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Confessions of a Psycho Killer
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Confessions of a Psycho Killer

2023-02-10 · 95 min · ★ 6.0

Documentary · Crime

When the body of 63-year-old vicar, Anthony Crean, was discovered in the quiet village of Shorne, Kent in March 1975, the community were shocked. Father Crean hadn’t died of natural causes; he had been hacked to death with an axe and left in a bath of blood. One detective was certain the killer was 22-year-old career criminal named Patrick Mackay, but he had no proof.

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Directors
Matt Blyth
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United Kingdom
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Top Cast

Oliver RobertsonVoice of Patrick Mackay
Patrick MackaySelf (Archive Footage)
Ken TappendenSelf
Nigel NelsonSelf
John LucasSelf
John PenycateSelf
Laura RileySelf
Vicky Thakordas-DesaiSelf
Harriet GarrodSelf
Patricia PoulsonSelf
Nell DarbySelf

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