The Killing Season, which premieres on A&E Saturday night, follows documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they peel back the layers of fact and fiction in the unsolved murders of New York sex workers. Its an investigation that leads the pair to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and to Daytona Beach, Florida.

It takes viewers on a chilling ride through the unknown and is a perfect example of impactful storytelling that drives the cultural conversation, said Elaine Frontain Bryant, an A&E executive vice president and head of programming.

The Long Island case featured in the series began to unfold on Dec. 11, 2010, when police searching for a missing sex worker stumbled upon human skeletal remains near Gilgo Beach. That discovery ultimately led police to the remains of several other homicide victims, some wrapped in burlap sacks.

The case, reminiscent of serial killer Joel Rifkin , a Long Island resident imprisoned for murdering at least nine women, is eerily similar to a series of unsolved killings in New Jersey.