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This Is Monsters

She Thought it Was the Perfect Plan

This Is Monsters

Jiles

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Season 23 : No Theme 
Episode 27 : Suzane von Richthofen 

Suzane von Richthofen thought she had the perfect plan to murder her parents, but was caught in only a matter of days.

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0:00.0

When Suzanne von Richtofen reported that she found her parents dead in their home in 2002,

0:05.9

investigators walked into a scene that was obviously a robbery gone wrong.

0:10.5

Or was it?

0:12.1

Once they started really looking at the scene, it became apparent that the robbery was staged

0:17.0

and the killer was closer than they thought.

0:20.1

This is Monsters. Suzanne von Richtenfan was born on November 3, 1983 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

0:53.6

Her father, Manfred von Richtchtenfen, was a German engineer who

0:57.1

worked for Dursa, which is the government department that works to maintain state roads.

1:02.5

He shared the same name as the famous World War I pilot, the Red Baron, and Manfred

1:07.6

claimed that he was his great nephew. Her mother, Marisa von Recta Fen,

1:12.8

was a psychiatrist, and Suzanne had a younger brother named Andreas. The von Rectin fans were very

1:19.0

comfortable financially. Manfred and Marisa had met at the University of Sao Paulo while

1:25.1

Manfred was studying engineering and Maricio was attending medical

1:28.8

school. After they graduated, they went to Germany to continue their studies, eventually returning to

1:35.0

Brazil where Manfred became the engineering director at Dursa and Maricia opened her own

1:39.8

psychiatry practice. Suzanne's education stood out from an early age.

1:45.9

She graduated from a German high school and enrolled in law at the Pontifical Catholic

1:50.2

University of Sao Paulo.

1:52.5

Her linguistic talent shown through as she mastered three languages by the age of 18.

1:58.6

Her life changed dramatically in 1999 when she met Daniel Cravignos,

2:03.9

her brother's model airplane instructor. Her parents approved of their relationship at first.

2:10.6

Their attitude shifted as they grew worried about Daniel's working class roots,

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