Interview with a Serial Killer

Interview with a Serial Killer features the personal testimony of Arthur Shawcross, known as the Genesee River Killer, bringing to light candid details about his crimes. The documentary also interviews his daughter, Margaret Deming, who only discovered that Shawcross was her father in 2000, yet has since fostered a relationship with him and even allowed him to act as a grandfather to her seven children.

Psychologists and criminal experts agree that Arthur Shawcross was a psychopath who murdered two children and eleven sex workers. His graphic accounts of mutilation and cannibalism have contributed to his notoriety as one of the most prolific serial killers in the United States. Despite being found guilty of killing thirteen people by asphyxiation for his own perverse sexual gratification, there remains uncertainty over exactly what he did to his victims and why he chose them, largely because his account has changed repeatedly over the years.

Interview with a Serial Killer explores the lives of Shawcross and his daughter Margaret in an effort to uncover the truth behind the man.