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Series Details & Credits
| Netflix | Release Date: December 6, 2019 |
Summary:
Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham's five-part docuseries looks into the case of Henry Lee Lucas, who claimed he killed hundreds of women across the country in the 1980s, but later revealed many confessions were aided by information given to him by corrupted law enforcement.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Recent Episodes
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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E5. Not One Shred of Evidence
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E4. All the Lies
Air Date: December 6, 2019
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
RogerEbert.com
Dec 3, 2019
Dec 9, 2019
Season 1 Review:
In “Confession Killer,” Kenner methodically lays out the faults in the system, taking no prisoners. He leaves viewers with a very clear message: while Lucas was a despicable human being, there’s true culpability found in the officers who so wanted to mark cases closed that they ignored the very real evidence to the contrary.
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The Daily Beast
Dec 3, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Overflowing with cannily edited archival footage (dominated by Lucas police-confession videos, and TV news reports) and illuminating chats with principal players. ... The Confession Killer is awash in heartbreaking stories about the collateral damage wrought by this sham.
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Dec 5, 2019
Season 1 Review:
At the beginning of the series, it’s unclear what story “The Confession Killer” can possibly be telling that requires five episodes and as many hours. Lucas isn’t that interesting. But as it turns out, the story is not just about crime, truth and justice, but journalism, the politics of law enforcement, celebrity culture, and the gift that was represented by Henry Lee Lucas—not just to the police and media, but to all the killers of all those women who were given someone else to take the blame.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E5. Not One Shred of Evidence
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E4. All the Lies
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E3. War in Waco
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E2. Make It Strawberry
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E2. Make It Strawberry
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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S1:E1. Everything Except Poison
Air Date: December 6, 2019
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Season 1 Overview