Most Evil
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| Format | Documentary Film |
| Starring | Michael Stone |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Discovery Channel Investigation Discovery |
| Original run | July 13, 2006 – April 7, 2008 |
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Most Evil is an American forensics television program on Investigation Discovery presented by forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone of Columbia University. On the show, Stone rates murderers on a scale of evil that he has developed. The show features profiles on various murderers, serial killers, mass murderers and psychopaths.
Contents |
[edit] Season synopsis
Main article: List of Most Evil episodes
[edit] Season 1
[edit] Season 2
| # | Title | Original air date[1] |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Jealousy" | August 12, 2007 |
| Samuel Collins, Clara Harris, Andrew Cunanan, Agustin Garcia, Ira Einhorn, Jean Harris, Brynn Hartman | ||
| 02 | "Stalker" | August 19, 2007 |
| Richard Farley, Robert John Bardo, Mark David Chapman, Gerald Atkins | ||
| 03 | "Delusional" | August 26, 2007 |
| Herbert Mullin, Diana Dial, Eric Beishline | ||
| 04 | "Unsolved Cases" | September 2, 2007 |
| The Lipstick Killer (possibly William Heirens), Black Dahlia (possibly George Hodel), James McVey killers | ||
| 05 | "Cult Followers" | September 9, 2007 |
| Ron Luff, Jeffrey Lundgren, Charles Manson, Charles "Tex" Watson, Jim Jones | ||
| 06 | "Spree Killers" | September 16, 2007 |
| Martin Bryant, Charles Whitman, Charles Starkweather, Andrew Cunanan, Yusef Rahman, Seung-Hui Cho | ||
| 07 | "Attention Seekers" | September 23, 2007 |
| David Berkowitz, Dennis Rader, Zodiac Killer, Terry Driver, Keith Jesperson | ||
| 08 | "Masterminds" | September 30, 2007 |
| Edmund Kemper, Ted Bundy, H. H. Holmes, Theodore Kaczynski | ||
| 09 | "Revenge" | October 7, 2007 |
| Coy Wayne Wesbrook, Archie McCafferty, Patty Bieber | ||
| 10 | "Cult Leaders" | October 14, 2007 |
| Shoko Asahara, Adolfo Constanzo, Charles Manson, Jim Jones | ||
[edit] Season 3
| # | Title | Original air date[1] |
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| 01 | "Manson" | January 31, 2008 |
| Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel | ||
| 02 | "Super Delusional" | February 7, 2008 |
| Michael Owen Perry, Joseph Kallinger, Leonard Lake, Diana Dial, Colin Ferguson, Michael McDermott | ||
| 03 | "Schemers" | February 14, 2008 |
| Diane Downs, Michael Swango, John Edward Robinson, Martha Ann Johnson | ||
| 04 | "Vampires/Cannibals" | February 21, 2008 |
| Armin Meiwes, Andrei Chikatilo, Richard Chase, Rod Ferrell, Jeffrey Dahmer | ||
| 05 | "Murderous Women" | February 28, 2008 |
| Dorothea Puente, Judith Neelley (Alvin and Judith Neelley) , Betty Broderick, Latasha Pulliam | ||
| 06 | "Redemption" | March 6, 2008 |
| Billy Wayne Sinclair, Karla Faye Tucker, Archie McCafferty, Daniel Nieto | ||
| 07 | "Gangs" | March 13, 2008 |
| Richard Kuklinski, Philadelphia Poison Ring, Ismael Cisneros, Joseph Salcedo, Ervil LeBaron | ||
| 08 | "The Killer's Brain" | March 20, 2008 |
| Samuel Collins, Clara L. Harris, Diane Downs, David Berkowitz, Richard Chase, Edmund Kemper, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel | ||
| 09 | "Face to Face" | March 27, 2008 |
| Coy Wayne Wesbrook, Ron Luff, Diana Dial, Daniel Nieto | ||
| 10 | "Tracking Killers" | April 7, 2008 |
| Andrew Cunanan, Keith Jesperson, Black Dahlia Murderer | ||
[edit] Scale and criminals
Stone researched hundreds of killers and their methods and motives to develop his hierarchy of "evil". The scale ranges from Category 1, those who kill in self-defense, to the Category 22, serial torturer-murderers. Neurologists, psychologists, and other forensic psychiatrists are interviewed on the show in an attempt to examine and profile the minds of notorious killers. Partial re-enactments are shown along with news footage, evidence, and reports from locals. Neurological, environmental, and genetic factors are examined to help determine what drives a person to kill. Background history and pre-meditation are considered when placing an individual on the scale of evil. The show indirectly deals with the concepts of morality and ethics.
| Category | Criteria | People |
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| 01 | Those who have killed in self-defense, and who do not show traces of psychopathy. | |
| 02 | Jealous lovers who committed murder; although egocentric or immature, they are not psychopaths. | |
| 03 | Willing companions of killers: aberrant personality, impulse-ridden, with some antisocial traits. | Leslie Van Houten |
| 04 | Those who have killed in self-defense, but had been extremely provocative toward the victim for that to happen. | |
| 05 | Traumatized, desperate persons who killed abusive relatives or other people, but who show remorse for their crime and are not psychopaths. | Martha Ann Johnson |
| 06 | Impetuous, hotheaded murderers, yet without marked psychopathic traits. | Robert John Bardo, Billy Wayne Sinclair |
| 07 | Highly narcissistic, but not distinctly psychopathic persons—some with a psychotic core—who kill persons next to them, with jealousy as an underlying motive. | Marybeth Tinning, Mark David Chapman, Armin Meiwes, Diana Dial |
| 08 | Non-psychopathic persons with smoldering rage, and who kill when the rage is ignited. | Charles Whitman, Keith Jesperson |
| 09 | Jealous lovers with marked psychopathic features. | Betty Broderick |
| 10 | Killers of people "in the way", such as witnesses. Extremely egocentric, but not distinctly psychopathic. | Rod Ferrell, Susan Smith |
| 11 | Psychopathic killers of people "in the way", such as close friends or even family members. | Richard Kuklinski |
| 12 | Power-hungry psychopaths who kill when they are "cornered". | Ervil LeBaron |
| 13 | Psychopathic murderers with inadequate, rageful personalities, rage being the reason of their killings. | Ed Gein, Herbert Mullin, Martin Bryant, Karla Faye Tucker Peter Lundin |
| 14 | Ruthlessly self-centered psychopathic schemers who kill to benefit themselves. | Richard Farley, Diane Downs, John List |
| 15 | Psychopathic cold-blooded spree killers or multiple murderers. | Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Andrew Cunanan, Charles Manson, Charles Starkweather, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Colin Ferguson, Michael McDermott, Dorothea Puente |
| 16 | Psychopaths committing multiple vicious acts, with repeated acts of extreme violence. | Gwendolyn Graham, Cathy Wood, Karla Homolka, Myra Hindley, Terry Driver, Theodore Kaczynski, Shoko Asahara, Michael Swango |
| 17 | Sexually perverse serial murderers: Rape is the primary motive and the victim is killed to hide evidence. | Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross, David Berkowitz, Richard Chase, Aileen Wuornos |
| 18 | Psychopathic torture-murderers, where murder is the primary motive, and the victim is killed after a torture that was not prolonged. | Nathan Bar-Jonah, Gary Ridgway, Jerry Brudos, William Heirens, Keith Jesperson |
| 19 | Psychopaths driven to terrorism, subjugation, intimidation, and rape, but who are short of murder. | |
| 20 | Psychopathic torture-murderers, where torture is the primary motive, but in persons with distinct psychoses (such as schizophrenia). | Joseph Kallinger |
| 21 | Psychopaths who do not kill their victims, but do subject them to extreme torture. | |
| 22 | Psychopathic torture-murderers, where torture is the primary motive. In most cases, the crime has a sexual motivating factor. | Tommy Lynn Sells, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, Theresa Knorr, Charles Ng, Leonard Lake, Paul Bernardo, Ian Brady, Gary Heidnik, David Parker Ray, Westley Allan Dodd, George Hodel, Jeffrey Lundgren, Jim Jones, Edmund Kemper, H. H. Holmes, Adolfo Constanzo, John Edward Robinson, Andrei Chikatilo, Jeffrey Dahmer. |
[edit] External links
- Dr. Stone featured on Real Law Radio with Bob DiCello Real Law Radio is a legal news talk radio program.
- Personality Disorders Institute
- Most Evil on the Internet Movie Database
- Review by Ellen Dendy
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Most Evil : Episode Guide : Investigation Discovery". Investigation.Discovery.com. http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/most-evil/ep-guide/most-evil-ep-guide.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
