BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 326                 Thursday, 21 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Our Young Life Was Like a Flower in Bloom
Serial killer
Peter Kürten
aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf


  • 26 May 1883 (+) is born in Mulheim-am-Rhein, Germany.

  • 16 January 1907 (x) tries to commit suicide by lacerating the skin over a main artery in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 25 May 1913 (-) throatcut Christine Klein in Mulheim-am-Rhein, Germany.

  • 3 February 1929 (x) attacked with scissors Apollonia Kühn in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 8 February 1929 (-) stabbed to death Rosa Ohliger in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 13 February 1929 (-) stabbed to death Rudolf Scheer in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 3 April 1929 (x) attacked Frau Flake in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 21 July 1929 (x) attacked Maria Maas in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 11 August 1929 (-) stabbed to death Maria Hahn in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 21 August 1929 (x) attacked Olga Mantel in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 21 August 1929 (x) attacked Anna Goldhausen in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 24 August 1929 (-) strangled and throatcut Gertrud Hamacher in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 24 August 1929 (-) strangled and stabbed to death Louise Lenzen in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 31 August 1929 (x) attacked with a hammer Sofie Ruck in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 26 September 1929 (x) attacked Maria Radusch in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 29 September 1929 (-) raped and strangled Ida Reuter in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 11 October 1929 (-) beaten to death with a hammer Elisabeth Dörrier in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 25 October 1929 (x) attacked Klara Wanders in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 25 October 1929 (x) attacked with a hammer Hubertine Meurer in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 7 November 1929 (-) strangled Gertrud Albermann in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 23 February 1930 (x) attacked and raped Hildegard Eid in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 16 March 1930 (x) attacked Marianne dal Santo in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 30 March 1930 (x) attacked Sybilla Wil in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 3 April 1930 (x) attacked Frau Hau in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 30 April 1930 (x) attacked with a hammer Charlotte Ullrich in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 14 May 1930 (x) attacked Maria Budlick in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 16 May 1930 (x) attacked Gertrud Bell in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 24 May 1930 (x) is arrested in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 13 April 1931 (x) Start of the trial against Kürten in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 2 July 1931 (-) is executed by the Guillotine in Köln, Germany.


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