Murderers and Their Mothers

Do the warped and damaged relationships of murderers and their mothers lie at the root of many of the world's most notorious killers? In these ten episodes, journalist Donal MacIntyre examines ten cases of murder in which the culprits' childhoods and maternal influences set them on the path towards their unspeakable crimes.

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Returning Series

Original Name

Murderers and Their Mothers

First Air Date

March 26, 2023

Last Air Date

May 28, 2023

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Language

English

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S01E10

Richard Kuklinski: The Iceman Killer

Richard Kuklisnki, known as the 'Iceman,' claimed to have killed up to 250 in his three-decade-long career as a hitman for the mafia, all of which he kept separate from his average middle-class existence. How much of Kuklisnki's psychopathic personality was passed on by his parents? And how much of his traumatic upbringing was invented by Kuklinski as a way of rationalizing his crimes?

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