Fritz Haarmann, the Butcher of Hanover, murdered at least 27 young boys and teenagers between 1918 and 1924 in the city of Hanover but the actual number of victims is most likely higher. He would lure runaways and sex workers back to his apartment with offers of a hot meal and somewhere comfortable to sleep but once the door closed, Haarmann turned deadly. He would attack them, strangling and beating them before biting each boy on the neck through the windpipe in what Haarmann later sickeningly referred to as a “love bite.” For years, he was able to avoid suspicion because he was considered the Hanover police department’s favorite and most reliable informant. Eventually, Fritz Haarmann would be captured and executed by guillotine on April 15th, 1925.

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