I Am a Killer

Follows incarcerated killers, who tell the story of how they ended up there.

Cast:Swaylee Loughnane , Reece Putinas , David Galea , Joshua Nelson , Miguel Angel Martinez , Deandra Buchanan , Robert Shafer , David Lee Lewis , Charles Thompson , Justin Dickens , James Robertson , Kenneth Foster Jr. , Wayne Doty , Lindsay Haugen , Leo Little , Mark Arthur , Linda Lee Couch , Brandon Hutchinson

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Means to an End

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

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

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Killer in the Eyes of the Law

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

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.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Mockingbird

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

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

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Sympathy for the Devil

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

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

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Intended Evil

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter - until his ex dies due to a hospital error.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Declared Competent

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

David Lewis unreservedly admits to killing a 74 year old woman while burglarizing her house but his defense team maintains that he is mentally incompetent to make voluntary confessions.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Family Affair

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

Deandra Buchanan is awarded death sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend, auntie and stepfather in a single incident but he insists he was intoxicated with a strange drug during the crime.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Hunted

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

Robert Shafer kills two gay men after kidnapping them and boldly confesses to the crime. While he is unable to explain why he committed the double murder, his family members try to explain the possible motivations.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Living with the Consequences

Fri, Aug 3, 2018

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.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ A Matter of Life and Death

Tue, Jul 31, 2018

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.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ In Her Hands

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Overkill

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ An Ordinary Boy

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Trapped

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Honorable Intentions

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

Mark Arthur maintains that he murdered a friend's father on a Houston highway for savagely beating his wife. But police have a different theory.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Pyro Joe

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Owning It

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Crossing the Line

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ A Silent Order

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

At a New Years' eve party in 1996, Brandon Hutchinson killed two brothers, a crime he admits - but there are conflicting versions of the story.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Something Hideous

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

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.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ A Question of Loyalty

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

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

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Someone Else

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

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

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ History Repeating

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

Daniel Paulsrud says his fatal shooting of partner Leslie was an accident. But accounts from her family - and his handwritten notes - raise doubts.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Blackout

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

James Walker claims he has no recollection of the 2001 murder he confessed to committing. An investigation into his traumatic past offers more context.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Rolling the Dice

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

Accept a plea deal or go to trial? Three men receive radically different prison sentences for their roles in the fatal shooting of a cab driver.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ A Bad Day

Tue, Aug 30, 2022

David Cameron Keith recalls the day he took a young hostage before heading to an airport and killing the pilot who volunteered to take the child's place.

I Am a Killer

S1.E1 ∙ Means to an End

S1.E2 ∙ Killer in the Eyes of the Law

S1.E3 ∙ The Mockingbird

S1.E4 ∙ Sympathy for the Devil

S1.E5 ∙ Intended Evil

S1.E6 ∙ Declared Competent

S1.E7 ∙ Family Affair

S1.E8 ∙ Hunted

S1.E9 ∙ Living with the Consequences

S1.E10 ∙ A Matter of Life and Death

S2.E1 ∙ In Her Hands

S2.E2 ∙ Overkill

S2.E3 ∙ An Ordinary Boy

S2.E4 ∙ Trapped

S2.E5 ∙ Honorable Intentions

S2.E6 ∙ Pyro Joe

S2.E7 ∙ Owning It

S2.E8 ∙ Crossing the Line

S2.E9 ∙ A Silent Order

S2.E10 ∙ Something Hideous

S3.E1 ∙ A Question of Loyalty

S3.E2 ∙ Someone Else

S3.E3 ∙ History Repeating

S3.E4 ∙ Blackout

S3.E5 ∙ Rolling the Dice

S3.E6 ∙ A Bad Day

S4.E1 ∙ Family Matters

S4.E2 ∙ A Mother's Love

S4.E3 ∙ Serving Time

S4.E4 ∙ A Father's Shadow

S4.E5 ∙ The Bogeyman

S4.E6 ∙ Friendly Fire