140. The Vampire: Peter Kurten, the Blood Sucking German Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

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In 1929, bodies were turning up all over Dusseldorf, Germany with one horrifying thing in common. It looked like someone had bitten their necks, and in some cases, tried to drain them of blood.

Immediately word of a vampire spread throughout the city, but that did little to stop the attacks, which would eventually point back to one of the most depraved human beings that we’ve covered on this show…

TW: Reference to child harm, sexual assault, incest, and animal cruelty.

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