Murderers and Their Mothers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Everyone is someone's child, even a serial killer. This series looks at the complex stories of serial killers' family relationships and on a case by case basis looks into the vital role played by their mothers. Do they in fact turn them into psychopathic murderers? In this unnerving and shocking series each episode explores a different killer's disturbing childhood, their unnatural maternal relationship and the devastating impact of 'Mother'.

Presented by Donal MacIntyre, crime journalist and Professor of Criminology in conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Yardley, Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University, MacIntyre and Yardley will piece together the biographical, psychological and criminal evidence to build a careful but frightening picture of the killers. 'Murderers and their Mothers' will reveal startling new evidence and opinion about the relationships of each killer and their mother from around the world. This is a rarefied field of criminology and psychology and each unique programme will bring new theories and insights to the table.

Series details

• Title: Murderers and Their Mothers
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2016-05-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TRUE CRIME
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17209
• IMDb ID: tt6941966
• TVDB ID: 311734

Cast and credited roles

• Donal MacIntyre — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-05-15; final listed air date 2016-07-17; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-09-03; final listed air date 2017-09-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Murderers and Their Mothers 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.