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“Very Bad Men” on Information Discovery this week has one new episode and one repeat. The 10pm episode is new, and focuses on Jeremy Bryan Jones: Episode 9 “Like a Hurricane” In the wake of Hurricane Ivan, two daughters discover their mother’s body in the charred remains of her home….

Tonight’s 10pm episode of “Very Bad Men” features serial killer David Parker Ray: A 21 year old woman claims she has barely escaped the clutches of a sadistic attacker after 3 days of sexual torture. When police hear her tale, they arrest a local couple in Elephant Butte NM. The…

Two new episodes of “Very Bad Men” are coming out this week. The first looks at Ernie Christie: EPISODE 2: “Haunted” For 22 years, Sam Christie has lived with a horrible secret. After he starts seeing ghosts, he decides to confront the past and calls police. When he was young,…

Two new episodes of Very Bad Men are coming out this Thursday. The first deals with a lesser known serial killer, John Eric Armstrong. As a serial strangler preys on women in Michigan, a task force forms to catch the predator. But the police realize the killer may be closer…

Investigation Discovery has a new true crime series starting tonight called “Very Bad Men”. Here’s the synopsis: Starting August 30th, the new spine-tingling true crime series Very Bad Men will air on Investigation Discovery every Thursday at 10pm. This fast-paced, stylish documentary series of 20 x 30 minute episodes unravels…

The Wesley Shermantine story just gets more and more bizarre. Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla has paid Shermantine for information leader to the recovery of the remains of Shermantine’s victims. He is also running for mayor of Sacramento. Shermantine has publicly endorsed his campaign. And Padilla is accepting the endorsement: If…

Investigation Discovery has a new true crime show, Dark Minds. In it, true crime author M. William Phelps looks at cold cases with criminal profiler John Kelly and an unnamed convicted serial killer they call “13”. I missed the first episode, but the second episode premiered last Wednesday evening. It…

News International admitted yesterday that journalists with its “News of the World” publication had hacked the email account of the son of Harold Shipman. This was part of a settlement between the company and its phone and email hacking victims. Harold Shipman was a medical doctor in the United Kingdom…

After the broadcast of Appropriate Adult, Dominic West indicated that he wouldn’t likely want to play a killer again. But just a few months later, he is thinking about taking on the role of Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called Yorkshire Ripper. Said West: Coming from Sheffield, I’ve been asked whether I’d…

Last Friday’s episode of Twisted on Investigation Discovery profiled David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam. I recorded it on the DVR, and Mrs. SK Podcast and I watched it last night. Like the episode on Donald Gaskins, I thought this episode lacked detail. Perhaps it would be interesting for someone…