Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)

Genre

documentary, crime, mystery

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 108 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series examines the murders committed by Richard Cottingham in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. It looks at the social conditions of Times Square at the time and how the killer evaded detection for years.

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What happens

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer is a 2021 American limited docuseries made for Netflix and directed by Joe Berlinger. It is the second installment in the Crime Scene documentary series, following Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. Its story focuses on the series of 1970s-1980s murders that were carried out by American serial killer Richard Cottingham, also known as the Times Square Killer and the Torso Killer. The series was released on December 29, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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