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The Best Episodes of I AM A KILLER

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Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.

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    I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 3 - Pyro Joe
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Pyro Joe

    S2:E3

    After 24 years on death row, Joseph Murphy saw his sentence commuted a week before his execution due to the extreme abuse he suffered as a child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 8 - A Silent Order
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - A Silent Order

    S2:E8

    At a New Year's Eve party in 1996, Brandon Hutchison killed two brothers, a crime he admits — but there are conflicting versions of the story.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 1 - A Question of Loyalty
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - A Question of Loyalty

    S3:E1

    Subjected to abuse throughout her life, Victoria Smith confessed to killing her husband. But someone close to the case has doubts about her admission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 6 - Crossing the Line
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Crossing the Line

    S2:E6

    Kansas native Cavona Flenoy agreed to a date with a liquor store clerk, but the evening took a deadly turn when he tried to assault her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 7 - Owning It
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Owning It

    S2:E7

    After an unsuccessful attempt to kill his father, drug user Charles "Billy" Armentrout later murdered his grandmother and was sent to prison for life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 9 - Something Hideous
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Something Hideous

    S2:E9

    Toby Williams murdered Deborah Moore and shot her husband, John, in a cruel 1984 robbery for which he has been on death row for nearly 35 years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 2 - Someone Else
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Someone Else

    S3:E2

    On death row for murder, Deryl Madison reflects on his struggles with mental illness and finds support from an anti-capital punishment advocate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 6 - Choices
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Choices

    S6:E6

    Sentenced to a minimum of 109 years behind bars, Kevin Saxon considers the choices that led him to commit murder — both in and outside of prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mockingbird
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #9 - The Mockingbird

    S1:E3

    Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.

    Director:James Tovell
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 9 - Living with the Consequences
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Living with the Consequences

    S1:E9

    Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at his trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 1 - In Her Hands
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - In Her Hands

    S2:E1

    One of the small number of women who commit murder, Lindsay Haugen claims that she strangled her depressed boyfriend in 2015 as an act of mercy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 5 - Overkill
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Overkill

    S2:E5

    In 1996, David Barnett murdered his adoptive grandparents, stabbing them over 20 times. Later, he revealed years of abuse at the hands of his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 1 - A Mother's Choice (1)
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - A Mother's Choice (1)

    S6:E1

    A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 2 - A Mother's Choice (2)
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - A Mother's Choice (2)

    S6:E2

    As Daniel maintains his innocence, more details about Jose Menchaca's murder come to light, shifting the focus to Candie's troubled past and cartel ties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 4 - Sympathy for the Devil
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Sympathy for the Devil

    S1:E4

    Sentenced for a triple murder linked by police to Satanism, Miguel Angel Martinez becomes the youngest person ever on death row in Texas.

    Director:James Tovell
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 2 - A Mother's Love
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - A Mother's Love

    S4:E2

    In prison for killing her husband, a woman details her past abuse and her turbulent marriage. Her mother also reflects on their strained relationship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. I AM A KILLER Season 5 Episode 1 - Redemption
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Redemption

    S5:E1

    By helping his fellow inmates, Jamel Hatcher feels he's turned his life around — but not everyone believes his rehabilitation is genuine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 5 - Time Bomb
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Time Bomb

    S6:E5

    Leroy Schmitz claims he didn't mean to kill his wife during a drunken argument, pleading that an abusive childhood predisposed him to violence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 6 - Declared Competent
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Declared Competent

    S1:E6

    No one -- including David Lewis himself -- disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis's mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 1 - Means to an End
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Means to an End

    S1:E1

    After years in solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 2 - An Ordinary Boy
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - An Ordinary Boy

    S2:E2

    Remorseful about the crime that sent him to prison for life, Leo Little tells the story of the murder he committed in 1998. He is now a minister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 4 - Trapped
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Trapped

    S2:E4

    From a women's reformatory in Ohio, Linda Lee Couch talks about the murder of her husband, Walter, in 1984, a killing precipitated by years of abuse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 8 - Hunted
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Hunted

    S1:E8

    Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 10 - A Matter of Life and Death
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - A Matter of Life and Death

    S1:E10

    Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 2 - Killer in the Eyes of the Law
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #25 - Killer in the Eyes of the Law

    S1:E2

    Kenneth Foster's death sentence is commuted just hours before his execution, but he asserts that his punishment under an unusual Texas law is unfair.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Pyro Joe" is the best rated episode of "I AM A KILLER". It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/5/2019. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Silent Order".