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- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.
- CreatorRyan MurphyIan BrennanStarsEvan PetersRichard JenkinsMolly RingwaldThe story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiSera GambleStarsPenn BadgleyVictoria PedrettiTati GabrielleA dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.
- CreatorDennis LehaneStarsTaron EgertonPaul Walter HauserGreg KinnearJimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
- CreatorJoel FieldsJoseph WeisbergStarsSteve CarellDomhnall GleesonLaura NiemiA psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer who demands he help him curb his homicidal urges.
- StarsDavid TennantDaniel MaysJason WatkinsIn 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsHugh DancyMads MikkelsenCaroline DhavernasExplores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsKevin BaconJames PurefoyShawn AshmoreA brilliant, charismatic, and psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers who follow his every command.
- StarsKonstantin KhabenskiyPaulina AndreevaKirill PolukhinAn ambitious young law enforcement graduate is thrilled when her idol takes her on as a trainee. But his methods aren't anything like she imagined.
- CreatorJoe PenhallStarsJonathan GroffHolt McCallanyAnna TorvIn the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
- StarsDaniel BrühlDakota FanningLuke EvansNewspaper illustrator John Moore meets with criminal psychologist (alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
- CreatorChris FedakSam SklaverStarsTom PayneLou Diamond PhillipsHalston SageMalcolm Bright, a former FBI profiler, is the son of a serial killer and suspects that he himself might become a sociopath. He solves crimes for the NYPD as a form of absolution for his upbringing.
- StarsTim RothNico MirallegroSamantha MortonA three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- CreatorSusannah GrantMichael ChabonAyelet WaldmanStarsKaitlyn DeverToni ColletteMerritt WeverA teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.
- CreatorAllan CubittStarsGillian AndersonJamie DornanJohn LynchA seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- StarsHaluk BilginerSebnem BozokluRecep UstaA man diagnosed with Alzheimer's decides to punish criminals.
- StarsTahar RahimBilly HowleJenna ColemanThe twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.
- CreatorScott AlexanderLarry KaraszewskiSarah BurgessStarsSarah PaulsonAnnaleigh AshfordSterling K. BrownAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
- StarsDmitriy NagievNikolay KozakDmitriy VlaskinThe history of the hunt for the worst serial killer in the USSR
- StarsGalina IvanovaAleksandr SamoylenkoSergey MarinTrue case. True murders. Real injustice. This is an incredibly tense criminal drama about one of the most scandalous serial killer cases in USSR.
- CreatorMåns MårlindHans RosenfeldtBjörn SteinStarsSofia HelinRafael PetterssonSarah BobergWhen a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
- StarsAnton VasilevNikolay ShrayberDarya EkamasovaDetective Sergey Smirnov returns to his hometown Khrustalny to investigate a series of violent murders of little boys. The pursuit forces Sergey to face the traumatic memories of his childhood, the very reason he left Khrustalny years ago.
- CreatorAlex KurtzmanJenny LumetStarsRebecca BreedsMichael CudlitzJayne AtkinsonA look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
- CreatorAlice Chegaray-BreugnotGrégoire DemaisonNicolas JeanStarsCarole BouquetFred TestotManon AzemA serial killer, nicknamed 'La Mante' decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear.
- StarsNikita EfremovYulia SnigirAndrey BurkovskiyThe series is inspired by the real story of the Angarsk Maniac. A young metropolitan detective, Zhenya (Yulia Snigir, Young Pope), arrives in a small town in the search of a serial killer. The majority of the towns' population do not welcome outsiders, and local authorities deny a maniac is on the loose and refuse to assist Zhenya. However, Zhenya finds one person willing to help, Ivan Krutikhin, a detective and a serial killer.
- CreatorAshley Michel HobanPatrick MacmanusStarsJoshua JacksonEdgar RamírezMandy MooreAn anthology series dramatizing the true stories of ambitious doctors whose medical malpractices led to disastrous consequences for those in their care.
- CreatorDorte Warnøe HøghDavid SandreuterMikkel SerupStarsDavid DencikDanica CurcicMikkel Boe FølsgaardA figurine made of chestnuts is found at the scene of a grisly murder; from this creepy clue, two detectives hunt for a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
- CreatorBen CourtCaroline IpStarsRupert Penry-JonesPhil DavisSteve PembertonA fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsBrendan GleesonHolland TaylorJharrel JeromeA demented killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
- StarsFriederike BechtAugust DiehlWotan Wilke MöhringWhen a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
- CreatorTrygve Allister DiesenStarsSven NordinThea Green LundbergMads OusdalHomicide detective William Wisting struggles with the two toughest cases of his career. His serial killer investigation crosses paths with his journalist daughter's news story, putting her in grave danger.
- StarsFriederike BechtChristoph LetkowskiFelix KlareIn a spectacular escape, a sadistic murderer breaks out of a psychiatric institution. Sunny, a police officer just ending her medical leave, is assigned to lead the manhunt. But will the truth about her own past come out and destroy her?
- CreatorRohan DicksonStarsKim EngelbrechtIain GlenAnna-Mart van der MerweIn 1994 in South Africa, the daughter of a multiracial couple is kidnapped. She escapes and, as an adult, becomes a detective. Reyka Gama uses her skills to raise her child and solve mysteries.
- StarsTansholpan KinzhembetovaShyngys BeibitulyAlmagul SagyndykA retired detective goes back to work to catch a maniac while remembering crime cases he investigated in 90s
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliMaddalena RavagliStarsVittoria PucciniAlessandro RojaSarah FelberbaumThe discovery of a young boy's body in the Venice lagoon brings policewoman Elena back to the city she left twenty years ago, in this new crime drama from the creators of Gomorra and Zero Zero Zero.
- StarsAlberto AmmannLuis CallejoBárbara GoenagaCentres on a psychiatric prison where a group of armed men aim to capture an incarcerated serial killer, but are met with resistance from the prison director.
- StarsKim Nam-gilJin Seon-kyuRyeounA crime thriller drama based on a web novel of the same name that contains the field experience of Kwon Il Yong, Korea's No. 1 profiler.
- StarsYoon Sang-HyunKim Min-jungSung Dong-ilHa Mu Yeon's father killed himself after becoming a suspect in the case of the Iltan killer, also known as Gap Dong. After the statue of limitations is up on the case, the original detective returns to continue his investigation. However, Moo-Yeom is now a detective and works to capture Gap Dong as well, refusing to believe that Gap Dong is dead. New evidence for Gap Dong appears in front of Moo-Yeom and he sets out to catch him once and for all.
- StarsRichard CawthorneGeoff MorrellMalcolm KennardFollows the life of Ivan Milat, the backpack killer.
- StarsMartin FingerOndrej SokolKrystof BartosLieutenant Tomas Kozak's routine is disrupted when he joins the homicide department, exposing him to the seedy underbelly of organized crime in the newly democratic Czech Republic.
- CreatorCyrill BossPhilipp StennertStarsMatthias HackJulia JentschNicholas OfczarekEllie Stocker and Gedeon Winter have become bitter enemies. A ritual murder leads to the formation of a German-Austrian Soko and forces the two opponents to investigate together.
- CreatorBruno HellerStarsSimon BakerRobin TunneyTim KangA famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.