Scream
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2016
After becoming inspired by countless horror films, including Scream, two deranged teenagers terrorize and brutally stab to death a female classmate using iconic horror movie tropes.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2016
After becoming inspired by countless horror films, including Scream, two deranged teenagers terrorize and brutally stab to death a female classmate using iconic horror movie tropes.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2016
Two troubled lovers watch Natural Born Killers and decide to transform themselves into the film's lead characters. Together, they go on a cross-country killing spree.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2016
A case that is extremely similar to the blockbuster movie, "Fatal Attraction" where one man's infidelity results in obsession, stalking, and ultimately murder.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2016
In a scenario similar to the movie Heathers, three best friends turn into mortal enemies within the hallways of high school.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2016
A Gulf War Veteran declares war on the entire Los Angeles Police Department in the style of the movie, "Rambo."
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2016
An in-depth look at a murderer that parallels the fictional character, Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho."
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2016
One man takes a page out of a film's script as he attempts to assassinate the president, hoping to impress the film's star.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2016
A real life Hannibal Lecter sets out to find human victims as his appetite for human flesh increases.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2016
A pizza deliveryman finds himself a player in a killer's twisted game designed to torture and test its victim's will to live.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2016
A young man inspired by the Freddie Krueger character from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movie series stalks, taunts and stabs his victims with no remorse.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2016
A man inspired by the TV show "Dexter" hunts his potential victims through the Internet, lures them to a kill room, and then methodically dismembers the body.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2016
A young, working-class man creates multiple identities in order to become part of the wealthy elite and, like "The Talented Mr. Ripley," he kills to keep his lies a secret.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2016
A man's obsession with the movie "Queen of the Damned" leads him to murder his friend, eat part of his body and drink his blood in an effort to achieve immortality.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2017
On a warm summer evening in Aurora, Colorado, an excited audience sits down for the opening midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises,'' but little do they know, this will be a night to remember, and not because of the film.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2017
Most people remember the D.C. snipers terrorizing the Washington, D.C. area as the world watched for three weeks in October 2002, but what many do not realize is that it all stemmed from the movie, "The Matrix.''
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2017
For Regan Jolley, life seems too good to be true when she meets a charming young war veteran, Jason Hart, in rehab and starts a whirlwind romance, but when the relationship turns sour, Regan loses everything and pays with her life.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2017
The movie "The Basketball Diaries'' tells the story of a star student's decent into the seedy underground world, but 14-year old Michael Carneal horrifies the nation when he reenacts the movie's most violent scene.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2017
The "Robocop" movie franchise becomes more than just entertainment for Nathaniel White, whose appetite for the brutal on-screen violence potentially plays a role in him becoming a serial killer.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2017
In an upscale, gated community in Texas, evil lurked from within as 17-year-old Jake Evans invoked Rob Zombie's revamped classic Hollywood slasher flick, "Halloween," in his homicidal quest to destroy his family.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2017
An episode of "The Sopranos'' that contained manslaughter and dismemberment, inspired a sinister and tragic act by two brothers.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2017
The gruesome kidnap and torture of 16-year-old Suzanne Capper ended in murder but the story proves even more twisted when it's discovered that a movie character inspired her killers.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2017
Inspired by a scene from the Clint Eastwood classic "Dirty Harry'' series, Dale Pierre and his friends rob a local electronics store with deadly results.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2017
Allan Bentley was inspired by the movie "Reservoir Dogs'' and after finding out that a friend was dating his ex-girlfriend, decided to recreate the film's bloodiest scene, roping in two friends as his accomplices in a gruesome series of events.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2017
On May 23, 2015, a triple murder shook a small town in England when 21-year-old Jed Allen reached his boiling point; Jed's misguided and intense need to protect his family stems from his idealization of X-Men's Wolverine.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2017
An in-depth look at convicted murderer Albert Fentress and what led to the horrific crime he has been locked away for since 1980.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2017
Troubled teenager Jonathan Cruz obsessed over the premise behind the movie "The Purge," a dystopian horror film that explores the ruthless nature of humans who are given the freedom to do whatever they want during a 12-hour period once per year.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2017
Sean Sellers grew up in Oklahoma City, with a childhood that was far from normal; much like Damien in the critically-acclaimed horror film "The Omen," Sean was a young person wreaking havoc in a small town as demons possessed him.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2017
Lyle and Erik Menendez lived a comfortable life, but when their self-made father finally cuts them off, the boys are outraged and they start to compare themselves to the characters in the popular TV movie "Billionaire Boys Club."
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2017
Leonard Lake sought attention from countless women, many of which rejected him; his partner-in-crime, Charles Ng, assisted him in building a bunker in which many women would pass through leaving their fates in his hands.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2017
Erin Caffey's life starts resembling that of Nicole Walker, a character in James Foley's 1996 film, "Fear," and like Nicole, when Erin begins dating the town bad boy, her parents disapprove and forbid her from seeing him again.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2017
George Hennard searches all his life for love, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't find it; after years of constant rejection, his resentment and hatred of women grows and he turns to murder in 1991.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2017
When Michelina Lewandowska met Marcin Kasprzak it was love at first sight; what she didn't know was that he was hiding a dark secret.
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2018
Janice Orndoff kills her husband in a supposed act of self-defense, but even though the couple had problems, the grisly nature of the murder shocks those who thought they knew her.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2018
The story of Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham, aka the "Twilight Killers," who make headlines as Britain's youngest double murderers.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2018
One fan, James Cushing, finds an axe, he thinks it is destiny to follow Elizabeth Montgomery's portrayal and become Lizzie. Walking the streets of a Seattle suburb at night, no one is safe as he searches for the perfect victim.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2018
An attempt to rob a Brooklyn token clerk's booth leaves a man dead.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2018
The film, Casino, takes us back to a time when Las Vegas was still the "wild west" and the mob ran everything. Living near sin city, Matt Baker watches the movie over and over again, trying to mimic the gangsters.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2018
Two middle school girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner for the infamous online horror villain Slender Man. After reading stories about Slender Man, the two 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate, but they soon discover that committing a cold-blooded murder is much easier said than done.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2018
Few serial killers are more infamous than Jeffrey Dahmer; few people know that Dahmer had a bizarre obsession with "The Exorcist III."
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2019
At a young age, Michael Hernandez develops a dark obsession with serial killers—specifically, Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. In an attempt to mirror these horror villains, Hernandez decides to start his very own killing spree. He lures classmates Jamie Gough and Andre Martin into his school bathroom, and only one of them lives to tell the tale.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2019
In an attempt to become just like his favorite fictitious criminals, New Jersey man Joe Post joins the "Pit Bulls," a small gang of local drug addicts who terrorize the neighborhood. While the Pit Bulls' crimes start off small, when Joe becomes convinced fellow gang member Andrew may have ratted them out to the authorities, Joe takes no mercy in a brutal Goodfellas–inspired copycat crime.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2019
Inspired by an episode of Forensic Files, disgraced businessman Ari Squire attempts to start a new life by faking his own death. To collect his $5 million life insurance policy, Squire plans to murder an innocent man named Justin Newman and take on his identity. Little does Ari know, his plan is far from airtight, and Newman is not the only one who will end up dead.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2019
Cousins Tony Bagnato and Diego Carbone join a fight club, but Tony soon turns into a wannabe crime boss who decides one member needs to pay the ultimate price.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2019
A look at real-life murder cases inspired by those in film and television with interviews of family members and investigators.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2019
In London, England, a drug addict mimics one of the most gruesome torture scenes in the "Saw" horror movie franchise to murder his roommate.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2019
In Moscow, a woman obsessed with the horror film "Bride of Chucky" goes on a stabbing rampage with a gang of male accomplices, leading to the deaths of 15 people.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2019
Brittany, a teenager with an alcohol and drug problem, binge watches American Horror Story and in an act of desperation, she murdered her grandfather.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2019
After watching the cult classic, a couple were inspired to mimic the actions in the movie in their fight for love; a look at what made these killers commit such an atrocious crime.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2019
Luka Magnotta confesses to a grotesque murder online, setting off an international manhunt; after Magnotta is found and brought to trial, prosecutors reveal that he was inspired by the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct."
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2019
Less than 30 days after the famous movie aired, a crime mirroring the film occurred; a look at who the sociopath was and was he inspired by the cult classic.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2020
In London, England, a drug addict mimics one of the most gruesome torture scenes in the "Saw" horror movie franchise to murder his roommate.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Apr 16, 2020
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Nov 8, 2020
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Nov 8, 2020
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