermy and a hatred for women.

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Posed to Kill
star
7.40
42 votes

#16 - Posed to Kill

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2019

In 1990, a serial killer terrorizes the University of Florida's campus, killing five students in under four days; the Gainesville Ripper leaves behind a crime scene where all the victims have been stabbed but the females have been posed like dolls.

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star
7.41
17 votes

#17 - Classified to Kill

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2021

Chicago detectives believe a serial killer is using the classified ads to lure and murder his victims. The investigation is set ablaze when flames obliterate evidence, until police make a shocking discovery.

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star
7.48
27 votes

#18 - Killer Athlete

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2020

The I-5 corridor in California is taken over by a brazen bandit who terrorizes the highway with a blitz of assaults and murders. The only clue to the identity of the killer is a specific athletic tape used to bind his victims.

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star
7.50
10 votes

#19 - Deaths in the Desert

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/2021

El Paso investigators race to track down a ruthless killer that is burying his victims in shallow desert graves, dead or alive.

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An Appetite for Murder
star
7.52
33 votes

#20 - An Appetite for Murder

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2019

Texas authorities have a killer riding the rails and leaving a literal trail of bread crumbs after eating at victims' tables; when more murders are linked, the FBI names a Most Wanted suspect and a national manhunt for The Railroad Killer ensues.

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Pattern of Murder
star
7.54
35 votes

#21 - Pattern of Murder

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2019

A killer hijacks the highways of Sacramento as several women are found strangled with their clothing cut into precise but odd patterns; a survivor leads police to a sports car driving deviant posing as a good samaritan to poach potential victims.

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The Last Call Killer
star
7.55
38 votes

#22 - The Last Call Killer

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2019

In New Jersey four bodies are found dismembered, bagged, and thrown in roadside garbage cans; the "Last Call Killer" hunted his victims openly in piano bars but no one suspected he could be hiding in plain sight, working as a local nurse.

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Hunted to Death
star
7.56
27 votes

#23 - Hunted to Death

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/2020

Police find a string of murdered women in shallow graves in very remote areas of the Alaskan wilderness; after months of searching, police zero in on a local family man living a double life that no one suspects.

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Momentos of Murder
star
7.57
37 votes

#24 - Momentos of Murder

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2019

When the Hillside Stranglers are caught police realize they still have another serial killer running rampant in Los Angeles; he tortures and toys with his model victims while keeping pieces of their jewelry as he snaps their last photo ever.

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Killer Caller
star
7.62
29 votes

#25 - Killer Caller

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2020

Twin Cities, MN, police are hunting for a killer caller who confesses to a string of murders in a chilling, high-pitched voice, begging for forgiveness. No one can identify him until one woman survives a brutal attack.

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