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Morning Cup of Murder

The Forgotten Cannibals - August 12 2021 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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August 12th: Karl Denke Born (1860) There are some crimes so gruesome, they will go down in history in incredible detail. Others, unfortunately, can get lost in time. On August 12th 1860 a man was born who would be known throughout history as the Forgotten Cannibal.  BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Wikipedia, Murderpedia, allthatsinteresting.com, inyourpocket.com, listverse.com, steemit.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I found my great-grandma Annie in the 1921 census on ancestry. I discovered she was widowed

0:35.9

in the First World War, living in York, raising six children

0:39.7

all by herself.

0:41.5

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0:56.1

more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

1:02.8

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. We have a weird homicide.

1:08.7

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:12.4

A cop of murder.

1:14.6

There are some crimes so gruesome that they go down in history in incredible details.

1:20.6

Others, unfortunately, can get lost in time.

1:24.5

On August 12, 1860, a man was born who would be known throughout history as the forgotten

1:30.3

cannibal. So if you like her coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and search your day with a

1:36.7

morning cup of murder. Carl Donke, a man who would live a life most would forget, even has a birth date that is up for dispute,

1:49.0

with some sources saying he was born on August 12, 1860, and others saying February 11th.

1:55.8

Regardless, he was born in Munsterberg, Salisa, now Zimbitsa, Poland, to a family of wealthy German farmers.

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