The 20th Century With Mike Wallace (1996)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Biography, Law & Crime  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Cecilia Cygnar

This documentary, part of the 20th Century With Mike Wallace series from CBS News and the History Channel, goes inside the minds and lives of two serial killers with totally different appetites: Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer. Bundy was a ladies' man who preyed on young, helpless women. Dahmer hunted young men, who he mutilated and then cannibalized. Narrated by series host and CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace, this episode features CBS News footage of interviews with both of these convicted killers and with others who knew them best. Follow Bundy's case all the way up to the time of his 1992 execution. 20th Century With Mike Wallace tries to go inside the minds of these two men, analyzing why they both had the compulsion to kill. There are also interviews with law enforcement officials and lawyers who worked on the cases of these two men and who had knowledge of their most dark, hidden secrets.

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serial-killer, compulsion, notoriety, cannibal, execution, secret-life