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Piers Morgan was on television screens this evening with a new show, Confessions of a Serial Killer, as part of ITV’s Crime and Punishment season. The episode looked into the heinous crimes of one of America’s most notorious killers, Bernard Giles, who admitted to piecing up five women who were hitch-hiking through his neighbourhood in late 1973 and killing them in cold blood. Piers explained how Bernard was saved from the death penalty after admitting to the five murders. Through a series of extremely chilling scenes, viewers saw the journalist look back at the investigation as well as sitting face-to-face and interviewing Bernard.

He is an unbelievably dangerous person. Piers.

Which many viewers thought was extremely brave of the broadcaster considering just how dangerous the man sitting across from his was. Taking to Twitter to discuss the episode, Piers wrote to his 6.53million followers: “Just watching this back again now is giving me the chills. A terrifying man #ConfessionsOfASerialKiller.” And several people replied to his Tweet asking him interesting questions, one fan asked: “Are you alone with just him and the camera guys? No guards?” Piers directly replied: “Heavily armed guards were outside the room”, despite only him, Bernard and the camera man being shown on-screen. Nevertheless, during the interview Piers asked whether or not the murders he had committed were worth the life he currently has. Bernard replied: “No, of course not,” before adding: “Of course I’m sorry, yes I’m sorry”.

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But Piers didn’t seem convinced by his admission. A fan asked him on Twitter: “@piersmorgan When interviewing him did you get the impression that he regretted what he had done?” and Piers simply replied: “No.” Following the interview, Piers did a brief piece to camera where he explained: “That was the most extraordinary encounter ever. “On one level he’s self aware of what he did, he admitted everything. [But] what he can’t do is what I expect the family of his victims want him to do, is explain it [his actions] in a way that could bring any closer to closure. “He is an unbelievably dangerous person,” Piers concluded. Those watching at home took to social media to discuss the episode.

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