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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