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SERIAL KILLER: "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Peter Kurten Pt. 1
· 46 min · Episode 185
Episode SERIAL KILLER: "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Peter Kurten Pt. 1
In 1920s Germany, Peter Kürten terrorized Düsseldorf in a killing spree that would earn him the name the Vampire of Düsseldorf. But his path to murder began decades earlier, rooted in a childhood of relentless abuse and cruelty. From his first alleged killings at age nine to a string of escalating attacks on women and children, this episode traces how Kürten's compulsion evolved into something unstoppable.
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