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Alan Cumming launches true-crime series exposing hidden killers

5/16/2026

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Alan Cumming begins hosting the Oxygen true-crime series The Killer Among Us.
The series unmasks killers hidden in friend groups across the United States.
Cumming, an Emmy-winning host of Peacock’s The Traitors, says the true-crime boom reflects a fearful America and condemns U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration’s rights violations.
The show premieres Sunday, May 17, on Oxygen.
Cumming hopes a “very very blue” November election will end the turmoil.

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Alan Cumming begins hosting the Oxygen true-crime series The Killer Among Us.
The series unmasks killers hidden in friend groups across the United States.
Cumming, an Emmy-winning host of Peacock’s The Traitors, says the true-crime boom reflects a fearful America and condemns U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration’s rights violations.
The show premieres Sunday, May 17, on Oxygen.
Cumming hopes a “very very blue” November election will end the turmoil.