a criminal's mind

a collection of known serial killers, what they did, who their victims were, and their stories.

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An unexpected survivor, Catherine Lorre was the 17-year-old daughter of Peter Lorre, the famous actor who had starred in the film M, the Vampire of Düsseldorf, based on the biography of the German serial murderer Peter Kürten. The Vampire of...

An unexpected survivor, Catherine Lorre was the 17-year-old daughter of Peter Lorre, the famous actor who had starred in the film M, the Vampire of Düsseldorf, based on the biography of the German serial murderer Peter Kürten. The Vampire of Düsseldorf was directed by Fritz Lang. Bianchi and Buono were pretending to be police showing their badges on a street in Hollywood. Catherine showed them her driver’s license and a photo of herself  in the lap of her father as a baby, accompanied by actor Humphrey Bogart.

Fearing that the death of the daughter of a famous actor would attract too much attention from the police, Bianchi and Buono left the girl as she was. Years later, Catherine unhestitatingly identified the two men during the trial.

  • 23 August 2011
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