The Hunt For The Most Ruthless Killer Of Women _ The New Detectives

A predator who chose victims based on hair color. Another who hunted near college campuses. A third who strangled women and kept their driver's licenses as souvenirs. Each one believed they were too smart to be caught. Each one was wrong.In this episode of The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic investigators track the most ruthless serial killers who targeted women. Season 2's Mind Hunters examines how renowned FBI profiler Robert Ressler revealed unseen clues about killers like Richard Chase and John Wayne Gacy simply by studying crime scene details [citation:4][citation:8]. Season 4's Body Count profiles the Hillside Stranglers Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, the Trailside Killer David Carpenter, and the Interstate Killer Larry Eyler, who dumped bodies along highways in Illinois and Indiana [citation:9]. Season 6's To Kill Again follows Faryion Edward Wardrip, who murdered five women in Texas, and landlady Dorothy Apuente, who killed seven of her tenants [citation:5]. Using behavioral analysis, DNA, and trace evidence, these hunters never stopped until the killers were behind bars. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the most ruthless killers leave signatures, and signatures lead straight to their cells.