Vampire or Butcher: The Crimes of Fritz Haarmann

When local children stumbled across a skull on the shore of a river, police weren’t too worried.





When a second skull showed up soon after, they decided to do a more thorough search just to be safe.





Their search went on to reveal over 500 pieces of human bone—and a twisted killer who they knew all too well.





A Note





I didn’t cover this in the episode, but here is some additional reading on the media coverage and art that surrounded this crime and time period—and the potential implications of it. Interesting stuff!





https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201402/eroti-kill

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