Miniseries · Netflix
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
Lock. Your. Doors.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gil Carrillo
Self - Homicide Bureau, LA County Sheriff
4 eps
Frank Salerno
Self - Homicide Bureau, LA County Sheriff
4 eps
Pearl Carrillo
Self - Wife of Gil Carrillo
4 eps
Tony Valdez
Self - Reporter, KTTV News
4 eps
Laurel Erickson
Self - Reporter, KNBC News
4 eps
Paul Skolnick
Self - Producer, KNBC News
4 eps
Linda Arthur
Self - Crime Scene Technician , LA County Sheriff
4 eps
Zoey Tur
Self - Journalist, Los Angeles News Service
4 eps
Richard Ramirez
Self
4 eps
John Boussard
Self - Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (archive footage)
1 eps
Maria Hernandez
Self - Dayle's Roomate / Survivor (archive footage)
1 eps
Lorraine Rodriguez
Self - Night Stalker Survivor
1 eps
John Rodriguez
Self - Sheriff's Deputy, LA County Jail
1 eps
Gerry Burke
Self - Criminalist, LA County Sheriff
1 eps
Robin Sandoval
Self - Granddaughter of Max and Lela Kneiding
1 eps
Dianne Feinstein
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
James Romero
Self - Witness (archive footage)
1 eps
Brad Gates
Self - Orange County Sheriff
1 eps
Sherman Block
Self - Los Angeles County Sheriff (archive footage)
3 eps
Glen Creason
Self - Librarian, LA Public Library
2 eps
Frank Falzon
Self - Inspector, San Francisco Police
2 eps
Cornelius P. Murphy
Self - San Francisco Police Chief (archive footage)
1 eps
Colleen Nelson
Self - Granddaughter of Joyce Nelson
2 eps
Andy Ramirez
Self - Deputy, LA County Sheriff
1 eps
Don Nelson
Self - Son of Joyce Nelson
2 eps
Patty Nelson
Self - Daughter-in-Law of Joyce Nelson
2 eps
Tom Bradley
Self - Los Angeles Mayor (archive footage)
1 eps
Anastasia Hronas
Self - Night Stalker Survivor
2 eps
Alan Yochelson
Self - Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County
1 eps
Phil Halpin
Self - Deputy District Attorney, LA County (archive footage)
1 eps
Arturo Hernandez
Self - Defense Attorney for Richard Ramirez
1 eps
Ester Petschar
Self - Los Angeles Resident
2 eps
Judith Kneiding Arnold
Self - Daughter of Max and Lela Kneiding
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer reads strongest on Bingeability, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Manhunt
Detectives identify their suspect and a manhunt begins - but it's the public that rises up to stop the Night Stalker's deadly reign of terror.
- Directed by Tiller Russell
S01E03
Lock. Your. Doors.
A missed opportunity to catch the killer noe labeled the "Night Stalker" frustrates detective, as does a mayor who divulges evidence to the press.
- Directed by Tiller Russell
S01E02
Anyone Could Be Next
Scant clues and a rapidly rising body count take a toll on detectives Carrillo and Salerno - but an impounded vehicle may lead to a break.
- Directed by Tiller Russell
S01E01
Devil in the City of Angels
A series of murders, rapes and kidnappings baffles police until detectives Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno team up and connecting the crimes.
- Directed by Tiller Russell, James Carroll
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Devil in the City of Angels
- Directed by Tiller Russell, James Carroll
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Aaron SaidmanExecutive Producer
- Tiller RussellExecutive Producer
- Eli HolzmanExecutive Producer
- Tim WalshExecutive Producer
Direction
- Tiller RussellDirector
- James CarrollDirector
Cinematography
- Nicola B. MarshDirector of Photography
Music
- Brooke BlairOriginal Music Composer
- Will BlairOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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