Serial killer confessions

Or both. Is Dahmer's flat affect a sign that he was lying and not actually sorry at all? Or a sign that he was as ill as he claimed to be?

Ted Bundy held onto the idea of his innocence until shortly before his execution, even acting as his own lawyer as he faced several trials for his numerous crimes. It was, and may never be clear exactly how many victims Bundy had before being put to death. In his final confession days before he was put to death, he perhaps jokingly, perhaps seriously suggested that he may have taken hundreds of lives on his roaring rampage through America.

To spare himself from the death penalty, Ridgway cooperated police and provided details about the dozens of murders. Emotionless and calm, Ridgway can be seen here showing investigators where he dumped bodies.

It took months for Ridgway and police to process the data of his admissions together. The vaguely jovial tone in Rader's voice in this video belies the menacing violence of the acts he's describing. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister.

But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas. Director Mark Blair. Mark Blair. Robert A. Burns Dennis Hill Berkley Garrett. Top credits Director Mark Blair. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Colom L. Ann Kozak Jasmin as Jasmin. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Step inside the mind of a killer.

Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Alternate versions There is a version where the scenes where a 15 year old Daniel Ray Hawkins murders a prostitute is removed from the film. He said, "If you want to charge me with anything, charge me with the complicity in two of the murders," insisting he only helped dispose of two victims' bodies. In the late '70s and early '80s, Dennis Nilsen murdered 12 young men in London.

In a letter written by Nilsen titled "Mental Condition Notes," he says he's not entirely sure as to why he killed as many people as he did and that he's felt like a "creative psychopath" since his teenage years.

Right before his execution, when speaking about hearing the blood coming out of his neck, he said "that would be the pleasure to end all pleasures. Between and , Edmund Kemper murdered 10 people, mostly college coeds, thus earning the name "The Coed Killer," in addition to his mother and grandparents.

While speaking with Front Page Detective magazine, Kemper explained his thought process when finding his victims, as well as saying, "The first time [I had sex with a dead body], it makes you sick to your stomach. Sacramento County District Attorney's Office.

Fair Use. History Channel. I've hated humans for a long time. I am a serial killer. I don't believe in spoiling a child, either. Fair Use, CBS.