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Fritz Haarmann
Fritz Haarmann | |
|---|---|
 Haarmann, c. 1924 | |
| Born | Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann 25 October 1879 |
| Died | 15 April 1925 (aged 45) Hanover Prison, Hanover, Weimar Republic |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Other names | The Butcher of Hanover The Wolf Man The Vampire of Hanover |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (24 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 24–27+ |
Span of crimes | 25 September 1918 – 14 June 1924 |
| Country | Germany |
| State(s) | Province of Hanover, Prussia |
Date apprehended | 22 June 1924 |
Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutilation and dismemberment of at least twenty-four young men and boys in the city of Hanover between 1918 and 1924.
Found guilty of twenty-four of the twenty-seven murders for which he was tried, Haarmann was sentenced to death by beheading in December 1924.[1] He was subsequently executed by guillotine in April 1925.
Haarmann became known as the Butcher of Hanover (German: Der Schlächter von Hannover) due to the extensive mutilation and dismemberment committed upon his victims' bodies, and by such titles as the Vampire of Hanover (der Vampir von Hannover) and the Wolf Man (Wolfsmensch) because of his preferred murder method of biting into or through his victims' throats.[2]
- ^ "Reading Eagle". Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ "Slayer of 30 Near Collapse at his Trial". The Southeast Missourian. 15 December 1924. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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