Peter Kürten
(1883-1931)
German serial killer
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Peter Kürten (26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer known as "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" and the "Düsseldorf Monster". He committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf. In the years before these assaults and murders, Kürten had amassed a lengthy criminal record for offences including arson and attempted murder. He also confessed to the 1913 murders of a nine-year-old girl in Mülheim am Rhein and a 17-year-old girl in Düsseldorf.
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26 May 1883 Mülheim am Rhein, Germany
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2 July 1931 (aged 48) Cologne, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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