The WORST episodes of Very Scary People

Every episode of Very Scary People ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Very Scary People!

Host Donnie Wahlberg chronicles the twisted lives of diabolical criminals, such as Charles Manson, Aileen Wuornos, John Wayne Gacy, the Rev. Jim Jones, and others.

Last Updated: 4/28/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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The Cross Country Killer: The Kill Kits (2)
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5.50
6 votes

#1 - The Cross Country Killer: The Kill Kits (2)

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/10/2022

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The Back To School Killer: A Fear in the Air (1)
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6.00
7 votes

#2 - The Back To School Killer: A Fear in the Air (1)

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2022

When college-aged women in Charlottesville, Va. go missing, the search for answers leads authorities to local star athlete Jesse Matthew Jr.; in a shocking story, two women are killed, but another survives to bring the murderer to justice.

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The Ken and Barbie Killers: Dead Ringer (1)
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6.29
7 votes

#3 - The Ken and Barbie Killers: Dead Ringer (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2022

From 1987 to 1992, rapes, abductions and murders of young women occur north of the U.S.-Canadian border; a tip leads cops to an unlikely suspect: a blond, blue-eyed accountant who lives with his wife in a pink house in the suburbs.

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The Back To School Killer: Portrait of a Predator (2)
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6.60
5 votes

#4 - The Back To School Killer: Portrait of a Predator (2)

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/12/2022

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Sammy The Bull Gravano: They Made a Deal with the Devil (2)
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7.00
6 votes

#5 - Sammy The Bull Gravano: They Made a Deal with the Devil (2)

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2022

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Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac, Part 1
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7.00
16 votes

#6 - 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.

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Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 1
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7.08
24 votes

#7 - 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.

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The Firestarter Part 2: Chasing a Pyromaniac
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7.13
8 votes

#8 - The Firestarter Part 2: Chasing a Pyromaniac

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/6/2021

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The Firestarter Part 1: A Wall of Flames
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7.13
8 votes

#9 - The Firestarter Part 1: A Wall of Flames

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/6/2021

A string of horrifying fires plagues California in the Eighties and Nineties, one of them fatally trapping four people inside. Are these raging infernos accidental or is someone setting them deliberately? Years of meticulous investigation leads law enforcement to uncover a wave of terrifying fires set by a man some call the most prolific arsonist of the Twentieth century, who turns out to be none other than renowned fire investigator Captain John Orr. In a game of cat and mouse, colleagues discover dark secrets behind the man who thrived on the chaos of igniting the fires he was supposed to be fighting.

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Sammy The Bull Gravano: He Makes Money and He Murders People (1)
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7.17
6 votes

#10 - Sammy The Bull Gravano: He Makes Money and He Murders People (1)

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/19/2022

Sammy the Bull Gravano was the right-hand man to mafia kingpin, John Gotti and carried out multiple murders; after his arrest, he breaks the sacred oath of silence and cuts a deal with the government, testifying against his former boss.

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Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2
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7.19
16 votes

#11 - Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre, Part 2

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

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Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 1
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7.32
34 votes

#12 - 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.

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Charles Manson: The Devil's Work, Part 2
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7.33
33 votes

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

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

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John Gotti: It Was Kill or Be Killed (1)
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7.33
6 votes

#14 - John Gotti: It Was Kill or Be Killed (1)

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2022

John Gotti's expensive suits and swagger earn him the nickname Dapper Don; in reality, he is a man to be feared, a ruthless, dangerous Mafia gangster who orders hits on his enemies, his friends, and anyone who crosses him.

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The Time Square Killer (2)
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7.33
6 votes

#15 - The Time Square Killer (2)

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2023

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Hillside Stranglers: She Walked Right into the Trap (2)
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7.40
5 votes

#16 - Hillside Stranglers: She Walked Right into the Trap (2)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/26/2022

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Hillside Stranglers: A Pair of Serial Killers? (1)
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7.40
5 votes

#17 - Hillside Stranglers: A Pair of Serial Killers? (1)

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2022

In the fall of 1977, bodies of young women begin piling up in Los Angeles; almost all of the victims are nude, discarded on hillsides, and show signs of torture; it is nearly a year before two murders 1,200 miles away uncover the Hillside Stranglers.

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The Ken and Barbie Killers: I Kidnapped a Girl (2)
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7.43
7 votes

#18 - The Ken and Barbie Killers: I Kidnapped a Girl (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2022

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NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 2
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7.47
15 votes

#19 - NorCal Rapist: Phantom Predator, Part 2

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

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Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2
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7.47
17 votes

#20 - Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made, Part 2

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

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Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death
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7.48
21 votes

#21 - Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2020

He is among the most infamous serial killers in American history. From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City – under his creepy self-given moniker: the Son of Sam. Using a large caliber. 44 revolver, he unleashed eight horrific shootings across three different boroughs- wounding seven people and killing six. Despite an extraordinary investigation, and hundreds of NYPD officers working the case– Berkowitz’s crime spree lasted over a year. How did he get away with it? What clues did investigators miss? The detectives who worked the case tell the true tale of what it was like in New York City with a gun-toting murderer on the loose.

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The Twin (1)
star
7.50
12 votes

#22 - The Twin (1)

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2023

When a 19-year-old college co-ed is snatched off the grounds of her Indiana University campus, all police find is a pile of her discarded and bloody clothing. A few months later, the decomposed body of a missing 15-year-old girl is found callously dumped in an Indiana cornfield. Then came alarming reports of terrified young girls narrowly escaping a creepy man trying to lure them into his van. Who is to blame for these vicious attacks, and why? Suddenly, investigators close in on a promising suspect... Larry Hall is brought in for questioning and admits to everything, case closed. But within days, Hall recants his confession saying the details of his signed statement were all just a bunch of made-up dreams. Is he a false confessor or a serial killer? And if he was truly guilty, did Larry's Identical twin brother, Gary, have a hand in it?

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The Amityville Horror: Murdered One By One, Part 1
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7.50
12 votes

#23 - The Amityville Horror: Murdered One By One, Part 1

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

In November 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered inside their beautiful seaside home. The mother, father, and four of their children were shot in the back as they lay sleeping in their beds. The bodies were discovered by the only family member left alive – the oldest son Butch DeFeo. What really happened that night in Amityville? Who murdered the DeFeo family and why? What caused the strange events in the house near the sea? Parapsychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate claims of levitating objects and demonic possession in an attempt to explain why, 50 years later, this house is still a source of nightmares.

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John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret, Part 2
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7.51
45 votes

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

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

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Robert Durst Part 1: World’s Worst Fugitive
star
7.53
17 votes

#25 - Robert Durst Part 1: World’s Worst Fugitive

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/2020

This is the unbelievable story of Robert Durst, the millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune who has been linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor. For decades, Durst has been living under a cloud of suspicion. His first wife went missing in 1982, but the case went cold when there were no leads — and no body. Then, 18 years later, just as the investigation into her disappearance was re-opened, Durst’s best friend and confidante, Susan Berman, was shot dead inside her home. At the same time, Durst was hiding in Galveston, Texas disguised as a deaf mute woman. But when his neighbor’s dismembered body turns up in Galveston Bay, Durst’s story begins to unravel. He is quickly arrested, but he’s not in custody for long. After posting bail, he goes on the run. Where is Robert Durst?

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