American Monster: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

If you looked into the eyes of a killer, would you know? In American Monster, you find out. For the first time, viewers get closer than ever to some of America's most shocking and surprising crimes. Filled with never-before-seen footage of these devils in disguise, from home movie shots of them playing with their kids to musical performances at high school, from the church cook-out to the wedding video, American Monster interweaves twisting-turning stories of astonishing crimes, with 'behind-the-scenes' footage of killers at their seemingly most innocent.

Series details

• Title: American Monster
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2016-06-01
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Investigation Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 17890
• IMDb ID: tt5784958
• TVDB ID: 312576

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Firth — Narrator
• Tom Streithorst — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-06-01; final listed air date 2016-07-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-07-09; final listed air date 2017-09-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-07-08; final listed air date 2018-10-21; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2019-09-02; final listed air date 2019-11-17; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2020-06-07; final listed air date 2020-08-09; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2020-12-06; final listed air date 2021-02-07; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2021-10-24; final listed air date 2022-01-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2022-05-29; final listed air date 2022-07-31; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2022-10-30; final listed air date 2023-01-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2023-05-28; final listed air date 2023-07-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2023-11-12; final listed air date 2024-01-28; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2024-06-16; final listed air date 2024-08-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2025-10-28; final listed air date 2025-12-30; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Monster on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.