Violent Minds: Killers on Tape

Synopsis

Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Al Carlisle's captivating inmate tapes with some of America’s most heinous killers helped him discover what drives a seemingly normal person to become obsessed with murder, exhibit violent tendencies and psychopathic behaviors.

First Air Date: 2023-04-02

Last Air Date: 2023-05-21

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 9

Networks: Oxygen

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Top Cast

Jeff McDonald as Dr. Al Carlisle
Carrie Anne Drazewski-Keller as Self
Dr. Al Carlisle as Self
Chip Nicholson as William Andrews
Collins Wewa as Dale Pierre Selby
Paul Bianchi as Carlisle's Associate
Gage Maverik as Detective Don Moore

Seasons

Season 1 (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Ted Bundy Part 1 (2023-04-02)

Dr. Al Carlisle’s descent into the violent mind begins by chance, when he’s asked to run a psychological evaluation on a man who will go on to become one of America’s most infamous serial killers: Theodore Robert Bundy.
Ep. 2: Ted Bundy Part 2 (2023-04-02)

Dr. Carlisle’s evaluation of Ted Bundy is over, but his work on the notorious serial killer has just begun. As Dr. Carlisle develops his theory of the development of the violent mind, Bundy escapes from prison and goes on a murderous rampage.
Ep. 3: HiFi Killers (2023-04-09)

Dr. Al Carlisle's study of the violent mind continues when the men convicted of Utah's horrific Hi-Fi Shop mass murders enter the Utah State Prison, awaiting a death sentence
Ep. 4: Reggie/Reginald (2023-04-16)

When a new inmate at the Utah State Prison claims he cannot remember the crime that sent him to prison, Dr. Carlisle's experiments with hypnosis reveal a violent alternate personality hidden just beneath the surface.
Ep. 5: Arthur Gary Bishop (2023-04-23)

Dr. Carlisle’s Mormon faith is tested when Arthur Gary Bishop asks for his help in understanding how he became a serial killer.
Ep. 6: Broken Samurai (2023-04-30)

Dr. Carlisle discovers a surprising link between the traumas of war and the development of the violent mind when he interviews a Vietnam War veteran turned killer.
Ep. 7: Don York (2023-05-07)

When a new inmate claims he can't remember the attempted murder of his wife and murder of the man she was having an affair with, Dr. Carlisle uses hypnosis to access his apparent alternate personality, Dan Hell.
Ep. 8: Manny Cortez Part 1 (2023-05-14)

Dr. Carlisle begins a surprising relationship with inmate Manny Cortez in the Oregon State Penitentiary and uncovers the impetus for Cortez's murder of two 11-year-old girls.
Ep. 9: Manny Cortez Part 2 (2023-05-21)

Dr. Carlisle's tapes documenting his 27-year relationship with Manny Cortez reveal the convicted murderer's point of no return when he became unhinged and began his violent spree.