Season 2
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Journalist uncovers chilling connections between notorious killers and their mothers, revealing the dark roots of violence and betrayal.
Episodes
Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack, stabbing her more than 53 times in the face, mouth, neck, chest and arms
The death of his mother triggered a change in the character of Peter Moore, who went on to kill four men in the space of three months
The case of Michael Ryan, who went on a killing spree in the small town of Hungerford, resulting in the murder of 16 people, including his own mother.
Peter Sutcliffe, a once quiet boy who was very close to his mother, was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attacking seven other women
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.