Crimes That Made History — Season 1, Episode 3: Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic

Episode synopsis

In 1924 Hanover, the discovery of a hundred bones catches the authorities' attention. The press covers the case and a suspect - Fritz Haarmann - is quickly arrested. The heinous crimes committed by the one they now call "the vampire" remind people of the Great War's traumas and announce the rise of Nazism. Cruelty, sexual violence, cannibalism in the fragile Weimar Republic.

About Crimes That Made History

Crimes and bloody tales that made the headlines usually reveal a lot about the hidden fantasies of their time. From Jack the Ripper to the Andes crash, the ten episodes of this collection shed a black light on a page of history that left a mark on their time.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer
• E2Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty
• E4The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America
• E5Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner
• E6Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism
• E7Roswell: Back to the UFO
• E8Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
• E9The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
• E10The Death of Princess Di