The Confession Killer: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere 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

Season 1 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

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Dec 3, 2019

It’s well-constructed and a quick watch, the kind of thing that fans of “The Keepers,” “The Staircase,” and other Netflix true crime hits should eat up this holiday season. Read full review

Ashlie D. Stevens

Dec 9, 2019

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. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Dec 3, 2019

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. Read full review

John Anderson

Dec 5, 2019

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. Read full review

Collider Brendan Michael

Dec 6, 2019

An eyebrow-raising premise amounts to too much information. This is the sort of series that lacked a storyteller’s touch. Read full review

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Suzykat

Dec 13, 2019

Well written. Surprising turns every episode. The docuseries is put in a way that viewers are engaged and logistically put where viewers aren't confused like some other series.

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Deisler

Dec 7, 2019

i love true crime doku, and this was well made with some big surprises i didnt expect, anyone who loves making a murderer give this a try binged it in one tour

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