An unsettling journey into yet another case of justice gone awry, The Confession Killer is a tense and disturbing entry into the Netflix's growing catalogue of true crime documentaries. Read critic reviews
The Confession Killer (2019)
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Episodes
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1. Everything Except Poison
Air date: Dec 6, 2019
The hunt for two missing women leads authorities to Henry Lee Lucas; he drops a bombshell in court, setting off a media circus and riveting a nation.
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2. Make It Strawberry
Air date: Dec 6, 2019
At Georgetown, Lucas regales visiting officers with stories to clear murder cases, but one Lubbock family will do its own police work to refute him.
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3. War in Waco
Air date: Dec 6, 2019
Suspicions about Lucas' confessions crescendo as a front-page investigative story hits newsstands; an ambitious DA takes on the Texas Rangers.
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4. All the Damn Lies
Air date: Dec 6, 2019
As families long for closure, the manipulation continues; years later, Lucas -- on death row -- steps up the fight for his life, but the lies don't stop.
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5. Not One Shred of Evidence
Air date: Dec 6, 2019
A close examination of the evidence and DNA testing reveal the truth about Lucas -- and the officers who let the real killers get away with murder.
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Audience Reviews for The Confession Killer: Season 1
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As someone as complicated as Henry Lee Lucas, this is probably the best and most well put together documentary about him that has ever been made.
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This was fascinating and SO well done. The old footage was terrific as were the interviews with people who are still alive to tell their versions of the story. I was hooked. I thought I was just watching a good profile of a serial killer and then everything took a completely different turn. Anyone interested in true crime will find this a compelling documentary. Highly recommended.
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Very well described in terms of details and information. Very little bias
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Wow. Really odd story. Quite interesting. Generally well-told and well-structured documentary. Occasionally boring and repetitive. Felt they didn't go deeply enough into the source of the corruption. The whole situation and the "cast of characters" is majorly bizarre. Worth watching. So strange that this happened with this weirdo patsy.
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This is amazing. One of the best, if not the best, true crime doc series of late.
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He says he was abused as a child. Where's the proof? Take the patients word for it! The detective asking for more details? Cops are great at misleading questions. My mother didnt have a happy childhood. Neither did I. Doctors are GIVING folks with social issues a means to escape.
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A great retrospection of community expectations versus the haphazard nature of police investigation, or lack thereof, in the USA.
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Superb, my mind was blown as the story unfolded.
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Excellent, highly compelling, another great documentary by Netflix. I liked the fact that not only did they do a lot of interviews of people related to the case, but also show a lot of video footages taken during the time of the events also. The series showed just how much of a disgrace to the tradition of the Texas Rangers both Jim Boutwell and Bob Prince were with their incompetence. Most heartbreaking was a frail, old Joyce Lemons, a mother of one Lucas' supposed victims who was interviewed early in the series but later turned out to have died before the series was aired without knowing who the actual killer/s or her daughter was. A Must-See documentary for me, absolutely amazing.
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A searing analysis of shoddy police work relating to Henry Lee Lucas. After everything presented in this doc the fact that they still don't re-open cases to find the real killer is a perfect example of how police forces look out for themselves first and foremost. If there is even the slightest chance that a police officer's work on a case might look bad if they re-examine the case then they don't do it. It's really scary to think that they go that far out of their way to protect their "reputation". Henry Lee Lucas was an interesting man, but the whole circus surrounding him was just ridiculous. It's really sad that killers are allowed to roam free bc police officers care more about closing the case than catching the culprit.
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