The BEST episodes of Very Scary People season 1

#1 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/21/2019

More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978; Jim Jones has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide, but the truth is more complicated and tragic than that.

#2 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2019

In Chicago, community leader and part-time clown John Wayne Gacy leads a double life, transforming into a monster who preys on male teenagers and becomes the most prolific serial killer of his day.

#3 - Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2019

#4 - NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/2019

In Northern California, a masked predator meticulously plans his sexual assaults by studying the habits and routines of his female prey; after 27 years on the loose, police close in on the man they believe to be the NorCal Rapist.

#5 - John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2019

#6 - Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2019

#7 - NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2019

#8 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/2019

#9 - Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2019

Charles Manson is a violent predator who has powers of persuasion that make it possible for him to convince his hippie followers to brutally murder innocent strangers.

#10 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2019

#11 - Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2019

A look at the deal makers and hangers-on who attached themselves to Aileen Wuornos, who is known as America's first female serial killer.

#12 - Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/14/2019

The Zodiac Killer terrorizes Northern California in the late 1960s; he taunts the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and ciphers that are supposed to lead to his identity, but mostly go nowhere.