Peter Kürten, the Düsseldorf Vampire

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we talk about a sick and twisted man that is better known as Peter Kürten, the Düsseldorf Vampire. Peter was a German serial killer who murdered and sexually assaulted multiple people in 1929. Not only did Peter have a lengthy criminal report, but he also had many weird motives, crimes, and overall tendencies. 

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Kurten 

• https://www.biography.com/crime/peter-kurten 

• https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/history/kurten/terror_2.html 

• https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kurten-peter.htm 

• The Secret Killer (1965)

• Profiles of the Criminal Mind by BBC

• The Monster Within: A True Story of Bloodthirst, Brutality and Barbaric Evil by Ryan Green 

• Peter Kürten: Der Vampir von Düsseldorf  by Erich Schaake (In German, needed to use a translator)