Killer: A Journal Of Murder is a 1996 American film. It is based on the life of serial killer Carl Panzram, and uses passages of his biography. During the latest of many imprisonments for burglary, Panzram forms an uneasy friendship with prison guard Henry Lesser . Panzram asks Lesser for writing equipment and proceeds to write his life story, in which he confesses to several murders. After recounting his life of homicide and crime, and refusing to apologise for any of it, Panzram ends up beating to death a prison trustee, and is sentenced to death. Lesser tries to convince the condemned man... to appeal by claiming insanity, but Panzram stubbornly refuses, and in one scene makes his hatred of his own existence clear to Lesser by angrily declaring "I want out of this body, I want out of this life!" In the end, Panzram gets his wish and is hanged. In his last hours he steadfastly refuses to appeal for clemency and even chases away a priest who comes to hear his confession. Despite showing obvious disgust at Panzram's crimes, Lesser is troubled by Panzram's death.
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| Release date: | 1996 |
| Directed by: | Tim Metcalfe |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Genre: | Biography |