Very Scary People - Season 5 - Eps 8: The Times Square Killer: Part 2
Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is a convicted serial killer and rapist who murdered at least eighteen young women and girls in New York and New Jersey between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed as: The New York Ripper, The Torso Killer and The Times Square Killer. Cottingham was arrested on May 22, 1980 and convicted of numerous murders. He was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison. In 2009, decades after his first five murder convictions, Cottingham told a journalist that he had committed at least 80 to 100 "perfect murders" of women in various regions of the United States.
About Very Scary People
Title: Very Scary People
First Air Date: 2019-03-17
Last Air Date: 2025-02-02
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.4/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 68
Network: HLN Investigation Discovery
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
A chronicle of the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. Each two-hour episode traces the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.
Cast
Donnie Wahlberg
Self - Host
