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Becoming Evil: Serial Killers of the Old West

"The coldest killers in outlaw history"

American serial killers are hardly a phenomenon confined to the 20th and 21st centuries. The Old West was a well-known time of lawlessness. A time when serial killers stalked the mountains, prairies and deserts of North America. A time when men like, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, and the Kentucky cannibal left a trail of victims strewn across the landscape. The ruthlessness of their murders will shock in this feature-length documentary goes back into history to uncover the origins of evil during the Old West.

Top Cast

  • Tom Kimball

    Tom Kimball

    Narrator

  • Bob Boze Bell

    Bob Boze Bell

    Self

  • Nick Volich

    Nick Volich

    Self

  • Kathy Weiser-Alexander

    Kathy Weiser-Alexander

    Self

  • Rick Beyer

    Rick Beyer

    Self

  • Michael Newton

    Michael Newton

    Self

  • Dirk Duran-Gibson

    Dirk Duran-Gibson

    Self

  • Larry D. O'Neal

    Larry D. O'Neal

    Self

  • Deb Goodrich

    Deb Goodrich

    Self

Overview

American serial killers are hardly a phenomenon confined to the 20th and 21st centuries. The Old West was a well-known time of lawlessness. A time when serial killers stalked the mountains, prairies and deserts of North America. A time when men like, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, and the Kentucky cannibal left a trail of victims strewn across the landscape. The ruthlessness of their murders will shock in this feature-length documentary goes back into history to uncover the origins of evil during the Old West.

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