# I AM A KILLER (2018)

> Convicted death row inmates recount their capital murders in their own words across six seasons of firsthand documentary testimony.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/69619

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 44
- Episode runtime: 51 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Network: Netflix, Crime + Investigation
- Cast: Lindsay Haugen, Mark Arthur, Brandon Hutchinson, Leo Little, Linda Lee Couch, Joseph Murphy, Cavona Flenoy, David Barnett
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8300324/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: stark, unsettling, sober, intimate, contemplative

## What critics say

Audience reception is positive, with viewers valuing the raw first-person testimony of condemned inmates while finding the format uneven across later seasons.

## Synopsis

I Am a Killer (2018-present) is a British true crime documentary series produced for Netflix, with Sky Vision Productions among its production companies. Rather than following a detective or a journalist, it puts the convicted killers themselves in front of the camera: men and women on death row in the United States speak directly to the viewer about the murders that put them there. The engine of each episode is the testimony itself, with inmates describing their own crimes, their reasoning, and the lives that led them to that point, while the audience weighs their accounts against what they leave out. Across six seasons and around forty-four episodes of roughly fifty-one minutes, the format stays consistent: short interview-driven chapters built around a handful of voices per season, with each inmate given room to tell their side. The tone is stark, uneasy and sober, carried by plain prison-set interviews and the discomfort of hearing people justify violence. Fans of Making a Murderer, The Jinx and The Thin Blue Line will find the same appetite for raw testimony and moral ambiguity. The series is intense and unsettling, and it suits viewers who want documentary material with no narrator to soften it.

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