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Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

Through newly revealed interviews from Attica Correctional Facility, New York's most prolific serial killer, Joel Rifkin, reveals exclusive insights into the mind of a monster.

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Mark Marabella

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[uneasy music]
[overlapping voices] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

[uneasy music] [overlapping voices]

He looked so harmless.
I had to have answers. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He looked so harmless. I had to have answers.

- There were plenty of kids
in the hall who were scary, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- There were plenty of kids in the hall who were scary,

- I was trying to figure out
how the joel that I knew - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- I was trying to figure out how the joel that I knew

- So he was invisible,
certainly, to law enforcement. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- So he was invisible, certainly, to law enforcement.

- As a youngster,
he'd be accosted, assaulted. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- As a youngster, he'd be accosted, assaulted.

- I never got to say goodbye
to my friend - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- I never got to say goodbye to my friend

- He felt no guilt,
no remorse, no pain. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He felt no guilt, no remorse, no pain.

- New york city in the late
'80s and the early '90s, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- New york city in the late '80s and the early '...

- This has reached
epidemic proportions. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- This has reached epidemic proportions.

- It is a crack epidemic
which police say is causing - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- It is a crack epidemic which police say is causing

Back then,
I was a police officer, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

Back then, I was a police officer,

[dramatic music] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

[dramatic music]

We observed a pickup truck
in the center lane. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

We observed a pickup truck in the center lane.

As we got closer, we realized
there was no license plate. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

As we got closer, we realized there was no license plate.

We pulled up alongside of him. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

We pulled up alongside of him.

He just wasn't stopping,
and at that point, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He just wasn't stopping, and at that point,

I approached
white male subject - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I approached white male subject

I asked him his name,
his address, date of birth. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I asked him his name, his address, date of birth.

The decision was made
to pull back the tarp, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

The decision was made to pull back the tarp,

- That was the first time
joel rifkin raised - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- That was the first time joel rifkin raised

He wasn't on our radar.
Prior to this, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He wasn't on our radar. Prior to this,

I directed
that they take him back - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I directed that they take him back

- This is just getting
crazier and crazier. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- This is just getting crazier and crazier.

[desolate music] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

[desolate music]

- There was an arrest
of joel rifkin. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- There was an arrest of joel rifkin.

We were both
journalism students - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

We were both journalism students

This assignment
for the boxing match - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

This assignment for the boxing match

We saw each other
a couple of times after that, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

We saw each other a couple of times after that,

I found out
that joel dropped out. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I found out that joel dropped out.

This guy
had so much potential. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

This guy had so much potential.

I had lots of questions. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I had lots of questions.

- He was very kind of
disarmingly friendly, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He was very kind of disarmingly friendly,

What drove a guy that I once
considered a friend to murder? - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

What drove a guy that I once considered a friend to murder...

[ominous music] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

[ominous music]

- I spoke to my college friend
joel rifkin - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- I spoke to my college friend joel rifkin

What I found most interesting
was, unlike most people - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

What I found most interesting was, unlike most people

So he really is unique. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

So he really is unique.

He talked about him
and his sister being adopted - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He talked about him and his sister being adopted

- Joel's family settled
in east meadow, long island. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel's family settled in east meadow, long island.

- It was joel and his sister,
and his parents, ben and jean. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- It was joel and his sister, and his parents, ben and jean.

East meadow was - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

East meadow was

- It wasn't just looked upon
as a middle class home. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- It wasn't just looked upon as a middle class home.

- They were our neighbors.
We were in the same class. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- They were our neighbors. We were in the same class.

- Joel was just a regular kid
who was extra quiet, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel was just a regular kid who was extra quiet,

- Joel came to my bar mitzvah, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel came to my bar mitzvah,

- For joel, living
in east meadow, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- For joel, living in east meadow,

- While we might have been
throwing the ball, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- While we might have been throwing the ball,

I do remember joel
being called turtle. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I do remember joel being called turtle.

- It became readily apparent - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- It became readily apparent

- Joel would be probably
the last person to be picked, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel would be probably the last person to be picked,

- His father had been
an athlete in college, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- His father had been an athlete in college,

- That caused
a tremendous amount - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- That caused a tremendous amount

Joel had a very high iq-- - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

Joel had a very high iq--

His father, who was scholarly, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

His father, who was scholarly,

- That was the first person
to interview rifkin in prison, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- That was the first person to interview rifkin in prison,

- The mother embraced him
and pulled him - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- The mother embraced him and pulled him

- He did a lot of photography, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He did a lot of photography,

On one occasion,
he had underwear - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

On one occasion, he had underwear

- He wasn't harming anyone.
He wasn't combative. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He wasn't harming anyone. He wasn't combative.

- He experienced that
all his life. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He experienced that all his life.

It must have built up
impotent rage - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

It must have built up impotent rage

You're not strong enough.
You don't have enough allies, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

You're not strong enough. You don't have enough al...

- Joel said that he dreaded
going to school every day, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel said that he dreaded going to school every day,

- He would take
this circuitous route - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He would take this circuitous route

- How did this behavior help
joel get away with what he did? - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- How did this behavior help joel get away with what he did?

He seemed very ordinary. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He seemed very ordinary.

He became a master
of not only being stealth, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He became a master of not only being stealth,

But how did joel transition
from social outcast to killer? - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

But how did joel transition from social outcast to killer?

- I first began interviewing
joel rifkin in the late '90s - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- I first began interviewing joel rifkin in the late '...

I should have noticed that." - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I should have noticed that."

He felt as if the only people
that noticed him - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He felt as if the only people that noticed him

- Where does that
go psychologically? - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Where does that go psychologically?

I'm sure you try
to do something - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

I'm sure you try to do something

- Joel went to great pains
in his private life - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel went to great pains in his private life

Joel told me when he was
going through puberty, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

Joel told me when he was going through puberty,

They don't determine your life
unless they do. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

They don't determine your life unless they do.

In his particular case, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

In his particular case,

[somber music] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- To his credit, joel's father
never gave up on him, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- To his credit, joel's father never gave up on him,

- Joel felt that he was just - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- Joel felt that he was just

- His father's death really
kind of blew the doors - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- His father's death really kind of blew the doors

- The desire to please
his father kind of always been - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- The desire to please his father kind of always been

[dark electronic music] - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

[dark electronic music]

Driving through manhattan,
through queens, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

Driving through manhattan, through queens,

- It became an addiction. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- It became an addiction.

- He did hate himself
and the addiction, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- He did hate himself and the addiction,

He could look at them as lower
and look at them - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He could look at them as lower and look at them

- When I would talk
to my folks, - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

- When I would talk to my folks,

He clearly had
a different agenda. - Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer

He clearly had a different agenda.

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Through newly revealed interviews from Attica Correctional Facility, New York's most prolific serial killer, Joel Rifkin, reveals exclusive insights into the mind of a monster.

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Director: Mark Marabella

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Production: Glass Entertainment Group

Genre: crime

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 6.8

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Released: 10 Apr 2021

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