Stephen Griffiths (left) murdered Suzanne Blamires (centre) and Shelley Armitage (left) (Picture: Metrograb)

Experts will attempt to look inside the mind of serial killer Stephen Griffiths who was convicted of murdering three prostitutes in a new documentary that will air next month.

Titled Making a Monster, experts will share new information about what turned Stephen from a quiet, withdrawn child, into a brutal serial killer who terrorised the prostitutes of Bradford, self-styling himself as the ‘Crossbow Cannibal’.

The docuseries will give viewers an insight into the dark mind of Stephen who pleaded guilty to killing Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth in 2010.

Examining his early life, experts try to understand how his depraved obsession with death led him to kill three women in brutal fashion.




Susan, 43, disappeared on 22 June 2009, followed by 31-year-old Shelley on 26 April 2010 and 36-year-old Suzanne on 21 May of the same year.

The women were all sex workers based in Bradford.

Parts of Suzanne’s body were found in the River Aire in Shipley, near Bradford, on 25 May.

In June 2010, the police investigation led officers to recover other human remains they found from the same river.

After testing, the DNA from the tissue found belonged to Shelley, who had gone missing in May 2010.

Susan’s body has never been found.

Stephen admitted to murdering Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth (Picture: METROGRAB)

Experts will examine what turned Stephen from a quiet, withdrawn child, into a brutal serial killer (Picture: METROGRAB)

Police also discovered that the mature student’s obsession with murder began after he studied crime on the internet.

A group of the world’s leading forensic psychologists and psychiatrists come together to share their own first-hand experiences and insights into the mind of serial killers like Stephen.

The brand-new UK commission, Making a Monster will lead viewers on a journey through the psyches of the most notorious serial killers of all-time.

Through the lens of some of the world’s leading forensic psychiatrists and psychologists, each episode of Making a Monster tells the story of a killer’s life – from cradle to grave.

With the use of psychological formulas, the experts endeavor to explain how monumental life events can lead people to commit the most appalling of crimes.

At the end of each episode, the experts aim to answer: what did it take to make a monster?

Making a Monster continues on CRIME+INVESTIGATION® on Monday 2 March at 9pm.

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