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*Bit of an issue with Jem’s audio this week - apologies! Hope it’s not too distracting and hopefully will be resolved next episode.*

Known as the Düsseldorf Monster or the Düsseldorf Vampire, Peter Kürten was a serial killer who stalked the German city from 1929 to 1930. From an atrocious childhood to a bizarre obsession with blood, bestiality and insatiable sadism, he would go down in history as one of Europe’s most horrendous murderers.

Recommended reading: ‘Happy Like Murderers: The True Story of Fred and Rose West’ by Gordon Burn

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A Podcast About Murder is written, hosted and edited by Freya Teagray and Jem Lewis

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