Cnn: Murder By Numbers
Average Rating:
Sales Rank: 30151
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302711066
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302711061
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 30151
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Editorial Review:Description:CNN, the world news leader, brings together this video collection of the best reports from the last decade. Each video presents the curcumstances surrounding and the impact of a current person, place, or event. Excellent viewing for history buffs and students.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Gets better as it progresses
The cover of this video is deceptive. It actually has very little to do with Jeffery Dahmer. Nonetheless, it has some facinating stories about some other, less famous, serial killers. The best story is about the guy who worked in the hospital. 'Murder by Number' starts off boorish, but gets better towards the end.
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A little uneven in presentation
There is a lot to like about this documentary. It touches on numerous aspects of the serial murder phenomenon, and is unafraid of being critical of how the phenomenon is represented. Especially impressive is the segment on how the "serial murder problem" is misrepresented. There are also segments dealing with several lesser known offenders such as Bobby Joe Long, Christine Falling, and Wesley Alan Dodd, including interviews with each. My only major criticism is that the documentary too readily embraces the brain trauma explanation for serial offending, when there are other causal factors that may do as good of a job (or better) of explaining the etiology of serial homicide.
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For Anyone Even Remotely Interested In Serial Killers
I first saw this documentary on CNN back in '93 and have watched it several times since then. It's one of the most informative, interesting, documentaries on the "phenonemon" of serial murder out there. They really go in depth. Various known killers are feautured, including interviews with 3 different ones; a male nurse convicted of murdering 37 of his patients, a woman convicted for the killings of children she babysat, and a child murderer who was executed by hanging several years back in Washington state.
This video is a MUST for anybody who wants to learn more about the reality of serial death.