About this episode
The episode covers the crimes of Fritz Haarmann, the Butcher of Hanover, who murdered young men in post-war Germany.
Grab a beer and join us tonight as we cover Fritz Haarmann, the Butcher of Hanover! In the chaos of post-war Germany, Haarmann worked the central train station as "Detective Haarmann," offering runaway boys a meal, a job, or a place to sleep. Between 1918 and 1924, he murdered at least 24 young men in his apartment and sold cheap black-market meat to the neighborhood. We'll get into how a man with fifteen prior convictions was left to patrol a station full of vulnerable kids, the accomplice who picked victims for their clothing, and the discovery that finally cracked it open! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Cool Down Media
Topics covered
- true crime
- serial killers
- post-war Germany
- murder
- black-market meat
Keywords
- Fritz Haarmann
- Butcher of Hanover
- murder
- true crime
- Germany
- black-market meat
- post-war
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cool Down Media
Places: Germany, Hanover
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