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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Hungarian Vampire” Béla Kiss

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In the early 1900s, a man lured his victims with lonely hearts ads, drained their blood, and stored their bodies in barrels filled with methanol.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

0:02.7

listener discretion is advised.

0:04.6

This episode includes discussions of blood, violence,

0:07.8

and killing that some people may find offensive.

0:10.8

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:18.4

By 1916, the town of Sinkata Hungary

0:20.9

was accustomed to losing its young men

0:22.8

to the brutal fighting of World War I.

0:25.3

So when beloved neighbor, Bayla Kish,

0:27.4

stopped responding to letters,

0:29.3

the townspeople assumed the worst.

0:31.6

But some people didn't waste time mourning.

0:34.5

Bayla's landlord decided to clean out the house

0:37.2

and tried to rent it to a new tenant as soon as possible.

0:40.9

But he had his work cut out for him.

0:44.0

Bayla's backyard was full of large steel barrels.

0:47.4

For years, he had kept these strange objects,

0:50.1

never telling anyone what hit inside.

0:53.1

So when the landlord let himself

0:55.0

onto the property one day, he was determined

0:57.4

to solve the mystery for himself.

1:00.5

But strangely, the barrels were fused shut.

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