The Torso Killer Confessions

Crime

Station:
A&E (US)

Status:
Ended

Start:
2023-03-09

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The Torso Killer Confessions delves into the decades long journey of Detective Robert Anzilotti as he works to bring justice to cold case victims linked to serial killer Richard Cottingham. The special goes behind the scenes, exploring the relationship between the two men, and how that relationship culminated in Cottingham's recent headline-making confessions. Through in-depth interviews with Anzilotti, never-before-heard audio tapes of the men's conversations, intimate exclusive footage, and multiple confessions from Cottingham, the special is a rare look into an unrelenting journey for the truth against the odds.

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S1E1 - The Torso Killer Confessions: Part 1

Bergen County (NJ) Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti elicited murder confessions from a vicious but relatively unknown serial killer--Richard Cottingham, nicknamed the Torso Killer. He was serving five life sentences for targeting prostitutes in 1980 in New York City. Anzilotti suspected Cottingham might also be responsible for other unsolved murders of schoolgirls in the late '60s and mid-'70s, across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Anzilotti made it his mission to tie Cottingham to these murders and to get him to confess.

Air Date: 09 Mar 2023 20:00 (CDT)

S1E2 - The Torso Killer Confessions: Part 2

Bergen County (NJ) Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti continues his mission to tie Cottingham to additional murders and to get him to confess to more cold-case homicides.

Air Date: 10 Mar 2023 20:00 (CDT)