Episode
I AM A KILLER: Pyro Joe
Overview
After 24 years on death row, Joseph Murphy saw his sentence commuted a week before his execution due to the extreme abuse he suffered as a child.
Details
- Series
- I AM A KILLER
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2019-11-05
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Pyro Joe is Episode 3 in Season 2 of I AM A KILLER. It aired on 2019-11-05. The runtime is 46 min.
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Remorseful about the crime that sent him to prison for life, Leo Little tells the story of the murder he committed in 1998. He is now a minister.
Episode 4: Trapped
From a women's reformatory in Ohio, Linda Lee Couch talks about the murder of her husband, Walter, in 1984, a killing precipitated by years of abuse.
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Episode 7: Owning It
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Episode 9: Something Hideous
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Episode 10: Honorable Intentions
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