Education/Science/Factual Topics★ New
Duration
30 minutes
Series Info
Season 4 Episode 3

Quick Summary

A 911 operator receives a distressing call from a troubled culinary student who has just killed his classmate’s family while they were asleep. The operator is forced to listen to the student’s confession and grapple with the gravity of the crime.

About This Program

is a programme presented as a single episode. It falls under the genre of an episode‑type drama and carries the title “Monster Has Always Been There”. The format is straightforward, offering a self‑contained story rather than a multi‑part series. The central narrative follows a 911 operator who is taken aback by a harrowing phone call. The voice on the other end belongs to a culinary student who is clearly in distress, having just committed a violent act. The student confesses that he has killed the family of a fellow pupil while they were sleeping. The emergency dispatcher is forced to listen to the confession, trying to manage the situation despite the shock of hearing such a brutal confession from a young, troubled chef‑in‑training. The call is described as distressing, underscoring the tension that builds as the operator processes the gravity of the information being relayed. The student’s admission centres on the murder of his classmate’s family, an act carried out while the victims were asleep. This detail highlights both the premeditated nature of the crime and the extreme emotional turmoil of the caller, whose background as a culinary student adds a further layer of contrast to the grim deed.

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Signs of a Psychopath broadcasts on Investigation Discovery +1 at 10:00pm, Tuesday, 10 February 2026.

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Production Details

Runtime30 mins