Love Monsters: Daniel and Manuela Ruda, Part 2

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

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

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this second part of a two-part episode, in their quest to be transformed into vampires, Daniel and Manuela Ruda conclude that the only way to prove their loyalty to Satan is by performing a human sacrifice. Their crime would be described as “a picture of cruelty and depravity” such as had never been seen before in the German town of Witten.

The subsequent trial would become a media circus with the two perpetrators proudly displaying their bizarre antics in front of the press and the public.

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

Satanist couple jailed for killing – The Irish Times

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1383474/Last-kiss-as-Satanist-killers-are-locked-up.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3674781/satanist-killer-who-butchered-friend-in-coffin-to-drink-his-blood-is-back-in-court-charged-with-plotting-to-kill-his-ex-wife/

https://expressdigest.com/german-murderer-who-drank-his-victims-blood-is-freed/

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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
0:19.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:22.0	This is the second part of a two-part
0:24.4	episode. If you've not yet listened to episode 273 you'll want to start there.
0:30.1	This week I'll wrap up the strange and bizarre love story of Daniel and Manuela Ruda.
0:35.7	These two can be called a match made in hell, and they were proud of it.
0:40.5	Both very unique individuals in their own right.
0:43.0	They found each other and pledged their love and fidelity to one another,
0:46.0	and to Satan.
0:48.0	They also shared a common goal.
0:50.0	They believed they could be transformed into real life vampires if they did Satan's bidding.
0:55.0	If they were successful in this pursuit, Satan would transform them into
1:00.0	undead creatures who would be reanimated by drinking the blood of the living.
1:04.1	The first part of their pledge to be wed on June 6th, 6th in honor of their Dark Lord
1:11.0	was completed in the year 2001. But they had a problem. They were
1:16.1	missing a six to complete Satan's symbolic number of 666. They came upon a
1:21.8	solution. They would offer him a human sacrifice on July 6, thus
1:27.2	completing the last digit of the unholy number. So on July 6, 2001, Daniel lured a co-worker Frank Hackert to their apartment.
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