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Feb 2022
57m 10s

Episode 233 - Peter Kürten: The Vampire ...

Wondery | RedHanded
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In the world of true crime, the media is often accused of inaccuracy, dramatisation, and sensational headline writing, but there's an exception to every rule. Never has a killer fitted their moniker more than Peter Kürten, 'The Vampire of Düsseldorf'...Kürten may well have had a reflection and he may not have hung from the ceiling like a bat, but in one very ... Show More
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