well belatedly than never ? The header of German serial killer Fritz Haarmann — recognise as “ The Butcher of Hannover ” and “ The Vampire of Hannover ” — was cremated after spending 89 years bobsled in methanal .
An AP report cites Goettinger Tageblatt newspaper ’s intel that the University of Goettingen ’s aesculapian section , which had been hold on to Haarmann ’s drumhead for inquiry purposes , did the deed of conveyance late last year .
Haarman , who murdered at least 24 young men between 1918 and 1924 , was convicted of murder after a sensory trial . Criminal Mindssets the scene :
Fritz ’s run began on December 4 , 1924 . As the condition “ serial cause of death ” had not been coined yet , there were no words to describe Fritz other than “ werewolf ” or “ vampire ” … A famous look of the grammatical case was the shock that amount to the world after the breakthrough that Fritz was a police informant , and therefore , the police force never come up to suspect him of the execution even though witnesses pointed him out as being with his last victim .
Fritz ’s run lasted for two weeks and required 200 witnesses to explain their history . He was establish guilty of murdering all but three of the victims bind to him and sentenced to death by guillotine . His last word [ were ] “ I repent , but I do not revere death . ”
The Butcher killing were among the inspirations for Fritz Lang ’s 1931 law-breaking thriller M.
ViaHuffington Post .
Image viaGrotesque and Arabesque .
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