Teenage lovers Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham become convinced that the only way they can be together is to murder Kim's mother, Elizabeth, who has tried to break them up many times.

The Legend of Lizzie Borden fan James Cushing finds an axe and thinks it is destiny to follow in the footsteps of the real-life suspected murderess.

Token clerk Harry Kaufman goes to work at a Brooklyn subway station like any other day, having no idea that two men named Vincent Ellerbe and James Irons would create a fatal fire in the token clerk's booth.

Token clerk Harry Kaufman goes to work at a Brooklyn subway station like any other day, having no idea that two men named Vincent Ellerbe and James Irons would create a fatal fire in the token clerk's booth.

Two girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner for the infamous online horror villain Slender Man; after reading stories about Slender Man, the two 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate.

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Few serial killers are more infamous than Jeffrey Dahmer; few people know that Dahmer had a bizarre obsession with The Exorcist III.

Teenager Michael Hernandez develops a dark obsession with serial killers, specifically Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs, and decides to start his own killing spree in 2004.

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We all love seeing movies - some people turn the fun into an obsession! Copycat Killers is a true crime TV series that tells stories of real crimes that were inspired by major motion pictures and television. These real killers bring the violence of the movies into the real world, telling tales more shocking than what we see on screen. The series explores the gamut of frightening films from traditional horrors like American Psycho and Scream to cult classics Heathers and Taxi Driver, to modern tales of terror like Saw and Dexter. The real life crime, including the killer's chilling back-story, the murders, and the exciting investigation, is shown as a parallel to the Hollywood hit. Featuring dramatic recreations and detailed insights from detectives, psychologists, film critics, and other experts, Copycat Killers tells these terrifying true stories that'll change the way you see movies.