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S03E21: The Ruhr Hunter: The Decades of Joachim Kroll

S03E21: The Ruhr Hunter: The Decades of Joachim Kroll

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For over two decades, a shadow loomed over West Germany, Joachim Kroll, from 1955 to 1976, children and young women vanished without a trace, leaving a trail of terror that spanned cities, but the monster wasn’t hiding in the woods—he was living in a cramped apartment in Duisburg, working as a restroom attendant and living a life of quiet, dull routine. Children in Duisburg loved visiting Joachim as he often gave them candy and toys. He was known by neighbors to be a polite, pleasant guy to everyone, although a bit odd. How could a man dismissed by society as "dim-witted" manage to outsmart the police for 21 years until the gruesome discovery involving a neighbor's plumbing?

Sources
The Serial Killer Magazine
Murderpedia
All That's Interesting (2020)
Utterly Interesting

Documentaries
Real Crime-YouTube-Joachim Kroll: Serial Killer Who Owned a Manor | World's Most Evil Killers (2021)

Bizarre Bazaar- YouTube- He MURDERED Them Because MEAT WAS EXPENSIVE (2024)

Evil Among Us-YouTube-The Horrific Crimes of Joachim Kroll [True Crime Documentary] (2024)


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