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Peter Kurten Peter Kurten was born in Germany in 1883 to a particularly large family that was tormented by a sick and twisted father. With 12 other siblings living only in one room, Peters father was a brutal alcoholic who scarred his children for life in unimaginable ways. Peters father would have them watch as he made his wife strip and engage in sexual intercourse forcing peter and his siblings to watch. Peters father also attempted to rape his own daughters and went to jail for it. Learning from his father, Peter also started to molest his sisters.
When his family moved to Dusseldorf, he met up with a local dogcatcher that lived in his building. From this man he learned how to commits acts of torture and cruelty to animals. By the time he was thirteen years old he continuously attempted to have sex with his sisters and other schoolgirls. Peter then started to engage in sexual acts with sheep, pigs and goats. He had a liking to when he would stab a sheep to death; drink its blood while having sex with animal. Peter eventually ran away to escape the violence of his father. He met a prostitute who was into violence and perversion, a perfect fit. This became the …show more content…

Peter proposed to her several times, and she kept denying until Peter threatened to kill her. So, she finally said yes and they lived “happily ever after”. Peter returned to Dusseldorf for his final reign of terror in 1925. There was 4 years of peace until Peter stabbed a woman 27 times and left her in a street to die. 10 days later he stabbed a mechanic 10 times, leaving him dead at his garage. A few weeks later a body of an 8-year-old girl was discovered raped and stabbed 13 times, another victim of Peter’s blood lust. With this particular body he attempted to burn it to hide evidence. Although each victim was stabbed in the temple, the police couldn’t find a pattern due to the difference in the

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