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The Craigslist Killer (2011)

The Craigslist Killer poster
Directed by
Stephen Kay
Genre
drama film, thriller, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
18
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This TV film tells the story of Philip Markoff, a medical student who killed people he met through online classified ads. It shows his double life as a outwardly normal person and a criminal.

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What happens

The Craigslist Killer, also stylized as the//craigslist.killer in some promotional images, is a 2011 American crime drama television film directed by Stephen Kay, written by Donald Martin and Stephen Tolkin, and starring Jake McDorman, Agnes Bruckner, Kevin Kilner, and William Baldwin. It follows the dark, mysterious life of murderer Philip Markoff. The film aired on Lifetime and is an adaptation of the true crime book A Date with Death: The Secret Life of the Accused "Craigslist Killer", written by Michele McPhee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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