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Most Evil 
Format Documentary Film Starring Michael Stone Country of origin United States No. of episodes 28 Production Running time 60 minutes Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel
Investigation DiscoveryOriginal run July 13, 2006 – April 7, 2008 External links Website Most Evil is an American forensics television program on Investigation Discovery presented by forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone of Columbia University. On the show, Stone rates murderers on a scale of evil that he has developed. The show features profiles on various murderers, serial killers, mass murderers and psychopaths.
Contents
Season synopsis
Main article: List of Most Evil episodesSeason 1
# Title Original air date[1] 01 "Killer Lies" July 13, 2006 Susan Smith, John List, Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, Dennis Rader 02 "Cold-Blooded Killers" July 20, 2006 Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Ridgway, Tommy Lynn Sells 03 "Women" July 27, 2006 Marybeth Tinning, Susan Smith, Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood, Aileen Wuornos, Elizabeth Báthory, Belle Gunness, Nannie Doss, Theresa Knorr 04 "Partners in Crime" August 10, 2006 (Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka), (Ian Brady and Myra Hindley), (David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy), (Charles Ng and Leonard Lake) 05 "Psychotic Killers" August 17, 2006 Ed Gein, Arthur Shawcross, Gary Heidnik 06 "Deadly Desires" August 24, 2006 Jerry Brudos, Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Parker Ray, Westley Allan Dodd 07 "Science of Murder" August 31, 2006 Charles Whitman, Arthur Shawcross, Ed Gein, Gary Heidnik, Ted Bundy 08 "Up Close" September 7, 2006 Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, Cathy Wood, Cindy Hendy, Westley Allan Dodd, Tommy Lynn Sells, Leonard Lake, Arthur Shawcross Season 2
# Title Original air date[1] 01 "Jealousy" August 12, 2007 Samuel Collins, Clara Harris, Andrew Cunanan, Agustin Garcia, Ira Einhorn, Jean Harris, Brynn Hartman 02 "Stalker" August 19, 2007 Richard Farley, Robert John Bardo, Mark David Chapman, Gerald Atkins 03 "Delusional" August 26, 2007 Herbert Mullin, Diana Dial, Eric Beishline 04 "Unsolved Cases" September 2, 2007 The Lipstick Killer (possibly William Heirens), Black Dahlia (possibly George Hodel), James McVey killers 05 "Cult Followers" September 9, 2007 Ron Luff, Jeffrey Lundgren, Charles Manson, Charles "Tex" Watson, Jim Jones 06 "Spree Killers" September 16, 2007 Martin Bryant, Charles Whitman, Charles Starkweather, Andrew Cunanan, Yusef Rahman, Seung-Hui Cho 07 "Attention Seekers" September 23, 2007 David Berkowitz, Dennis Rader, Zodiac Killer, Terry Driver, Keith Jesperson 08 "Masterminds" September 30, 2007 Edmund Kemper, Ted Bundy, H. H. Holmes, Theodore Kaczynski 09 "Revenge" October 7, 2007 Coy Wayne Wesbrook, Archie McCafferty, Patty Bieber 10 "Cult Leaders" October 14, 2007 Shoko Asahara, Adolfo Constanzo, Charles Manson, Jim Jones Season 3
# Title Original air date[1] 01 "Manson" January 31, 2008 Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel 02 "Super Delusional" February 7, 2008 Michael Owen Perry, Joseph Kallinger, Leonard Lake, Diana Dial, Colin Ferguson, Michael McDermott 03 "Schemers" February 14, 2008 Diane Downs, Michael Swango, John Edward Robinson, Martha Ann Johnson 04 "Vampires/Cannibals" February 21, 2008 Armin Meiwes, Andrei Chikatilo, Richard Chase, Rod Ferrell, Jeffrey Dahmer 05 "Murderous Women" February 28, 2008 Dorothea Puente, Judy Neelley, Betty Broderick, Latasha Pulliam 06 "Redemption" March 6, 2008 Billy Wayne Sinclair, Karla Faye Tucker, Archie McCafferty, Daniel Nieto 07 "Gangs" March 13, 2008 Richard Kuklinski, Philadelphia Poison Ring, Ismael Cisneros, Joseph Salcedo, Ervil LeBaron 08 "The Killer's Brain" March 20, 2008 Samuel Collins, Clara L. Harris, Diane Downs, David Berkowitz, Richard Chase, Edmund Kemper, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel 09 "Face to Face" March 27, 2008 Coy Wayne Wesbrook, Ron Luff, Diana Dial, Daniel Nieto 10 "Tracking Killers" April 7, 2008 Andrew Cunanan, Keith Jesperson, Black Dahlia Murderer Scale and criminals
Stone researched hundreds of killers and their methods and motives to develop his hierarchy of "evil". The scale ranges from Category 1, those who kill in self-defense, to the Category 22, serial torturer-murderers. Neurologists, psychologists, and other forensic psychiatrists are interviewed on the show in an attempt to examine and profile the minds of notorious killers. Partial re-enactments are shown along with news footage, evidence, and reports from locals. Neurological, environmental, and genetic factors are examined to help determine what drives a person to kill. Background history and pre-meditation are considered when placing an individual on the scale of evil. The show indirectly deals with the concepts of morality and ethics.
Category Criteria People 01 Those who have killed in self-defense, and who do not show traces of psychopathy. 02 Jealous lovers who committed murder; although egocentric or immature, they are not psychopaths. 03 Willing companions of killers: aberrant personality, impulse-ridden, with some antisocial traits. Leslie Van Houten 04 Those who have killed in self-defense, but had been extremely provocative toward the victim for that to happen. 05 Traumatized, desperate persons who killed abusive relatives or other people, but who show remorse for their crime and are not psychopaths. Martha Ann Johnson 06 Impetuous, hotheaded murderers, yet without marked psychopathic traits. Robert John Bardo, Billy Wayne Sinclair 07 Highly narcissistic, but not distinctly psychopathic persons—some with a psychotic core—who kill persons next to them, with jealousy as an underlying motive. Marybeth Tinning, Mark David Chapman, Armin Meiwes, Diana Dial, Susan Smith 08 Non-psychopathic persons with smoldering rage, and who kill when the rage is ignited. Charles Whitman, Keith Jesperson 09 Jealous lovers with marked psychopathic features. Betty Broderick 10 Killers of people "in the way", such as witnesses. Extremely egocentric, but not distinctly psychopathic. Rod Ferrell 11 Psychopathic killers of people "in the way", such as close friends or even family members. Richard Kuklinski 12 Power-hungry psychopaths who kill when they are "cornered". Ervil LeBaron 13 Psychopathic murderers with inadequate, rageful personalities, rage being the reason of their killings. Ed Gein, Herbert Mullin, Martin Bryant, Karla Faye Tucker Peter Lundin 14 Ruthlessly self-centered psychopathic schemers who kill to benefit themselves. Richard Farley, Diane Downs, John List 15 Psychopathic cold-blooded spree killers or multiple murderers. Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Andrew Cunanan, Charles Manson, Charles Starkweather, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Colin Ferguson, Michael McDermott, Dorothea Puente, Aileen Wuornos 16 Psychopaths committing multiple vicious acts, with repeated acts of extreme violence. Gwendolyn Graham, Cathy Wood, Karla Homolka, Myra Hindley, Terry Driver, Theodore Kaczynski, Shoko Asahara, Michael Swango 17 Sexually perverse serial murderers: Rape is the primary motive and the victim is killed to hide evidence. Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross, David Berkowitz, Richard Chase 18 Psychopathic torture-murderers, where murder is the primary motive, and the victim is killed after a torture that was not prolonged. Nathan Bar-Jonah, Gary Ridgway, Jerry Brudos, William Heirens, Keith Jesperson 19 Psychopaths driven to terrorism, subjugation, intimidation, and rape, but who are short of murder. 20 Psychopathic torture-murderers, where torture is the primary motive, but in persons with distinct psychoses (such as schizophrenia). Joseph Kallinger 21 Psychopaths who do not kill their victims, but do subject them to extreme torture. 22 Psychopathic torture-murderers, where torture is the primary motive. In most cases, the crime has a sexual motivating factor. Tommy Lynn Sells, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, Theresa Knorr, Charles Ng, Leonard Lake, Paul Bernardo, Ian Brady, Gary Heidnik, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Parker Ray, Westley Allan Dodd, George Hodel, Jeffrey Lundgren, Jim Jones, Edmund Kemper, H. H. Holmes, Adolfo Constanzo, John Edward Robinson, Andrei Chikatilo External links
- Dr. Stone featured on Real Law Radio with Bob DiCello Real Law Radio is a legal news talk radio program.
- Personality Disorders Institute
- Most Evil on the Internet Movie Database
- Review by Ellen Dendy
References
- ^ a b c "Most Evil : Episode Guide : Investigation Discovery". Investigation.Discovery.com. http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/most-evil/ep-guide/most-evil-ep-guide.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
Categories:- 2000s American television series
- 2006 American television series debuts
- Discovery Times shows
- American documentary television series
- English-language television series
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