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The Duisburg Man-Eater: Joachim Kroll Day 12 The 12 Nightmare Before Christmas

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Flanderson Media, LLC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This episode is more graphic than usual. Listener discretion is strongly advised . The corpses of five young women were found in and around several small villages in West Germany. Each woman had been raped, stabbed, or strangled. Even worse, they had been mutilated. Nearly two decades would pass, and many more women would lose their lives. When police finally arrested the man responsible for all these gruesome murders, there was a stew brewing on the stove with, well, you can’t imagine. Join Jen and Cam as we discuss “Duisburg Man-Eater: Joachim Kroll” on Day 12 of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. We didn't cover all the victims' names in this episode so we wanted to list them here. They deserve to be remembered.Joachim Kroll’s VictimsIrmgard Strehl, 19,Erika Schuletter, 12,Klara Frieda Tesmer, 24, Heinrich Ott, was arrested for the crime. He hanged himself in jail.Manuela Knodt, 16, Petra Giese, 13, Vinzenz Kuehn was arrested and convicted.Monika Tafel, 12, Walter Quicker was arrested for the crime. He was later released but was driven to suicide due to relentless neighbors.Barbara Bruder, 12, Her body was never found.Hermann Schmitz, 25,Ursula Rohling, 20 Her boyfriend Adolf Schickel was falsely accused of killing her and he completed suicide Ilona Harke, 5Maria Hettgen, 61, Jutta Rahn, 13Karin Toepfer, 10Marion Ketter, 4Edward October from @octoberpodVHS does all our listener discretion warnings. Nico @wetalkofdreams provides all original music and is our executive producer.Sources:https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ganze-masse-a-f1af7b2a-0002-0001-0000-000040942727https://kulturmeister.com/notorious-serial-killers-en/joachim-kroll/?lang=enhttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2opfxahttps://killer.cloud/serial-killers/show/72/joachim-krollhttps://www-focus-de.translate.goog/panorama/welt/bernd-jaegers-im-focus-online-interview-duisburger-kannibale-toetete-frauen-und-kinder-er-wollte-seine-opfer-sterben-sehen_id_13350216.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,schttps://books.google.de/books?id=srw2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT74&lpg=PT74&dq=how+many+siblings+to+joachim+kroll+have&source=bl&ots=uX-o2d03EQ&sig=ACfU3U279iPjAkWP_VzJgY_flvUUMIMKjA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjGqc-fkYL0AhXiyIsBHXtcAO8Q6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=how%20many%20siblings%20to%20joachim%20kroll%20have&f=falsehttps://www.dieterwunderlich.de/Joachim-Kroll.htmhttps://www.derwesten.de/staedte/duisburg/horror-duisburg-kannibale-mord-id213090825.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Edward Oktober, host of OktoberPod on YouTube.

0:06.0

Hear that jingle jingle?

0:08.0

It could be Chris Cringle, or a home invader looking for an open window, a jilted lover looking

0:14.5

for revenge, or a disgruntled co-worker hoping to spike your eggnog with arsenic.

0:20.9

The girls of our True Crime Podcast are always on Santa's nice list, but the crimes they

0:27.1

discuss are very naughty indeed.

0:30.1

Listen, her discretion is advised.

0:51.1

Well, hello there, Jen.

0:53.1

Hey, how are you, Kim?

0:56.1

I am in the Mary-Mary Chris Cringle kind of mood.

1:02.1

Something like that.

1:03.1

It's December 23rd, I believe.

1:07.1

Beginning to look like my Christmas.

1:10.1

Still praying for snow, still sleeping with the spoon underneath my pillow.

1:14.1

That's supposed to bring snow.

1:15.1

That's what I'm doing.

1:16.1

It is.

1:17.1

I've heard ice cubes in the toilet bowl.

1:19.1

It helps too.

1:20.1

No, I don't know.

1:21.1

I don't know.

1:22.1

I used to, when the kids were little, I used to just tell them everything.

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