The WORST episodes of Signs Of A Psychopath

Every episode of Signs Of A Psychopath ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Signs Of A Psychopath!

For every sadistic psychopath...there were signs. Charm. Narcissism. Lack of empathy. Impulsiveness. Manipulation. Deception. These traits and others are the telltale Signs of a Psychopath. This harrowing half-hour archive series revisits some of the most brutal killers in modern history, reviewing news footage and the words of the killers themselves to see which terrifying traits each killer exhibited. What are the signs...of evil?

Last Updated: 2/17/2026Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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6.90
20 votes

#1 - I Just Smiled and Laughed

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/24/2025

A vehicle plows down a 75-year-old military veteran on a country road in an apparent hit-and-run; when a young man confesses to the crime, detectives quickly learn they've encountered a psychopath with an intense desire to thrill kill.

A Little Emotionally Unwound
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6.90
21 votes

#2 - A Little Emotionally Unwound

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/16/2025

After the murder of a successful executive one night in Connecticut, her case goes cold. Four years later, a troubled man appears, ready to confess. In his interview, investigators uncover this was no ordinary murder and that he's an impulsive psychopath.

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7.00
22 votes

#3 - That Anger Would Rise Again

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2025

A psychopathic killer confesses decades after the murders of three women.

I Guess My Life Is Over Now
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7.07
45 votes

#4 - I Guess My Life Is Over Now

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/2023

A mother who calls 911 to report that her delinquent son is threatening her turns up dead in her home.

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7.11
18 votes

#5 - It's for You Guys to Find

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2025

After the shooting deaths of father, mother, and two adolescent boys in their suburban Baltimore home, investigators realize it's not a robbery gone wrong but rather the execution of a loving family, done by a callous psychopathic killer.

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7.12
26 votes

#6 - He Didn't Know I Was There

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2023

A gunman shoots a man dead as he runs along a country road, and first responders find a witness standing next to the body with a strange story to tell; detectives unravel the lies of a callous psychopath who takes out his frustrations in bloodshed.

Hey Look, I’m a Serial Killer
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7.13
32 votes

#7 - Hey Look, I’m a Serial Killer

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2023

A racially motivated serial killer confesses to killing additional victims.

Something a Man Would Do
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7.13
32 votes

#8 - Something a Man Would Do

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2023

A woman finds her elderly brother dead in his bedroom with his throat slashed; uncovering the truth poses a challenge for detectives, as the individual responsible for killing him is a manipulative psychopath who craftily deflects blame.

I Still Care About Her
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7.13
23 votes

#9 - I Still Care About Her

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/23/2023

A killer shoots a young woman dead in her boyfriend's Orlando apartment. Hours later, he turns up in a hospital bed 500 miles away with a gunshot wound and a bizarre story that unravels to reveal he's a lying, callous psychopath.

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7.17
30 votes

#10 - He Thought We Were Buddies

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/23/2023

A man calls 911 with his dying breath. First responders find him murdered, stabbed 59 times. When detectives question his best friend, they uncover a tangled, sick story of deception and jealousy that explodes in psychopathic rage.

Having Breakfast on Him
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7.18
17 votes

#11 - Having Breakfast on Him

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2023

Investigators search a farm for a missing man and find a human leg bone on the property; the owner, Susan Monica, admits that her pigs ate her tenant alive, and he's not the only victim; Monica despises humans, but loves her pigs.

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7.20
20 votes

#12 - Just Don’t Want To Go to Jail

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2025

Authorities grow concerned when a 25-year-old woman reports her 50-year-old father and 6-year-old daughter missing. Police discover their dead bodies and uncover the shocking truth she is a psychotic killer.

It's Called Closure
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7.20
20 votes

#13 - It's Called Closure

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2025

Terror rocks an Ohio town when a mother, her two kids and a close friend vanish; investigators track down the prime suspect and uncover a house of horrors; detectives find themselves dealing with a psychopath with a bizarre obsession.

They Named Me Stormy
star
7.21
19 votes

#14 - They Named Me Stormy

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2025

A vindictive psychopathic wife murders her husband.

I Wanted Her to Hear It
star
7.22
36 votes

#15 - I Wanted Her to Hear It

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/2023

A man finds his girlfriend and her mother murdered in their beds at night; he calls 911 for help, but police discover his urge to seek revenge.

Family Comes First
star
7.24
34 votes

#16 - Family Comes First

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2024

Eleven operators receive a terrifying call from a youngster who claims he stabbed his parents to death. Unsure if the call is a Halloween joke, police rush to the area, only to learn that it is not a fake and that the caller is a budding psychopath.

I Could Hear Her Calling My Name
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7.24
54 votes

#17 - I Could Hear Her Calling My Name

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2020

A young girl disappears after school. Her last known steps are caught on surveillance cameras, which lead investigators to two dark minds who carefully plotted one of the most sinister, depraved crimes imaginable.

star
7.25
44 votes

#18 - I Was in a Zone

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2023

A crash on a North Dakota highway leave a passenger dead but the driver unscathed. When investigators discover that the victim has stab wounds, they know there was foul play.

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You're Not Leaving
star
7.26
31 votes

#19 - You're Not Leaving

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/23/2024

A 33-year-old oil rig worker calls 911 to report his girlfriend missing. He seems to be helping in the time-critical hunt to find her. A failed polygraph test leads detectives to suspect this seemingly caring boyfriend is a psychopath.

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7.26
23 votes

#20 - Make Me Look Not Guilty

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/2025

A teenage girl goes missing just before Christmas. Unable to find her, detectives obtain a secret recording that uncovers an evil plot by a psychopath willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy their wicked needs and evil desires.

Birth of a Psychopath
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7.26
23 votes

#21 - Birth of a Psychopath

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/7/2024

Every parent's worst nightmare is the possibility that their child has the same evil traits as the most heinous murderers. In this episode, specialists look at the early warning indicators in psychopathic killers arrested as teenagers and young adult…

I Knew She Lived Alone
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7.27
41 votes

#22 - I Knew She Lived Alone

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2022

Burlington Police get a call that a man killed his girlfriend. At the scene they find the man calm while his girlfriend's body lies nearby. He explains that he has other victims, revealing a history of psychopathic sexual deviancy.

Hell to Look Forward To
star
7.27
37 votes

#23 - Hell to Look Forward To

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2023

A man confesses to accidentally killing his best friend while cleaning his gun; during his interrogation, he stuns police by revealing that he’s behind a long trail of bloodshed and is a serial killer who seems to consider himself an angel of mercy.

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star
7.30
44 votes

#24 - It Wanted to Kill Somebody

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2023

Searchers for a missing woman find her brutally beaten body in a dilapidated house near her home. The case goes cold until a local teen steps forward to reveal that he's not only the killer but also a manipulative psychopath with a thirst for violence.

I'm Not a Weirdo
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7.30
30 votes

#25 - I'm Not a Weirdo

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/30/2024

When a 64-year-old grandmother does not return home from her morning walk, local police uncover that the man responsible for her disappearance is not only a pathological liar but a sexually deviant psychopath carrying out a twisted fantasy.