Love Monsters: Daniel and Manuela Ruda, Part 1

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Ruda, a 26-year-old, self-described “black vampire” immersed himself in Germany’s goth and death metal scene as an outlet for his dark proclivities. In the year 2000, he was ready to find his soulmate or, as he put it, his “princess of darkness” and placed a singles ad in a German black-metal magazine. 23-year-old Manuela Bartel answered his ad and the two soon became inseparable.

Separately, they participated in strange hobbies like sleeping in graves to “see what it felt like” and filing their teeth into fangs. But together they were deadly. In 2001, they jointly committed a gruesome murder. Was their violent behavior a result of mental illness or were they purely evil?

Resources:
The Best New True Crime Stories: Partners in Crime, Edited by Mitzi Szereto, Mango Publishing, 2022.

Murder Dictionary Podcast: “Occult Murders: Daniel and Manuela Ruda” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/occult-murders-daniel-manuela-ruda/id1169967004?i=1000389846158

https://serialkillercalendar.com/A-MATCH-MADE-IN-HELL-DANIEL-AND-MANUELA-RUDA.php

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/nov/16/thefarright.uk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/17/tom-leppard-tattooed-man--obituary/

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=cj_fac

https://www.cesnur.org/testi/gothic.htm

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.0	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:13.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once upon a crime.
0:18.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:22.0	It's February, and you know what that means. for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:22.8	It's February, and you know what that means.
0:25.7	It's the month of love.
0:27.3	Valentine's Day is just around the corner,
0:29.7	and it's considered the most romantic day of the year
0:32.3	for those who celebrate celebrated with a special
0:34.0	someone. But what is love? Love is a concept that has kept poets, songwriters, and
0:40.5	romance novelists in business for ages.
0:43.0	Everyone has a different idea of what true love looks like, feels like,
0:48.0	and how you know when you are truly in love.
0:50.0	Some believe in love at first sight, and others believe that for love to last it must start as a friendship and then build over time.
0:59.0	Still, others are jaded by love and try to avoid it at all costs.
1:03.7	This may be due to their past experiences,
1:06.2	perhaps having suffered through an unrequited love
1:08.7	or having had their heartbroken
1:10.1	when a relationship ended.
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