Peter Kurten

Peter Kurten was a serial killer in Dusseldorf, Germany. Also know as the “Dusseldorf Vampire,” Kurten terrified civilians from the late 1800’s until in the early 1900’s when he was captured. He was born may 26th, 1883. His first murder occurred in 1892 when Peter was only five years old. His rein of terror ended in May of 1930, when police finally captured him. He confessed to sixty-eight murders in the thirty-seven years he remained at large (Schechter & …

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