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Encounters with Evil

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  • 2016-2018
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary, Suspense
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A view into some of the world's most infamous killers.

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Richard Lintern
Self - Narrator
Craig Jackson
Self - Head of Psychology, Birmingham City University
Mike Berry
Self - Forensic Psychologist, RCSI

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Thrill Killers

Sun, Apr 19, 2026

Encounters with Evil looks at people who kill for the thrill of it. He examines the case of necrophiliac Dennis Nilsen who murdered fifteen people and kept a grotesque collection of body parts. It also looks at the cases of Australia's backpacker killer Ivan Milat and the gay slayer Colin Ireland who became a serial killer as a New Years resolution.

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