Peter Kürten, the Glossary
Peter Kürten (26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer, known as "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" and the "Düsseldorf Monster", who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf.[1]
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- 1929 crimes in Germany
- 1929 murders in Europe
- Burglars
- Criminals from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Executed German serial killers
- Executed people from North Rhine-Westphalia
- German arsonists
- German male criminals
- German people convicted of attempted murder
- German rapists
- People executed by the Weimar Republic by guillotine
- Vampirism (crime)
A&E Networks
A&E Television Networks, LLC, stylized as A+E NETWORKS, is an American multinational broadcasting company that is a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company through its Entertainment division.
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Abnormality (behavior)
Abnormality (or dysfunctional behavior) is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions that are regarded as rare or dysfunctional.
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Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.
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Altenburg
Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt.
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Anthony Neilson
Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director.
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Aorta
The aorta (aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at the aortic bifurcation into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries).
Arson
Arson is the act of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property.
Attempted murder
Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.
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Berlin Police
The Berlin Police (Polizei Berlin; formerly Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin) is the Landespolizei force for the city-state of Berlin, Germany.
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Bisection
In geometry, bisection is the division of something into two equal or congruent parts (having the same shape and size).
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Brzeg
Brzeg (Latin: Alta Ripa, German: Brieg, Silesian German: Brigg) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County.
Burglary
Burglary, also called breaking and entering (B&E) and housebreaking, is the act of illegally entering a building or other areas without permission, typically with the intention of committing a further criminal offence.
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Capital punishment in Germany
Capital punishment in Germany has been abolished for all crimes, and is now explicitly prohibited by the constitution.
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Carl Gröpler
Franz Friedrich Carl Gröpler (22 February 1868, Magdeburg – 30 January 1946, Magdeburg) was Royal Prussian executioner (Scharfrichter) from 1906 to 1937.
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Carl Großmann
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann (13 December 1863 – 5 July 1922) was a German serial killer, sexual predator, and alleged cannibal, though it was never proven that he cannibalized his victims. Peter Kürten and Carl Großmann are 20th-century German criminals, German murderers of children and German rapists.
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Child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver.
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Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist.
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Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
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Corpse decomposition
Decomposition is the process in which the organs and complex molecules of animal and human bodies break down into simple organic matter over time.
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Corroborating evidence
Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in lawful command.
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Criminology
Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour.
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Cross-examination
In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness by one's opponent.
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Crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death.
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Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
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Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
Grafenberg is an urban quarter of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 7.
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Decapitation
Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body.
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Derendorf
Derendorf is a quarter of Düsseldorf, Germany, part of the central Borough 1.
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Desertion
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.
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E. P. Dutton
E.
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Ejaculation
Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (the ejaculate; normally containing sperm) through the urethra in men.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Ernst Gennat
Ernst August Ferdinand Gennat (1 January 1880 – 20 August 1939) was director of the Berlin criminal police.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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Flehe
Flehe is a part of Düsseldorf, Germany, that lies directly on the river Rhine and is bordered by Volmerswerth, Himmelgeist and Bilk.
Flingern
Flingern is a quarter of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 2.
Forensic profiling
Forensic profiling is the study of trace evidence in order to develop information which can be used by police authorities.
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Forensic science
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.
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Fox News
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.
Fritz Haarmann
Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutilation and dismemberment of at least twenty-four young men and boys in the city of Hanover between 1918 and 1924. Peter Kürten and Fritz Haarmann are 20th-century German criminals, Executed German serial killers, German murderers of children, German people convicted of murder, German rapists, people convicted of murder by Germany, people convicted of theft, people executed by the Weimar Republic by guillotine and Vampirism (crime).
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Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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German mark (1871)
The German mark (Goldmark; sign: ℳ︁) was the currency of the German Empire, which spanned from 1871 to 1918.
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Graphology
Graphology is the analysis of handwriting in an attempt to determine the writer's personality traits.
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Guillotine
A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading.
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Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.
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Indictment
An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.
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Insanity defense
The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for their actions due to a psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.
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Intimidation
Intimidation is a behaviour and legal wrong which usually involves deterring or coercing an individual by threat of violence.
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Kerosene
Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum.
Kleine Düssel
Kleine Düssel is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
Last meal
A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution.
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Legal separation
Legal separation (sometimes judicial separation, separate maintenance, divorce, or divorce from bed-and-board) is a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a separation while remaining legally married.
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List of serial killers by country
This is a list of notable serial killers, by the country where most of the killings occurred.
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List of serial killers by number of victims
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.
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Lorraine
Lorraine, also,,; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; Lothringen; Loutrengen; Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.
M (1931 film)
M is a 1931 German mystery suspense thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre (in his third screen role) as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children.
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Malice aforethought
Malice aforethought is the "premeditation" or "predetermination" (with malice) required as an element of some crimes in some jurisdictions and a unique element for first-degree or aggravated murder in a few.
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Marie-France Pisier
Marie-France Pisier (10 May 194424 April 2011) was a French actress, screenwriter, and director.
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Mülheim, Cologne
Mülheim is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne in Germany and a formerly independent town (Mülheim am Rhein).
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Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Meadow
A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants.
Metz
Metz (Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.
Milan Kňažko
Milan Kňažko (born 28 August 1945) is a Slovak actor and politician.
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Modus operandi
A modus operandi (often shortened to M.O. or MO) is an individual’s habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also generally.
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Mummy
A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.
Narcissistic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings.
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Neandertal (valley)
The Neandertal (also,; sometimes called "the Neander Valley" in English) is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about east of Düsseldorf, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Necrophilia
Necrophilia, also known as necrophilism, necrolagnia, necrocoitus, necrochlesis, and thanatophilia, is sexual attraction or acts involving corpses.
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News Corp
News Corporation, stylized as News Corp, is an American mass media and publishing company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Nigel Cawthorne
Nigel Cawthorne (born 27 March 1951 in Wolverhampton) is a British freelance writer, conspiracy theorist and editor of both fiction and non-fiction.
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Nocturnal emission
A nocturnal emission, also known as a wet dream, sex dream, or sleep orgasm, is a spontaneous orgasm during sleep that includes ejaculation for a male, or vaginal lubrication and/or an orgasm for a female.
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Nolle prosequi
Nolle prosequi, abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue".
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Normal (2009 film)
Normal (also known as Angels Gone) is a 2009 Czech thriller film directed by Julius Ševčík.
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Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper
Normal (full title Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper) is Anthony Neilson's fictional account of Peter Kürten's life, told from the point of view of his lawyer.
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Offender profiling
Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is an investigative strategy used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and has been used by investigators to link cases that may have been committed by the same perpetrator.
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Orgasm
Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός,; "excitement, swelling") or sexual climax (or simply climax) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by sexual pleasure.
Paraphilia
A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.
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Penal labour
Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour.
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Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein,; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States.
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Pfennig
The pfennig (. 'pfennigs' or 'pfennige'; symbol pf or ₰) or penny is a former German coin or note, which was the official currency from the 9th century until the introduction of the euro in 2002. While a valuable coin during the Middle Ages, it lost its value through the years and was the minor coin of the Mark currencies in the German Reich, West Germany and East Germany, and the reunified Germany until the introduction of the euro.
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, scarlet runner bean, or multiflora bean, is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.
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Psychopathy
Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited and egocentric traits, masked by superficial charm and the outward appearance of apparent normalcy.
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Psychosexual development
In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory.
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Reduced affect display
Reduced affect display, sometimes referred to as emotional blunting or emotional numbing, is a condition of reduced emotional reactivity in an individual.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia (Rheinpreußen) or synonymous with the Rhineland (Rheinland), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1945.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.
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Robbery
Robbery (from Old French rober ("to steal, ransack, etc."), from Proto-West Germanic *rauba ("booty")) is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear.
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
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Sanity
Sanity (from sānitās) refers to the soundness, rationality, and health of the human mind, as opposed to insanity.
Seduction
In sexuality, seduction means enticing someone into sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
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Semen
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa.
Serial killer
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders two or more people,An offender can be anyone.
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Sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will.
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Sexual fantasy
A sexual fantasy or erotic fantasy is an autoerotic mental image or pattern of thought that stirs a person's sexuality and can create or enhance sexual arousal.
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Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.
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Sexual sadism disorder
Sexual sadism disorder is the condition of experiencing great sexual arousal in response to the involuntary extreme pain, suffering or humiliation of other people.
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Skeleton key
A skeleton key (also known as a passkey) is a type of master key in which the serrated edge has been removed in such a way that it can open numerous locks, most commonly the warded lock.
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Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people.
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Strangling
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain.
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The Pleasance
The Pleasance is a theatre, bar, sports and recreation complex in Edinburgh, Scotland, situated on a street of the same name.
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The Sadist (book)
The Sadist (German: "Der Sadist") is a book published by psychiatrist Karl Berg, following the confessions of Peter Kürten, a notorious German serial killer known as both The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster who committed a series of assaults and murders, primarily between 1929 and 1930.
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The Vampire of Düsseldorf
The Vampire of Düsseldorf (Le Vampire de Düsseldorf) is a 1965 thriller film directed by Robert Hossein.
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Theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.
Thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience.
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Thymus hyperplasia
Thymus hyperplasia refers to an enlargement ("hyperplasia") of the thymus.
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Trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.
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Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
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Wiener schnitzel
Wiener schnitzel (Wiener Schnitzel, 'Viennese cutlet'), sometimes spelled Wienerschnitzel, is a type of schnitzel made of a thin, breaded, pan-fried veal cutlet served without sauce.
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Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells is a city in Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Zoophilia
Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals.
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See also
1929 crimes in Germany
- Peter Kürten
1929 murders in Europe
- Disappearance of Larry Griffin
- Peter Kürten
Burglars
- Charles Sobhraj
- Diego Casanova
- Dusty the Klepto Kitty
- Henrietta Moraes
- Honoré Zanchi
- Johannes S. Andersen
- John Smith (housebreaker)
- Kwon Hyi-ro
- Peter Kürten
- Richard of Pudlicott
- Staten Island Ninja
- William Brodie
Criminals from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Alice Schwarzer
- Armin Meiwes
- Bero Bass
- Daniel Keita-Ruel
- Dieter Zurwehme
- Ernst Schmidt
- Frank Gust
- Heinrich Boere
- Heinz Weifenbach
- Jürgen Bartsch
- Kurt-Friedhelm Steinwegs
- Margrit Schiller
- Maria Velten
- Norman Volker Franz
- Peter Kürten
- Reiner Sturm
- Rudi Heinz Elten
- Thomas Wolf (criminal)
- Tuba S.
- Werner Boost
Executed German serial killers
- Adolf Seefeldt
- Albert Smidt
- Anna Maria Zwanziger
- Anna Marie Hahn
- August Sternickel
- Christman Genipperteinga
- Elisabeth Wiese
- Erwin Hagedorn
- Eugen Weidmann
- Ferdinand Wittmann
- Friederike Luise Delitz
- Friedrich Schumann
- Fritz Haarmann
- Gesche Gottfried
- Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer
- Jasper Hanebuth
- Johann Eichhorn (serial killer)
- Johann Mayer (serial killer)
- Joseph Eisele
- Karl Hopf (serial killer)
- Ludwig Tessnow
- Paul Ogorzow
- Peter Kürten
- Peter Niers
- Peter Stumpp
- Simeon Fleischer
- Simon Bingelhelm
- Willi Kimmritz
Executed people from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adolf Clarenbach
- Adolf Fischer (officer)
- Anacharsis Cloots
- Bernhard Knipperdolling
- Bernhard Krechting
- Eduard Krebsbach
- Ernst Lohmeyer
- Franciszek Jerzy Jaskulski
- Frederick of Isenberg
- Friedrich Schubert
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
- Greta Bösel
- Heinrich Danckelmann
- Helena Curtens
- Jürgen Stroop
- Jakob Sporrenberg
- Joachim von Ribbentrop
- John of Cologne
- Karlrobert Kreiten
- Nikolaus Gross
- Oswald Pohl
- Peter Kürten
- Peter Stumpp
- Robert Blum
- Viktor Brack
German arsonists
- Andreas Baader
- Bommi Baumann
- Ernst August Wagner
- Friederike Luise Delitz
- Horst Söhnlein
- Peter Kürten
- Thorwald Proll
German male criminals
- Andreas Baader
- Arwed Imiela
- Berthold Wehmeyer
- Frank Hanebuth
- Franz Josef Ludy
- Gabor Sprungk
- Gerd Wenzinger
- Gundolf Köhler
- Helmuth Schmidt
- Johann Eichhorn (serial killer)
- Joseph Eisele
- Joseph Samuel
- Kim Dotcom
- Mathias Rust
- Necati Arabaci
- Niels Högel
- Peter Kürten
- Richard Hauptmann
- Richard Schuh
- Rudi Heinz Elten
- Simeon Fleischer
- Udo Albrecht
- Ulrich Schmidt
- Volker Eckert
- Willi Kimmritz
- Wolfgang Droege
German people convicted of attempted murder
- Anton Malloth
- Ernst von Salomon
- Franz Josef Ludy
- Friedrich Staps
- Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer
- Inge Viett
- Jan Valtin
- Josef Bachmann
- Joseph Eisele
- Karl Hopf (serial killer)
- Kurt Franz
- Mario Stiebitz
- Peter Kürten
- Peter-Paul Zahl
- Richard Hüttig
- Sophie Ursinus
- Theo Berger
German rapists
- Beate Schmidt
- Carl Großmann
- Carl Peters
- Egidius Schiffer
- Erich Lachmann
- Ernst-Dieter Beck
- Erwin Hagedorn
- Franz Josef Ludy
- Fritz Haarmann
- Fritz Honka
- Hellmuth Becker
- Jürgen Bartsch
- Joachim Kroll
- Josef Blösche
- Kurt Bolender
- Kurt-Werner Wichmann
- Marc Hoffmann (sex offender)
- Marco Metzler
- Martin Ney
- Michael Seifert (SS guard)
- Peter Hullermann
- Peter Kürten
- Ronny Rieken
- Rudolf Pleil
- Thomas Holst
- Thomas Rung
- Ulrich Schmidt
- Uni-Phantom
People executed by the Weimar Republic by guillotine
- Fritz Haarmann
- Johann Mayer (serial killer)
- Peter Kürten
Vampirism (crime)
- Abu Tubar
- Albert Fish
- Aleksey Sukletin
- Andrei Chikatilo
- Atlas Vampire
- Béla Kiss
- Clinical vampirism
- Elizabeth Báthory
- Florencio Fernández
- Fritz Haarmann
- Hadden Clark
- Ion Rîmaru
- John Brennan Crutchley
- Laerte Patrocínio Orpinelli
- Lewis Hutchinson
- Ludwig the Bloodsucker
- Magdalena Solís
- Marcelo Costa de Andrade
- Masten Wanjala
- Monster of the Mangones
- Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
- Pablo Lucio Vasquez
- Peter Kürten
- Richard Chase
- Rod Ferrell
- Siswanto (serial killer)
- Sitarane
- Szeged witch trials
- Tracey Wigginton
- Tsutomu Miyazaki
- Vaughn Greenwood
- Walpurga Hausmannin
- Wayne Boden
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kürten
Also known as Kürten, Peter, Peter Kuerten, Peter Kurtin, The Vampire of Düsseldorf (nickname), Vampire of Duesseldorf, Vampire of Düsseldorf.
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