The Confession Killer

The Confession Killer is a six-part docuseries, directed by Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham, which goes over the case of Henry Lee Lucas, who in 1983, admitted to over 200 unsolved murders all over the United States, making him the 20th century’s most prolific serial killers. There was one problem: Most of the admissions were absolute lies, and authorities didn’t figure that out until years after his admission.The Confession Killer Season 1 Download

The first episode goes over how Lucas, who murdered his mother in 1960 and was linked to two murders in Texas, started spinning his lives. Through archival footage of Lucas, along with interviews with journalists, therapists, and law enforcement, we see how, as he stood trial for the original murders, of his teenage girlfriend and the 82-year-old woman who was putting them up, he offhandedly mentions that he’s killed “100 of ’em”. Soon, a unique-for-the-time task force was created to organize all the requests from around the country to speak to Lucas as he kept admitting to different murders.He gave details about a number of these open cases that led law enforcement to believe he actually committed these murders, some with a partner, and he was treated unusually in the Georgetown penitentiary where he was held. He got to move freely in the prison, and was often taken out to dinner by the members of the Lucas Task Force. He became born-again after being visited repeatedly by a nun. The police officials were eager to “clear cases” to give the victims’ families closure.But something wasn’t adding up. One example Hugh Aynesworth, a journalist who was invited to speak to Lucas after writing a book about Ted Bundy, gives is that Lucas told Japanese filmmakers that “I’ve done some in your country, too.” How this smelly, one-eyed, three-toothed drifter made it to Japan and back seemed implausible, especially to someone like Aynesworth, who has seen more than his share of serial killers.