104: The Beast of Harkstede - August 13 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com When should childhood weirdness start to be concerning? When does a fascination with a dead bug tip over into animal cruelty. On August 13th 1941 a boy was born who would go on to be teased and relentlessly bullied for being weird. And he would grow up to earn a new nickname: The Beast of Harkstede. Willem Van Eijk Born (1941) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow us on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer The show is produced and edited by Dillon Biemesderfer IG: @dungeonsanddillons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When we survived by telephone and electricity lines,
0:05.4	we're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.
0:09.0	A cup of murder.
0:10.9	When should childhood weirdness start to become concerning?
0:14.6	When does a fascination with dead bugs tip over into animal cruelty?
0:19.2	On August 13th in 1941, a boy was born who would go on to be teased and relentlessly bullied for being weird.
0:26.9	He would grow up to earn a new nickname, The Beast of Harkseed.
0:31.2	So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:40.1	Willem Van Eekt was born in a small village in South Holland.
0:44.7	Even as a child, he was an outcast.
0:47.4	He was referred to as Crazy Little Willem, and when he would act out, people would just use
0:52.6	his nickname as a justification.
0:54.7	He was just Crazy little Willem.
0:57.4	He was known to collect small dead animals such as frogs and bugs,
1:01.6	and soon this escalated into a reputation for animal cruelty.
1:05.9	He was especially cruel to cats, dogs, and ducks.
1:11.2	As a high school student, he committed petty crimes, but started to dream about what it would
1:15.7	be like to rape and kill a woman.
1:18.2	When he was around 30 years old, in 1971, he picked up a 15-year-old girl named
1:23.4	Cora Mantle.
1:25.5	She missed her bus ride home after meeting her boyfriend in Amsterdam and was
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