A warden's escape story leads into prison security, recidivism, and redemption.
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DTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer
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Derrick Todd Lee (DTL) terrorized the Baton Rouge and Lafayette Louisiana. A Serial Killer who took the lives of at least (7) women in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, Lee’s reign of terror finally ended in late May of 2003 when he was captured in Atlanta, GA after being linked by DNA. In this multi-part docuseries, the award winning host of Unspeakable, Kelly Jennings, breaks down every aspect of the case against Lee and brings you on a journey through every crime, Lee's eventual capture and the prosecution of the most infamous serial killer in Louisiana history. This is DTL.
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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A scene-by-scene account connecting physical evidence, survivor identification, and investigative uncertainty around Derek Todd Lee.
DTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer builds a serialized account of Derek Todd Lee from the neighborhoods and roads of South Louisiana outward. Kelly Jennings moves between Lee's history, attacks attributed to him, survivor accounts, family aftermath, and the practical limits…
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Three torn lavender buttons can make you dread what the detectives haven't found.
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- the clues around Connie's disappearance to matter as much as the search for answers
- to hear how a survivor's identification strengthens investigators' suspicions
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Best episodes of DTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A close look at vigilance, pressure, and small warning signs inside Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Life behind the wire at Louisiana State Penitentiary comes through as the episode's real subject, with Cathy explaining how staff learn to read small shifts before they harden into danger.
A charged interrogation account shifts into the careful work of proving a case beyond DNA.
"Getting Justice" tracks the case against Derek Todd Lee from an interrogation shaped by practiced charm to the slower work of building evidence beyond DNA.
A serial-killer hunt tightens as mismatched profiles, persistent DNA work, and Lee's own confidence push investigators toward an arrest.
This single-episode review frames Derek Todd Lee's arrest as a case built through convergence: five women officially linked to one killer, DNA that ruled out the white men being swabbed, and investigators forced to work past assumptions that did not fit.
A quiet apartment and a relatively new DNA system frame South Louisiana's fear as a difficult search.
The review tracks the fear left in the wake of Marianne Fowler's disappearance, as her family is left without answers and women in South Louisiana begin to feel unsafe inside their own homes.
A grim Baton Rouge serial-killer opener with atmosphere, place, and a clear focus on the human cost of the case.
The episode tracks Derek Todd Lee from a man who seems ordinary in Baton Rouge to the serial killer who left South Louisiana afraid. It uses Louisiana weather, place, and domestic detail to build its mood, and that gives the story a steady pull.
A slow Louisiana manhunt built from peeping reports, survivor IDs, and police suspicion.
Episode 4 follows Derek Todd Lee after his release on July 6, 1995 and move to Lake Charles, where peeping complaints, survivor identification, and police suspicion start to build into a case that is hard to look away from.
A cemetery drive, a steady patrolman, and a fear that keeps widening.
After Connie Warner's murder, Zachary and the Baton Rouge area are left sorting through a question that feels larger than one loss: whether this is one tragedy or something colder moving under the surface.
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Episodes
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Episode 3: Brazen Attack
A cemetery at night feels wrong.
·21m·2 clips - 2
DTL -The Interviews: David Mcdavid
·47m - 3
Episode 6: Stanford Avenue
This segment introduces Derek Todd Lee, a serial killer in Louisiana whose violent behavior escalated after a domestic dispute with his wife in September 2001.
·35m - 4
Episode 9: Fighting Back
This episode segment introduces the serial killer Derek Todd Lee in Louisiana and highlights the story of victim Charlotte Marie Pace, a promising LSU student.
·30m - 5
Episode 7: The Journal
This segment details the early investigation into serial killer Derek Todd Lee in Louisiana, focusing on his theft of a gun that was reported stolen.
·36m - 6
Episode 10: Looking for Monroe
This segment introduces the case of serial killer Derek Todd Lee in Louisiana, focusing on the brutal murder of Charlotte Marie Pace and the ensuing investigation.
·38m - 7
Episode 5: Stalking His Prey
This segment introduces Derek Todd Lee as a serial killer in Louisiana, focusing on the investigation into Randy Meebrewer's case and an incident involving Sergeant Roderick Ennis.
·41m - 8
Episode 8: The Unsolved Killing of Christine Moore
This episode segment introduces the serial killer Derek Todd Lee in Louisiana, focusing on the unsolved killing of Christine Moore and the suspicion surrounding her husband Darren.
·31m - 9
Episode 17: The Omega of Evil
·32m - 10
Episode 1: Inception of Evil
Hidden gemLouisiana heat sits over everything.
·30m·2 clips - 11
Episode 4: Without a Trace
1994 was quiet in Zachary.
·26m·2 clips - 12
Episode 2: Eye of the Storm
The heat settles over South Louisiana before the episode turns to Derek Todd Lee, Baton Rouge, and the disappearances and murders that left families scared in their own routines.
·33m·3 clips - 13
DTL -The Interviews: Warden Burl Cain
Hidden gemKJ interviews former prison warden Burl Cain about Derek Todd Lee's transfer to death row after a West Baton Rouge Parish sentencing.
Apr 13, 2026·56m·3 clips - 14
DTL -The Interviews: Warden Cathy Fontenot
Hidden gemDTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer interviews former Angola assistant warden Kathy Fontenot about Derek Todd Lee’s arrival and confinement on death row.
Apr 12, 2026·33m·2 clips - 15
Episode 16: Getting Justice
DTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer, Episode 16: Getting Justice follows Derek Todd Lee from his May 2003 capture in Atlanta through extradition, interrogation, evidence review, and prosecution in Louisiana.
Apr 9, 2026·34m·2 clips - 16
Episode 15: Takedown
DTL: The Baton Rouge Serial Killer, Episode 15: Takedown, follows the task force’s shift from an inaccurate white-male profile to DNA-led scrutiny of Derek Todd Lee.
Apr 8, 2026·35m·2 clips - 17
Episode 14: The Final Victim
Hidden gemThe task force publicly identified an Adidas basketball shoe linked to Denae Cologne's murder after tracing the print to only 20 local pairs and obtaining DNA from 16 credit-card purchasers.
Apr 7, 2026·34m·2 clips - 18
Episode 13: Mistaken Identity
Apr 6, 2026·23m - 19
Episode 12: The Hunt Intensifies
Apr 5, 2026·28m - 20
Episode 11: The Whiskey Bay
Apr 4, 2026·37m