Killer Lies: Chasing A True Crime Con Man | Official Trailer | National Geographic

Based on reporting by The New Yorker’s Lauren Collins, KILLER LIES: CHASING A TRUE CRIME CON MAN tracks Collins’ investigation into the rise and fall of a provocative French serial killer expert, Stéphane Bourgoin, who built an international reputation for his extraordinary resume, personality quirks and morbid encounters. After citing a violent and horrifying origin story as motivation for his relentless pursuit to understand the minds of murderers, Bourgoin becomes the target of a group of online sleuths who try to untangle his web of lies and unearth the truth. The series fully reveals their dogged investigation and the shocking extent of Bourgoin’s deception for more than 30 years. Directed by Emmy® Award-nominated filmmaker Ben Selkow, the three-part thriller is a poignant exploration of human nature and cultural psychology, as well as a captivating metacommentary on the global entertainment industry of true crime.

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[hayeonkim]

Thanks for so interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[teddybrouwenstijn]

When I was a teenager I bought all of his books, I only recently found out it was probably all fake. Can't wait for this.

[meathead]

this video is one minute and fifteen seconds, and yet youtube sees fit to put a commercial in it's middle.

[Jaykilljoy-tttt]

I just watched some of the serial killer interviews he did, some good, some bad.
But I honestly also felt kind of "That's weird....something is wrong here." way long ago.
"my wife/girlfriend was killed by a serial killer" I immediately tried to find out who, why, and how...and could find absolutely nothing. Never read his books, so I wouldn't of known about the plagiarism. But ya, I always suspected something was odd about this guy considering he just came out of nowhere, seemed to have no backing what so ever from anyone official, was telling this story I couldn't find any information on, etc. I've suspicions on other things, about totally made up cases like The red spider aka Lucian Staniak. I always wanted to know more about the case, why I couldn't find any additional information about the case, lack of any photos including the killer. Like even in the USSR they had photos of their serial killers. This was the 60's....and all we have is a sketch?! And that's it? And he supposedly was an artist with these paintings? Where are they? And every single reference I could find of the case, it was all the same information. No new details. Plus the entire motive of the attacks, kind of rang a in a stereotypical hollywood slasher/serial killer/thriller movie". So I was very like "What is up with that?" Well some documentations wanted to find out more as well, and couldn't and ended up concluding it was fake and it was made up by a single author who everyone else took the story from. So ya....red flags for me at the time and now to see both cases come out as frauds....makes total sense why I was confused and unnerved at the time going "What is this? This makes no sense. Why can't I find anything?!"

[arthurhatten]

When is it out and how can I watch it?

[ha_REEL]

not enough. because cats are not their icon