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Very Scary People

  • TV Series
  • 2019–
  • TV-14
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Donnie Wahlberg in Very Scary People (2019)
Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.
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Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventu... Read allRevisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.

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    • Donnie Wahlberg
    • Casey Jordan
    • Joey Jackson
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    • Stars
      • Donnie Wahlberg
      • Casey Jordan
      • Joey Jackson
    • 22User reviews
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    Donnie Wahlberg
    Donnie Wahlberg
    • Self - Host
    • 2019–2025
    Casey Jordan
    Casey Jordan
    • Self - Criminologist…
    • 2019–2023
    Joey Jackson
    • Self - CNN Legal Analyst…
    • 2019–2023
    Louis B. Schlesinger
    Louis B. Schlesinger
    • Self - Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice…
    • 2020–2023
    Mary Ellen O'Toole
    • Self - Retired Senior FBI Profiler…
    • 2019–2021
    James Gagliano
    • Self - Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent…
    • 2019–2021
    Geoff Schumacher
    Geoff Schumacher
    • Self - V.P. of Exhibits and Programs, The Mob Museum…
    • 2021–2022
    Christopher Holstege
    • Self - Toxicology Expert, University of Virginia…
    • 2020–2023
    Robert Graysmith
    Robert Graysmith
    • Self - Author 'The Sleeping Lady'…
    • 2019–2023
    Anthony M. DeStefano
    • Self - Author, 'Gotti's Boys'
    • 2022
    Stephen Singular
    Stephen Singular
    • Self - Author, 'Anyone You Want Me to Be'…
    • 2020–2023
    Jeff Guinn
    Jeff Guinn
    • Self - Author, 'Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson'…
    • 2019
    Larry McShane
    Larry McShane
    • Self - Reporter, New York Daily News
    • 2022–2023
    Juliet Papa
    • Self - Reporter, 1010 Wins Radio
    • 2022
    George Gabriel
    • Self - Former Special Agent, FBI…
    • 2022
    Selwyn Raab
    Selwyn Raab
    • Self - Author, 'Five Families'
    • 2022
    Sharon Pagaling Hagon
    Sharon Pagaling Hagon
    • Self - Criminal Profiler, PsyD…
    • 2019–2021
    Anthony Cardinale
    Anthony Cardinale
    • Self - Defense Attorney…
    • 2022
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    8ghdennis

    I'm sure they'll get around to........

    Carl Eugene Watts, Wayne Williams, Samuel Little, Henry Louis Wallace, Lorenzo Gillard, Maury Travis, Eddie Lee Mosley, John Floyd Thomas, Jake Bird, Roberta Elder, Chester Turner.

    Watts, dubbed by the press as the "Sunday Morning Slasher," Watts was assumed to be experiencing delusion after being diagnosed with Meningitis. When he was younger, he used to hunt rabbits and stalk his female classmates, then he committed his first murder at 15 years old. According to AP, he killed for a span of eight years claiming the lives of 14 to 100 women.

    In 1981, Williams was arrested for the murders of two adult men. However, during his trial, prosecutors suggested he was also behind a string of 22 murders of children in Atlanta. Though he maintained his innocence, forensic evidence from his home and vehicle connected him to several victims. He was sentenced to life in prison, though many people still believe he is innocent.

    Little is known as the most prolific serial killer not just because of his crimes but because he confessed to a large number of unsolved murders just two years before he died. Little had been killing since the 50s but was sentenced for good in 2014 for killing three women in the 80s. His DNA was then connected to another string of strangulations. In an interview with a Texas Ranger, he confessed to unsolved killings in over a dozen states bringing the total up to 93 people dead.

    If they are going to profile serial killers, they should not let silly criteria such as race, gender, age of the victims filter their profiles.
    6Rickshaw530

    Repetitive...

    Each 2 episode segment could be condensed down and combined to about 30 minutes total.
    10Ed-Shullivan

    Excellent documentary style outlining murder sprees and other heinous crimes of infamous people

    Actor Donnie Wahlberg (Blue Bloods) introduces a summary of each episode and provides us with the name and preferred M.O. (modus operandi) of some of the most infamous serial killers and serial rapists in the United States. Each episode provides the background story of these evil criminals from their early childhood through to their eventual arrest and/or the current status of an elusive killer such as in the case of the Zodiac Killer which remains unsolved some six decades later.

    Each entire episode stands on its own merit as a first rate documentary absent of any unwarranted and unnecessary sensationalism, and sticks to the facts of the case with intermiitent video of the actual criminal(s) during their arrests and/or while in court proceedings during their trials.

    If you are a fan of documentaries that report on serial killers and serial rapists like many average and well adjusted normal people are, then you will be intrigued by the detail provided into the lives of these heinous villains who are most disturbed and cunning.
    5estathena2

    Too repetitive

    I've watched & somewhat enjoyed the series until season 3's Amityville episodes but the repetitiveness has become too much to endure. The same photos, the same interviews looped, spliced, & played over & over again. Between the shows repetitiveness & the ridiculous commercial breaks, it's off my watch list & DVR record schedule.
    9jstewart-26194

    Donnie Wahlberg makes this great true crime series excellent

    Great, informative, and detailed. This series will leave you satisfied that every angle of the crime has been portrayed.

    Very Scary People also shines new light on sometimes decades old stories and makes them feel new and intriguing.

    As a bonus, many episodes are 2- part, 2 hour examinations of the subject.

    Adding greatly to the texture of the production of Very Scary People is host Donnie Walhberg. Mr. Walhlberg is EXCELLENT! He has the perfect tone for this kind of show and he perfectly sets the stage for the stories.

    One of the very best true crime series and the very best host , Donnie Wahlberg.

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      • April 13, 2020 (South Africa)
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