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Outlore with Eleanor Neale

75: Vigilante Mom Executes Her Child's Murderer: The Case of Marianne Bachmeier

Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Eleanor Neale

True Crime

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Ad - Use my code USUAL20 for 20% off your first Wild order: https://www.wearewild.com/?discount=USUAL20 Today's case is on Marianne Bachmeier, who shocked the world in 1981 by shooting her daughter's murderer in a German courtroom. Was she justified in her act of revenge, or was she not the heroic vigilante many believed her to be? This case sparked a national debate on justice and the lengths a mother will go to for her child. Trigger Warning: domestic violence, child-abuse, racism specifically related to the Nazi party, suicide, rape You can find out more about the work of Women's Aid here and Gingerbread here. Further resources are available at: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've all heard that age-old saying, an eye for an eye, but what happens when justice turns a blind eye to a vicious criminal?

0:09.0

When a mother, overwhelmed by the grief of her daughter's murder, is forced to take justice into her own hands.

0:17.0

In 1981, Marianne Bachmeyer calmly walked into a courtroom and saw the familiar face of the man who had taken everything from her.

0:26.1

He had abducted and murdered her seven-year-old child, her daughter, Anna.

0:31.9

And it seemed that the court was beginning to take pity on her killer.

0:35.6

Marianne was enraged that this evil man wasn't getting

0:39.4

the punishment that he deserved, and so she reached into her pocket, pulled out a pistol, and shot him

0:46.3

again and again and again. Staring down at his body, she whispered to her dead child, this is for you, Anna. This is the story of Marianne Bachmeier,

0:57.1

a mother who took justice into her own hands and avenged the horrific murder of her seven-year-old

1:04.0

daughter. This series is intended for educational purposes, to memorialise victims and to amplify important conversations.

1:14.7

All opinions stated are mine alone.

1:17.0

Now before we get into the episode, I want to warn you, we're going to be covering a lot of sensitive topics in this case,

1:23.1

including discussions of domestic violence, child abuse, racism specifically related to the Nazi party,

1:30.3

suicide, rape and murder. So viewer discretion is advised.

1:34.3

Now let's discuss the tragic murder of seven-year-old Anna Bachmire and the DIY justice that her mother sought in order to avenge her.

1:44.9

The Bachmeyer family were originally refugees from East Prussia,

1:49.0

and after World War II, when the area was taken over,

1:52.3

they evacuated to West Germany.

1:54.3

So that is where Marianne Bachmeier's story begins

1:57.1

when she was born in a refugee camp near Hanover on June 3rd, 1950.

2:02.6

And immediately, she is born into a world of chaos.

2:06.6

Her household was a very, very strict, very religious one.

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