EPISODE
Recording the fate of Henry Lee Lucas, one of the most cunning and dangerous serial killers in America, who committed about hundreds violent murders across America, where he causes many challenges and horror in the country, as he confesses to commit all the murders, showing the means and intentions.
August 23, 1936 in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
August 2, 1931 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA
31 October 1950, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
6 July 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
December 05, 2019
What makes the Lucas case special -- and gives such heft to this five-part documentary by Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham -- is not just how the killer played the system, but how willingly, even insistently, the system played along.
December 06, 2019
The Confession Killer has an interesting enough topic to hold a viewer's interest.
December 03, 2019
It's well-constructed and a quick watch.
December 05, 2019
Netflix has quite the algorithmic hit with this series: it's like Mindhunter and The Confession Tapes more obviously, but it's also like Stranger Things.
December 06, 2019
Lucas' story is a testament to the disaster that can follow when police seek easy answers, in this case taking the claims of a conman as a quick way out of stalled detective work.
December 02, 2019
[It] isn't just about a charlatan and cops collaborating in a you-scratch-my-back, I'll-scratch-yours scheme-it's about the ugliness of individuals, and systems, prioritizing their own interests ahead of the public good.
