Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
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About
"A serial killer story that's really about a lost city"
This three-part true-crime documentary revisits the hunt for Richard Cottingham, a serial killer who preyed on women in and around New York's seedy pre-Disneyfication Times Square in the late 1970s and early 80s. It blends interviews with detectives, survivors, and journalists with archival footage of the era's grimy sleaze to reconstruct both the crimes and the investigation. The tone is somber and procedural rather than sensational, and it doubles as a portrait of a vanished, dangerous version of the city itself.
the vivid, unsettling portrait of pre-gentrification Times Square as its own character.
you find true-crime retellings of violence against women exploitative rather than illuminating.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Murder on 42nd St. | 6.8 | 334 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Perfect Hunting Ground | 6.8 | 301 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | End of an Era | 6.9 | 286 | 51 min |