One fateful night in 1987, in a quiet neighbourhood of Lacrosse, a whole household of three people was wiped out in a matter of minutes. The killer Michael Tenneson, leaves the scene and heads northbound in his victim’s car in an attempt to escape his actions and start a new life. However the missing car raises suspicion and when two more people are killed, the police realize there is a serial killer on the loose.
Tenneson insists he is remorseful and blames his difficult past and unstable childhood. But is it fair to look to a killer’s past to attempt to explain his actions? Is his remorse real? After narrowly escaping the death penalty Tenneson is still serving his sentence and seems to be the model inmate. But what guarantees do we have that, if released, he won’t kill again?
Other episodes in this series are on ’Robert Spahalski’ and ’Bernard Giles’.
In this series, we probe the attitude of murderers towards their own history so that we can better understand their motivations. How did these men become killers? A fascinating immersion into the world of the serial killer.
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In this series, we probe the attitude of murderers towards their own history so that we can better understand their motivations. How did these men become killers? A fascinating immersion into the world of the serial killer.
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What turns someone into a serial killer? How do they go undetected for so long and what compels them to keep killing? Meet the criminal investigators and serial killers they profile.
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