Killers: Behind the Myth Joel the Ripper (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

Killers: Behind the Myth

Joel the Ripper (Season 2, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

The story of Joel Rifkin, a self-employed landscape gardener from East Meadow, Long Island, who murdered and dismembered 17 prostitutes during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Joel Rifkin Self - Serial Killer (archive footage) Self - Serial Killer (archive footage) See fewer	Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders (2023)
Heidi Balch Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Tiffany Bresciani Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) Self - Murder Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Bruce Carnall Self - Hopewell Police Department Self - Hopewell Police Department See fewer	Killers: Behind the Myth (2013)
Adam Damerell Joel Rifkin Joel Rifkin See fewer	May I Kill U? (2012)
David Holmes Self - Criminal Psychologist Self - Criminal Psychologist See fewer	May I Kill U? (2012)
Barbara Kirwin Self - Forensic Psychologist (as Dr. Barbara Kirwin) Self - Forensic Psychologist (as Dr. Barbara Kirwin) See fewer	The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer (2024)
Steve Louder Self - New York State Police Self - New York State Police See fewer	Killers: Behind the Myth (2013)
Robert Mladinich Self - Author, From the Mouth of the Monster Self - Author, From the Mouth of the Monster See fewer	The Irishman (2019)
Bernard Rifkin Self - Adopted Father (archive footage) Self - Adopted Father (archive footage) See fewer
Jeanne Rifkin Self - Adopted Mother (archive footage) Self - Adopted Mother (archive footage) See fewer
Harold Schechter Self - Crime Writer Self - Crime Writer See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Michael Sherman Self - Hopewell Police Department Self - Hopewell Police Department See fewer	Killers: Behind the Myth (2013)
Bill Springer Self - Hopewell Police Department Self - Hopewell Police Department See fewer	Killers: Behind the Myth (2013)
Stuart Chambers Arresting Cop (uncredited) Arresting Cop (uncredited) See fewer	Ready Player One (2018)