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Confronting a Serial Killer

The astonishing story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little.

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Genre

documentary, biography, crime

Production

RadicalMedia,Third Eye Motion Picture Company,Lionsgate Television

Awards

1 nomination total

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https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/confronting-a-serial-killer/59920

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As a predator, I wanna know - Confronting a Serial Killer

As a predator, I wanna know

I wake up in a cold sweat, - Confronting a Serial Killer

I wake up in a cold sweat,

[Jillian]
If you weren't locked up, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] If you weren't locked up,

I am writing a book
about a serial killer... - Confronting a Serial Killer

I am writing a book about a serial killer...

Samuel Little was convicted
of three murders - Confronting a Serial Killer

Samuel Little was convicted of three murders

[operator] ...an inmate at
the California State Prison, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[operator] ...an inmate at the California State Prison,

[Jillian] I started
visiting Sam Little in prison - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] I started visiting Sam Little in prison

[Jillian] And he strangled her
there in the car - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] And he strangled her there in the car

[Jillian]
But I suspect - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] But I suspect

Now not only do I visit him
every other weekend. - Confronting a Serial Killer

Now not only do I visit him every other weekend.

And I record - Confronting a Serial Killer

I think that I can safely say - Confronting a Serial Killer

I think that I can safely say

Are you ready
for some questions? - Confronting a Serial Killer

Are you ready for some questions?

What storytelling does for me
is that it gives me a framework - Confronting a Serial Killer

What storytelling does for me is that it gives me a framewor...

[Sam] If you want me
to tell my secrets to you, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Sam] If you want me to tell my secrets to you,

We got the victim in Omaha," - Confronting a Serial Killer

We got the victim in Omaha,"

It instilled a curiosity in me - Confronting a Serial Killer

It instilled a curiosity in me

That was the information
that identified her, - Confronting a Serial Killer

That was the information that identified her,

[Jillian]
My deal with the devil is, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] My deal with the devil is,

[news reporter] In 1973, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] In 1973,

Look into
the more shadowy corners - Confronting a Serial Killer

Look into the more shadowy corners

[Jillian] I have access
to this serial killer, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] I have access to this serial killer,

[Sam] If you want me
to tell my secrets to you, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Sam] If you want me to tell my secrets to you,

[news reporter]
Little strangled 93 victims - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Little strangled 93 victims

In 2017, I was researching
a mystery novel - Confronting a Serial Killer

In 2017, I was researching a mystery novel

[Jillian]
He was tried and got off - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] He was tried and got off

Omaha police tell me
it's officially classified now - Confronting a Serial Killer

Omaha police tell me it's officially classified now

[Jillian]
My deal with the devil is, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] My deal with the devil is,

[news reporter]
Investigators believe - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Investigators believe

[Jillian]
Initially, I wasn't trying - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] Initially, I wasn't trying

-[sirens wailing]
-[radio chatter] - Confronting a Serial Killer

-[sirens wailing] -[radio chatter]

I just remember
walking outside and saying, - Confronting a Serial Killer

I just remember walking outside and saying,

I'm a detective with the
Los Angeles Police Department, - Confronting a Serial Killer

I'm a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department,

[Jillian]
If you weren't locked up, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] If you weren't locked up,

[news reporter]
Little strangled 93 victims - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Little strangled 93 victims

And I've been on the job,
it's coming up on 25 years now. - Confronting a Serial Killer

And I've been on the job, it's coming up on 25 yea...

[Jillian]
He was tried and got off - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] He was tried and got off

[news reporter]
Investigators believe - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Investigators believe

[melancholy music] - Confronting a Serial Killer

[melancholy music]

You have to be very tenacious. - Confronting a Serial Killer

You have to be very tenacious.

No, Mr. Sam, you know
I don't-I don't judge you. - Confronting a Serial Killer

No, Mr. Sam, you know I don't-I don't judge you.

[Sam] If you want me
to tell my secrets to you, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Sam] If you want me to tell my secrets to you,

[Jillian] During my interview
with Mitzi, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] During my interview with Mitzi,

[Jillian]
If you weren't locked up, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] If you weren't locked up,

-[laughs]
-There's just some horrific - Confronting a Serial Killer

-[laughs] -There's just some horrific

I think of it as, like, - Confronting a Serial Killer

I think of it as, like,

[Jillian]
My deal with the devil is, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] My deal with the devil is,

[Jillian] After Sam
started confessing to me, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] After Sam started confessing to me,

I've kept a journal
every day of my life - Confronting a Serial Killer

I've kept a journal every day of my life

And I'm his ultimate victim. - Confronting a Serial Killer

And I'm his ultimate victim.

[news reporter]
Little strangled 93 victims - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Little strangled 93 victims

And then I'm dealing
with law enforcement, - Confronting a Serial Killer

And then I'm dealing with law enforcement,

[Jillian]
He was tried and got off - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] He was tried and got off

He's an actor.
He's a psychopath. - Confronting a Serial Killer

He's an actor. He's a psychopath.

[news reporter]
Investigators believe - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Investigators believe

He had been convicted
of three murders, - Confronting a Serial Killer

He had been convicted of three murders,

This is my first... book, - Confronting a Serial Killer

This is my first... book,

Um... and, uh, it's my memoir, - Confronting a Serial Killer

Um... and, uh, it's my memoir,

[Jillian]
If you weren't locked up, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] If you weren't locked up,

It is about the fact - Confronting a Serial Killer

It is about the fact

And she started
to tell me the story. - Confronting a Serial Killer

And she started to tell me the story.

All right, now,
this-this one is later on, - Confronting a Serial Killer

All right, now, this-this one is later on,

[Mitzi]
In the early 2000s, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Mitzi] In the early 2000s,

-See if she--
-Oh, ho, ho! God, yeah. - Confronting a Serial Killer

-See if she-- -Oh, ho, ho! God, yeah.

[Jillian]
These are all drawings - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] These are all drawings

It's Everything Will Be
Alright in the End. - Confronting a Serial Killer

It's Everything Will Be Alright in the End.

I realize that it is
a really strange relationship - Confronting a Serial Killer

I realize that it is a really strange relationship

[news reporter]
Seventy-eight-year-old - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Seventy-eight-year-old

[Rick] Mitzi and I were
assigned to work together. - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Rick] Mitzi and I were assigned to work together.

These are his murder victims. - Confronting a Serial Killer

These are his murder victims.

We knew we had probably 10,000 - Confronting a Serial Killer

We knew we had probably 10,000

Probably the last time I had,
like, a real blast - Confronting a Serial Killer

Probably the last time I had, like, a real blast

[melancholy string music] - Confronting a Serial Killer

[melancholy string music]

[Jillian] And then
Sam's confessions - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] And then Sam's confessions

It serves him, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[tense music] - Confronting a Serial Killer

Thirteen murders - Confronting a Serial Killer

Thirteen murders

So then how can I use that? - Confronting a Serial Killer

So then how can I use that?

It's interesting to think
about how you can have - Confronting a Serial Killer

It's interesting to think about how you can have

[news reporter]
His killing spree could span - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] His killing spree could span

There was a lot
of prostitution, - Confronting a Serial Killer

There was a lot of prostitution,

[Jillian grunts] - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian grunts]

[Jillian] Sam was talking
about all of these cold cases, - Confronting a Serial Killer

[Jillian] Sam was talking about all of these cold cases,

Like, "Why did he get away
with this for so long, - Confronting a Serial Killer

Like, "Why did he get away with this for so long,

Prostitutes oftentimes, - Confronting a Serial Killer

Prostitutes oftentimes,

[laughs] - Confronting a Serial Killer

You can definitely see
his art changing over time. - Confronting a Serial Killer

You can definitely see his art changing over time.

[news reporter]
Now investigators - Confronting a Serial Killer

[news reporter] Now investigators

Quite often,
they were victimized, - Confronting a Serial Killer

Quite often, they were victimized,

Oh, wait, no!
Look, here's a cute one of us. - Confronting a Serial Killer

Oh, wait, no! Look, here's a cute one of us.

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The astonishing story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: RadicalMedia,Third Eye Motion Picture Company,Lionsgate Television

Genre: documentary, biography, crime

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice:

Released: 18 Apr 2021

Awards: 1 nomination total

Homepage: https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/confronting-a-serial-killer/59920