KILLER KIDS

About the show

What can possibly motivate children and teenagers to kill someone? This documentary series provides some answers -- and, because of the subject's nature, leaves many questions unanswered -- by crafting in-depth profiles of the lives of kids who commit murder. Using information taken from actual police files, each episode deals with a specific type of murder case -- from gang initiations and murders of family members to school killings and occult ceremonies -- exposes various motives, and compares the judicial response to these crimes in Canada, the U.S., England and France.

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Upcoming episodes

May 12th
100a

Breaking Point , The

There are parents who place all their hopes and dreams on their children's shoulders. For some it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy, but for others it's a burden impossible to bear. It's the 4th of July 2004. On a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, tragedy strikes: a family is found murdered. But when the 14-year-old killer is brought to justice, he finds surprising support from his community.
May 12th
200a

Raging Hormones

Like many other teens, internet chat rooms provide an irresistible refuge for a young boy. But online, he forms a friendship that will take him down a very dark road. Among the little monsters trick-or-treating in Amarillo on Halloween night 1979 is one very real monster. His nocturnal activity will leave the town reeling.
May 19th
100a

Out of Control

In 1991, three teens have decided to rip off an auto parts store in Pensacola. An angry adult, a sketchy plan, and a group of juvenile delinquents: the perfect combination for events, which will rapidly spiral out of control. Then, Paul Magill steals a .44 Magnum in a flea market. At gun point, he robs a convenient store. To avoid being denounced by the cashier, he abducts her. During his escape, desire mounts and he sexually assaults her. Now, what to do with the witness?
May 19th
200a

Mommie Dearest & Forbidden Love

In Lynton, Indiana, a cold and calculating wife decides that divorce doesn't go far enough and engineers a horrifying plot to murder her husband. The entire town becomes a suspect as police try to uncover who actually pulled the trigger. Next, two goth teenagers begin a secret, illegal love affair filled with sex, drugs, and murder. When their relationship takes an extreme turn, a mother must find the courage to stop them before she becomes the victim of a gruesome crime.
May 26th
100a

Simon Says & For No Good Reason

An outcast joins a military-style cult of misfit teenagers. But when the leader of the group brainwashes the boys into becoming ruthless soldiers, the once shy and withdrawn teen becomes a deadly assassin. In a Florida suburb, two high school football players share a fantasy of committing armed robbery, but when that fantasy turns into reality, their fates become tangled with the mysterious disappearance of a local girl.
May 26th
200a

Allentown Massacre & The Copycat

The quiet town of Allentown, Pennsylvania implodes when two rebellious brothers become vengeful neo-Nazis and begin a rampage of hate and violence that shatters a peaceful family and terrifies their entire community. In a Killer Kids story like no other, a young student becomes riveted by the media reaction to the Allentown killings and seeks to gain his own spotlight by plotting a violent murder that has tragic consequences for his family.