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  1. Peter Kürten (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈkʏʁtn̩]; 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.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · German serial killer Peter Kürten, known as the "Dusseldorf Vampire," murdered at least nine people before surrendering to police in 1931. Updated: Jul 15, 2020 (1883-1931)

  3. Jun 28, 2024 · Peter Kürten (born May 26, 1883, Cologne-Mulheim, Ger.—died July 2, 1931, Cologne) was a German serial killer whose widely analyzed career influenced European society’s understanding of serial murder, sexual violence, and sadism in the first half of the 20th century.

  4. Nov 10, 2023 · Peter Kürten, also known as the Vampire of Dusseldorf, is a warning from history, a prime example of what happens when someone lets their darkest urges run rampant. Kürten was a man whose heinous acts and terrible deeds plunged Düsseldorf into a state of fear and horror during the early 20th century.

  5. Dec 7, 2017 · Known as the Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, Peter Kürten spent almost 20 years fulfilling his deepest, darkest desires. As a child, he’d been subjected to abuse, beaten by his alcoholic parents, and forced to watch them have sex.

  6. Peter Kürten, genannt „Der Vampir von Düsseldorf“, war ein deutscher Serienmörder. Die Brutalität seiner Morde und die Hysterie, die er im Rheinland damit auslöste, machten die Fahndung nach ihm zum meistbeachteten Kriminalfall in der Weimarer Republik und lösten auch internationales Interesse aus. Der Spitzname, den die Presse ihm ...

  7. In the entire history of crime no one killer has caused such widespread fear and indignation as that created by Peter Kürten in Düsseldorf in the inter-war period. It may be said — and without exaggeration — that the epidemic of sexual outrages and murders occurring between February and November 1929 provoked a wave of sheer horror and ...

  8. Peter Kürten 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.

  9. Charged with a total of nine murders and seven attempted murders, the trial of the 'Düsseldorf Vampire' opened on April 13th 1931. A special shoulder-high cage had been built inside the courtroom to prevent his escape and behind it was arranged some of the grisly exhibits of the Kürten museum.

  10. Peter Kürten is no different and exhibits many characteristics of the so-called "lust killer." He was, essentially, a pathologically over-sexed psychopath — an individual so self-centered that, in his eyes, no other human being mattered.

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