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What Makes a Killer

S3 Ep10: Horst Kroner

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On December 2nd 2015, Horst Kroner boarded a plane to Thailand, intending to spend his vacation sleeping with various women. While he was away, neighbors became increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of Kroner's wife. They didn't know it yet, but two days before his trip, the man had viciously murdered his wife, bludgeoning her to death while she slept before hiding her body.

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Original music by Ben Krejci, Lee Rosevere, Kai EngelScott Holmes, Kevin MacLeod, Chris Zabriskie, and Daniel Birch.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This Christmas and New Year, UNHS is here to help if you need to see a GP or find a pharmacist.

0:06.5

Throughout the festive period, GP appointments are available, including face to face should you need one.

0:12.4

In your local area, community pharmacies are open.

0:15.7

To find which pharmacy is open near you, visit the NHS website.

0:19.9

And if you need urgent medical help, please contact 111 online by visiting 111.nhs.uk.

0:28.4

Any time, any day.

0:30.3

What makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences.

0:37.3

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

0:42.8

On December 2, 2015, a 52-year-old Bavarian man boarded a plane to Thailand.

0:50.4

The man intended to spend his vacation having sex with various women.

0:55.6

While he was away, neighbors became increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of the man's wife.

1:03.2

They didn't know it yet, but two days before his trip, the man had viciously murdered his wife,

1:09.0

bludgeoning her to death while she slept.

1:12.2

I can think of few more depraved acts than dispatching someone with a hammer after you've climbed into bed with them.

1:23.3

And after killing his wife, he chopped up her body, packed the pieces in four large boxes,

1:29.4

and then stashed them in a storage unit.

1:32.3

To actually dismember a body, 12 hours after death, without that detailed knowledge of anatomy,

1:39.6

would be a very difficult task.

1:42.0

This domestic homicide was not done in the heat of the moment.

1:46.2

It was a cold and calculated murder.

1:49.2

When we look at cases like the Corona case, it's just the extreme end of the wedge.

1:53.9

It's the tip of the iceberg.

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