First Blood
Season 1
TV-14
"First Blood" examines some of America's most notorious serial killers through the prism of their first known kills to reveal what drove them to the moment when violent fantasy and curiosity became a devastating reality.
Where to Watch Season 1
10 Episodes
- Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death
E1Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of DeathIn 1989, Richard Mallory is found shot dead in the brush off the side of a Florida highway, just the first of seven murdered men found in a similar setting. Their predator is Aileen Wuornos, a woman fleeing a troubled past and yearning for a connection. Instead of finding of love, The Damsel of Death develops a simmering rage in her heart, that finally explodes when she picks up her first victim. - Robert Hansen: The Butcher Baker
E2Robert Hansen: The Butcher BakerBefore he hunted down his first victim in the wilds of Alaska, Robert Hansen was a successful businessman with a family in Anchorage, but his intense feelings would build into a dark desire to exert the ultimate control over 17 victims. - Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper
E3Danny Rolling: The Gainesville RipperKnown primarily for the murders of University of Florida students, a man's first murders were in his hometown of Shreveport, La.; the man dreamed of having a loving family as an adult, but his dark fantasies drove him to destroy a family instead. - Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker
E4Richard Ramirez: The NightstalkerRicardo "Richard" Leyva Muñoz Ramirez, dubbed Night Stalker, Valley Intruder, and Walk-in Killer was an American serial killer whose crime spree took place in California between June 1984 and August 1985. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989. He died in 2013 while awaiting execution. - Anthony Sowell: The Cleveland Strangler
E5Anthony Sowell: The Cleveland StranglerAfrican American women in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland were vanishing; Anthony Sowell found the control he was so desperate for when he overpowered his first vulnerable victim -- a woman only hoping to connect with a friendly face. - Sheila LaBarre: Sheila the Peeler
E7Sheila LaBarre: Sheila the PeelerIn rural Epping, N.H., everyone knows Sheila LaBarre as an eccentric widow who loves her rabbits; her turbulent childhood in Alabama, a coma-induced vision, and the death of her wealthy husband all send Sheila on a warped mission to kill. - Arthur ShawcrossE9
Arthur ShawcrossThe Genesee River Killer Serial killer Arthur Shawcross tells a lot of stories about his life before he began to kill. Abuse, bestiality, cannibalism...but is any of it true? And if not, what shaped his trajectory from "Artie Oddball" to murderer? He might have been known for killing women along Rochester's Genesee River, but his first murder was years earlier and the culmination of years of dark fantasies. - Ronald DominiqueE10
Ronald DominiqueThe Bayou Strangler Growing up gay and effeminate in the hyper-masculine Bayou was tough on Ronald Dominique. But that's not why Ronald began to kill African American men. An inability to connect and a jail sexual assault would cement his decision to ultimately kill his first victim, tragically the beginning of years of senseless murder.
