Series·2015·NR·1 season

Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity

DocumentaryCrimeReality

Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes - at times horrifically violent - while in the grip of severe mental illness.

Play
Always find 7Movies7domains.fans
Continue the story

Episodes

Up next
Part 1E1 · 60 min

Louis spends time with patients attempting to come to terms with their crimes and the clinicians entrusted with helping to make them safe. And he investigates the difficult question - when is a patient with a serious crime in their past ready to be returned to the outside world?

Part 2E2 · 60 min

Louis spends time with patients whose personalities are so intertwined with their illness that it makes them more difficult to treat. In doing so, he examines the grey area between criminal actions and medical symptoms, and investigates how we define insanity.

Featuring

Cast

1 credited

Louis Theroux
Louis TherouxHimself

Keep watching

More like this

24 Hours in Police Custody2014 · Series · ★ 7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction1997 · Series · ★ 7.3
Paranormal Caught on Camera2019 · Series · ★ 8.2
People Magazine Investigates2016 · Series · ★ 8.5
Snapped2004 · Series · ★ 7.8
Wild Crime2021 · Series · ★ 6.4
Fear Thy Neighbor2014 · Series · ★ 8.1
American Monster2016 · Series · ★ 7.5
Who Killed Jill Dando?2023 · Series · ★ 6.8
Survivorman2005 · Series · ★ 7.8
Starting 52024 · Series · ★ 7.3
Louis Theroux: Dark States2017 · Series · ★ 7.2
Somebody Feed Phil2018 · Series · ★ 7.3
Mountain Men2012 · Series · ★ 6.5
Beyond Skinwalker Ranch2023 · Series · ★ 8.2
Forensic Files1996 · Series · ★ 7.9
Cold Case Files1999 · Series · ★ 8.4
Long Way Round2004 · Series · ★ 8.2