Today is Wednesday, March 25th, 2020.

On this day in 1933, Eric Jan Hahnusen was shot to death in the woods outside Berlin.

As Hitler's clairvoyant, he had access to a trove of Nazi secrets,

but it may have been his own secret that led to his murder.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes,

listener discretion is advised. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today I'm joined by our guest

host Andrew Tate, host to the podcast Let's Not Meet. Every week Andrew tells

terrifying yet true horror stories about people you don't want to meet.

The accounts come from people who escaped their encounters alive.

Andrew's here to discuss some of the historical aspects of today's story

while I'll cover the narrative.

Hi everyone, thanks for having me, Vanessa.

Glad you could join. Today we're covering the assassination of Eric Jan Hanusen, a psychic who took advantage of the Nazi's

obsession with the occult and by some accounts gave predictions to Hitler himself.

Yeah, I'm thrilled to dive in.

It's a very obscure and fascinating bit of history.

After all, the ultimate person

you don't want to meet is Adolf Hitler.

Now, let's go back to the forest outside Berlin as March 24th had just turned in to March 25th 1933.

Eric Hanusen had seen many 33.

Eric Hanusen had seen many things.

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