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be suitable for all listeners tales of
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vampires have been found in nearly every
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culture around the world dating back
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centuries in 17th and 18th century
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Poland belief in such legends was rife
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one of the earliest recorded and most
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well-documented cases of vampirism
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involved a peasant named Peter
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Blagojevich his death in 1725 was
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followed by a spate of other sudden
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deaths within eight days nine persons
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had perished whilst on their death beds
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each victim alleged they had been
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visited by Peter who had throttled them
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another reported story was that Peter
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visited his old home after his death
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where he brutally murdered and drank the
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blood of his son a second case the same
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year involved Arnold parley an
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ex-soldier who died after falling off a
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hay wagon and breaking his neck within
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weeks of Arnold's death four people
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complained of being plagued by him and
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to those people died shortly thereafter
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it was widely suspected both Pater and
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Donald rose from the dead as vampires
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and what's haunting the countryside
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following these rumors physicians and
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officers exhumed the bodies of both
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Peter and Arnold to examine them to
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their surprise both men appeared to
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undecomposed
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their hair and beard follicles had since
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grown old skin peeled away revealing a
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fresher layer underneath and dried blood
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to frame to their mouths these
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peculiarities led physicians to conclude
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that the two men were indeed vampires
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and their bodies were quickly burn
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reports were published in newspapers and
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distributed throughout Western Europe
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which were quickly translated and spread
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elsewhere creating mass hysteria burial
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rituals were conducted aimed to ward off
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evil and prevent vampires from awakening
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graves have suspected vampires but
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dagger sickles or sites were placed over
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the necks of corpses ensuring
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decapitation if the vampire attempted to
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rise feet were mutilated and the legs
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were cut to further hinder the rising
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process in some cases heads were removed
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and placed between legs so the vampire
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couldn't reach it when they awoke
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tongues were pierced with spikes and
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coins or crucifixes were placed in
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mouths to prevent biting suspected
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vampires were buried on the isolated
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edges of cemeteries deep into the ground
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facedown so if they tried to dig
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themselves out that would simply dig
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themselves further into the earth the
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burial mound was then covered with rocks
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rumours of vampire sightings and attacks
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led to public executions professional
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vampire hunters traversed towns carrying
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kits stocked with crucifixes holy water
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rope mallets and stakes
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when word of the vampire epidemic
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reached Empress Maria Theresa she sent
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her personal physician to investigate
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the claims stories of the dead rising
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were quickly attributed to premature
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burials savage and bloodthirsty attacks
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were likely the result of persons
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suffering from rabies numerous localized
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the deaths were merely coincidental
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possibly due to the spread of disease
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signs of vampirism and corpses was
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linked to misinterpretation and
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ignorance of decomposition the physician
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of Empress Maria Theresa concluded that
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vampires were not real following this
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revelation the Empress passed the laws
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prohibiting the opening of graves and
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desecration of bodies marking the end of
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the vampire hysteria vampires returned
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to the status of horror folklore with
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people accepting that such monsters
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never have and never could exist
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[Music]
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the 1960s were often called the golden
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sixties throughout Western Europe and
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the USA the decade offered a time of
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counterculture and social revolution
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breaking down the conformity and order
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established during the 1950's social
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taboos were relaxed as were formalities
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about clothing schooling music drugs and
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sexuality by the end of the 50s the
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reconstruction of war-torn Europe had
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for the most part finished what followed
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was a tremendous economic boom a major
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expansion of the middle class made
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previous luxuries such as radios
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televisions refrigerators and cars
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affordable and commonplace but in Poland
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things weren't quite as progressive the
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Eastern European country had been hidden
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behind the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain
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since the end of World War two and for
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them the 1960s was a time of
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stabilization the political repression
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the country faced under a communist
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government was starting to weaken and
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for the first time in a long time the
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population of Poland were looking
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forward to the possibility of economic
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growth but it was a slow burn wages were
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low shops empty and to the state
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resistance towards Western influence
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continued technological advances popular
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in the West were still a decade away
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from communist Poland and anything
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considered foreign was likely to be
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censored or banned only groceries
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produced within the country were sold
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which meant supplies were low and
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choices limited meat was rare and when
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available people queued for hours to get
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it
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everything else was mass-produced in
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factories so there was a very little
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individual expression drab gray clothing
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was standard-issue
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but it wasn't all gloom even though
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conservative communism still ruled
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Poland the hippie counterculture was
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finding its way in inspired by the West
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young adults were questioning the rules
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and traditions of their parents packages
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sent from families and friends who had
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emigrated west introduced new food and
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clothes
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rock music jeans and mini skirts were
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trendy and jazz clubs galleries cafes
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and cinemas were full of young people
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inspired by avant-garde influences
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Cracow the second largest and one of the
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oldest cities in Poland was a hub for
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emerging writers jazz musicians poets
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and artists they would meet in the
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thriving main square to exchange
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creative ideas and share their craft
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novels from American writers were
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smuggled in and sparked fascinating
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conversations those who spoke English
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and could translate Western ideas were
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the center of attention overall life in
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Cracow was slow-paced but peaceful with
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a strong sense of community
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although artistic creativity and
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liberties were growing the communist
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government was still keeping a watchful
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eye on its citizens there seemed to be
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an unwritten agreement between the
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government and the people freedom of
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creativity and culture in exchange for
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political apathy
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around midday on September 21 1964 48
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year-old Helene of Elgin just finished
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her housekeeping shift and was making
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her way to the Church of servants of the
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Sacred Heart of Jesus on Gant Oscar
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Street situated 800 meters west from
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Krakow main square the church was small
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but stately adorned with stained glass
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windows sculptures of saints and a large
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painting of the Virgin Mary Helena was
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devoted to her religion and attended
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church most days to say her prayers
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whilst attending that day she ran into a
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friend outside and stopped for a brief
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chat before making her way from the
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chilly street into the church as she
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entered she passed the young man with a
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red patch on his arm indicating he was a
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student not paying him much attention
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Helena walked down the aisle faced the
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older and two knelt down
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[Music]
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lost in prayer alehna was startled as
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she was struck to the side causing her
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to stumble and fall
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she turned to see the young man from
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earlier fleeing the church dumbfounded
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Helena had no idea why this total
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stranger pushed her in the back she
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pulled herself off of the ground and
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went outside where she was approached by
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a friend walking by with her child
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Helena's friend asked if something had
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just happened as she saw a young man
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springing from the church
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Helena explained being knocked over and
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said she was aching but unhurt her
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friend pointed out a large tear in the
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back of Helena's coat helena was
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outraged at the damage but being a
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forgiving woman she let it go
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when Helena returned home she removed
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her coat only to notice blood staining
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on her shirt and undergarments as she
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peeled off H layer the blood patches
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became larger and wetter upon removing
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her final pace she founded the source of
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the blood she had an open wound in her
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back just below her left shoulder blade
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near her heart she summoned a friend who
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contacted a local doctor who confirmed :
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ah had been stabbed
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the next morning Helena notified the
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Krakauer Police Department about the
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attack police took photographs of her
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injuries and denoted the description of
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the alleged attacker who Helena said was
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a teenage boy aged between 16 and 18
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years old of average height with dark
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hair and a friendly looking face he was
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wearing brown trousers and a lightweight
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coat with a red student perch on his arm
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police found her report bizarre and
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considered the likelihood the woman
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accidentally injured herself and was a
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the making the story up or was confused
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about what really happened dismissing
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her claim they sent her home and didn't
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bother notifying other officers or
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reporting the incident to supervisors in
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communist Poland censorship laws meant
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Violent Crimes were mostly kept out of
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the newspapers so no word about the
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attack on her lena was mentioned in the
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media two days later on September 23
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1964 78 year-old francesca love and
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oscar was returning home from a shopping
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trip in town
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at around 1:00 p.m. she disembarked the
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tram in the Kazumi ash district of cacao
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salt town arms full of groceries
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Francisca gradually made her way to her
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apartment building on the corner of
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scavino street and crack offs Kasturi
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she made it to her building at around
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1:30 p.m. and to throw a gate and then
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began the slow climb up the internal
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stairwell to her apartment
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a short time later three men came across
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Francesca's body in the stairwell lying
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in a pool of blood
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Francesca was rushed to hospital for
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urgent care doctors found a deep knife
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wound in her back that only slightly
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missed her heart
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although the injury wasn't enough to
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kill her Francesco spent months
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recovering in hospital and was left with
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a permanent disability requiring her to
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walk with the help of a cane
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despite her age Francesca had an
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excellent memory she was able to give
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police a clear description of what
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happened in the stairwell ascending the
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stairs she heard footsteps following her
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and turned to see a young men a few
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steps behind he was a clean-cut
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baby-faced youth there was nothing
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unnerving about him so she didn't give
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him a second thought she turned and
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continued when suddenly she felt a sharp
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pain in her back
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Francesca collapsed to the ground in
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agony as the attacker quickly fled the
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scene she described her male attacker as
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aged between 16 and 18 years old of
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average height with dark hair and a
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friendly looking face wearing a light
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summer jacket she also said he had a red
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patch on his shoulder that would
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indicate a school uniform it was this
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description that sparked the interest of
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police as a matched helena belgians
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description of her alleged attacker from
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a few days before the police quickly
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realized they'd made a mistake in
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dismissing Helena's report and
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considered the possibility they had a
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serial attacker on their hands one who
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was deliberately going off a defenseless
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and vulnerable women as they went about
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their day but other than the relatively
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vague descriptions provided by her loner
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and Francesca they had no leads neither
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woman had been robbed or sexually
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assaulted so the perpetrators motive
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remained unclear
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six days later on September 29 86 year
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old Maria Politis stood in front of the
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bulletin board of her local church the
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st. John's Baptist Church in the center
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of Krakow is old town just 140 meters
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from the main square a short time later
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a passing nun found Maria in a pool of
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blood
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desperately gasping the words young man
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young man before she lost the
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consciousness maria was transferred to a
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nearby hospital where it was discovered
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she had been stabbed from behind
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directly through her lung just barely
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missing her heart she underwent
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emergency surgery
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however Maria never regained
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consciousness
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passing away in hospital the following
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day on September 30 on the night of
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Maria's attack an unknown man entered
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the emergency department of the hospital
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he asked the receptionist for
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information about the old lady who was
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attacked in the church news of the
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attack had not hit the press so the
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receptionist was confused to say how the
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men knew about the incident he refused
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to identify himself and promptly left
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the hospital
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the receptionist later described the man
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to police as being aged between 25 and
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30 years old of average height with dark
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hair and pale skin he was wearing dark
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trousers a brown jacket and had a rough
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sweaty appearance which the receptionist
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described as looking mentally unstable
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police were baffled by Maria's murder
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just like the attacks before her there
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was no sign of robbery or sexual assault
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and no apparent motive it wasn't a
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stretch to link her death with the
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attacks on her Lenna and francesco older
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women who were alone in the middle of
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the day and stabbed once in the back
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with a knife no longer dating a serial
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attacker was on the loose on October 2 a
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special police task force named Gert
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bucyk was created Helena Belgian was
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reading a view and this time her story
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was taken more seriously witnesses who
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saw the man fleeing the church on the
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day of Helena's attack were tracked down
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as well
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but the only description they offered
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was that the suspect was a young male
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investigators felt the survivors
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descriptions of the perpetrator were
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more likely unreliable as they were
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elderly and traumatised they instead
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chose to focus on the description of the
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strange man provided by the emergency
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room receptionist
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shortly after Maria's attack they
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believed this unknown man was Maria's
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attacker and he visited the hospital
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wanting to find out if his victim had
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died violent crimes were rarely reported
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in newspapers under communist Poland's
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tight censorship laws but with the
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attacker having escalated to murder
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investigators felt it necessary to
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finally inform the press of the crimes
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to raise awareness and compel witnesses
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to come forward
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assuming the receptionist description
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was more reliable the attacker was
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described in newspapers as being
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approximately 40 years old of average
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build with dark blonde hair a long and
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weary face hairy eyebrows a wide right
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eye that could possibly be a prosthetic
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sharp cheekbones with sagging skin and
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the uncontrollable muscle movement on
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the right side of his face despite the
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media release citizens were hesitant to
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come forward they typically avoided the
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police whom name is trusted which made
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the investigation increasingly difficult
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the city quickly became shrouded in fear
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and paranoia women were too afraid to
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walk the streets alone or attend a
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church desperate to protect themselves
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they began creating makeshift dharma
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some carried pillows metal plates and
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shields against their bodies as they
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went about their daily errands there was
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a report of one woman who got so spooked
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she slipped over and broke her hip
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doctors found a cast-iron pot lid
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strapped to her back investigators
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visited shelters psychiatric hospitals
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and churches hoping to find some
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information to point them in the right
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direction
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the task force sought assistance from
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expert psychologists and psychiatrists
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for any professional insight they could
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provide but nothing useful came to
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surface some specialists concluded the
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attacks could be sexually motivated but
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there was no evidence to support this
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theory over 550 people were interviewed
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and looked into but it led nowhere for
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Krakauer police their reputation was at
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stake
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the brazen attacks occurred in the
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middle of the day in the middle of the
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city right under their noses so the
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pressure was on to make an arrest yet
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after three months the investigation
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reached a dead end
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reluctantly the task force was shut down
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no more attacks had taken place and the
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investigation proved fruitless a police
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spokesman from the Cracow criminal
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department stated quote there was no
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motive and we were looking for a needle
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in a haystack police had no choice but
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to archive the case they concluded the
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attacks were likely committed by a
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mentally unstable individual who had
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since being placed in a hospital or
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arrested for a different crime in the
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year and a half after the attacks
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bluffing Krakow returned to normal the
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case of the unknown knife-wielding
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attacker slipped to the back of
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everyone's minds February 13 1966 was a
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snowy winters day with perfect
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conditions for sledding on Kosciuszko
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mound an artificial Mountain situated
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3.8 kilometers west of Krakow is old
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town in warmer months the peak of the
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mountain offered clear panoramic views
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of Krakauer city and the Vistula River
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but during winter Kosciuszko mountain
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was covered in snow and shrouded in mist
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residents flocked there on weekends to
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practice their skiing and sledding on
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this particular day a sledding contest
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was being held and the peak was a hive
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of activity as locals gathered to watch
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and participate in the event
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eleven-year-old Leszek shalwick was
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looking forward to the contest
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Leszek aloft the snow and had been
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practicing for weeks in preparation for
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the competition on the morning of
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February 13 less shakka bundled up in
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his warmest winter clothing grabbed his
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sled said goodbye to his parents and
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headed off to cost juice comb and to
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enroll himself in the sweating contest
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organizers inspected a leash ax sled
00:23:03
prior to enrollment they determined it
00:23:06
didn't meet regulations for the
00:23:08
competition and denied him participation
00:23:12
disappointed Leszek accepted the
00:23:14
decision and walked away from the
00:23:16
registration area dragging his sled
00:23:20
behind him on a piece of rope Leszek
00:23:22
disappeared into the surrounding mist
00:23:27
fifteen minutes later a young scout
00:23:30
trudged through the heavy fog when he
00:23:32
came across something bundled on the
00:23:34
ground flesh X body you lay in the snow
00:23:37
his glasses crooked on his face his
00:23:41
small hand is still clutching the Rope
00:23:43
of his sled add a pool of blood had
00:23:46
gathered under his jacket the boy was
00:23:49
dead police quickly arrived on the scene
00:23:56
Kosciuszko mound and the surrounding
00:23:58
Volsky forest were quickly sealed off as
00:24:00
over 100 officers searched the area for
00:24:03
leash X attacker but they failed to
00:24:06
track anyone a shoe print found in the
00:24:09
snow nearly Shaq's body immediately
00:24:11
caught their attention but it was later
00:24:13
determined to belong to a local guard
00:24:15
who was quickly eliminated as a suspect
00:24:19
an autopsy of less X body revealed he
00:24:23
was stabbed 11 times the knife used
00:24:26
pierced nearly every one of his major
00:24:28
organs a forensic pathologist ruled the
00:24:32
child was a victim of overkill a term
00:24:34
used to describe excessive violent force
00:24:38
his stab wounds suggested this act of
00:24:41
murder was motivated by brutality rather
00:24:43
than desire to kill or injure
00:24:46
there was no indication of sexual
00:24:48
assault or robbery the shacks pockets
00:24:51
still contained to the notebook lottery
00:24:53
ticket and school identification card he
00:24:56
left home with the morning of his death
00:25:01
days after lash xox murder police told
00:25:05
the press they had several leads and
00:25:07
were investigating a number of potential
00:25:09
suspects one was a boy named Benedict
00:25:13
unknown troublemaker who previously
00:25:15
lived in lush ex apartment building he
00:25:18
was known to torment the young boy leche
00:25:22
ex parents regarded benedict as unstable
00:25:24
and said he often returned to harass
00:25:27
their son even after he moved away
00:25:30
although they felt Benedict had it in
00:25:32
for that boy and was capable of such a
00:25:34
menacing act he was eliminated as a
00:25:37
suspect in their son's murder after
00:25:39
providing a solid alibi investigators
00:25:43
then looked into a second to lead a
00:25:46
woman reported witnessing a man walking
00:25:48
around Kosciuszko mound on the day of
00:25:51
lash axe murder she stated he was in the
00:25:54
company of a young boy pulling a sled
00:25:56
through the snow she described the man
00:25:59
as 30 years old average height and build
00:26:02
with dark hair and a large eyes she
00:26:06
recognized the man straightaway as he
00:26:08
had been harassing her for a few days
00:26:10
before and she hadn't been able to
00:26:12
forget his face since
00:26:15
police looked into this woman's claims
00:26:17
but upon further investigation they
00:26:20
discovered she had a long history of
00:26:22
violence and mental illness her claims
00:26:25
weren't unsubstantiated instead of
00:26:28
finding any leads into leche ex murder
00:26:31
investigators found something troubling
00:26:33
in this female witnesses life and she
00:26:36
was placed under arrest for the murder
00:26:38
of her own infant child just a week
00:26:40
prior the next lead came from one of Lee
00:26:45
Shaq's schoolmates Andrew he told police
00:26:49
he was with Leszek on the day of the
00:26:50
sledding contest injury revealed he and
00:26:54
Lygia were approached by men aged in his
00:26:56
40s at around 10:30 a.m. the men took
00:27:00
less checked by the hand and led him
00:27:01
away which was the last dangerous tour
00:27:04
of him Andrew was able to provide a
00:27:07
clear description of the men and of the
00:27:09
location of the incident however Andrews
00:27:13
mother confirmed her son hadn't left the
00:27:15
house the morning of the murder until 11
00:27:18
a.m. 30 minutes after Andrew claimed to
00:27:21
her bein with Leszek Andrew eventually
00:27:25
burst into tears and admitted to making
00:27:27
the whole thing up
00:27:30
more tips came in but they were either
00:27:33
deceptive or didn't lead anywhere in a
00:27:36
rare move that went against censorship
00:27:38
laws photos of Lesha were printed by the
00:27:41
press with the call out for anyone with
00:27:43
any information to contact police a task
00:27:47
force was formed to investigate everyone
00:27:49
near cost shoosh go man and on the day
00:27:51
of lash Axe death over 100 people were
00:27:54
look into but no suspects were
00:27:57
identified Thursday April 14 1966 was
00:28:06
two months after lash xox murder
00:28:10
information relating to the full
00:28:12
identity of the following victim has
00:28:14
been publicly withheld what is known his
00:28:18
seven-year-old male kasha was in her
00:28:20
family's apartment on sabe s key Street
00:28:22
just 220 meters from Krakow Police
00:28:25
Headquarters recovering from angina her
00:28:29
mother was forcing her to stay home and
00:28:31
arrest even though she was feeling much
00:28:34
better at around 1:30 p.m.
00:28:37
now Gaza looked out a window and saw the
00:28:40
postman approaching their building bored
00:28:42
and restless she was thankful for
00:28:44
something to do the young girl threw on
00:28:47
her coat yelled out to her mother that
00:28:50
she was going downstairs to collect the
00:28:51
mail and rushed out the front door
00:28:56
minutes later the front door swung in
00:28:59
words and Malgosia stood in the frame
00:29:01
Swain her mother screamed in fright when
00:29:06
she saw her daughter completely
00:29:07
blood-soaked the little girl said weakly
00:29:11
a man beat me up before collapsing to
00:29:16
the floor now Gosha was rushed to
00:29:20
hospital in a critical condition she had
00:29:23
been stabbed five times in the back
00:29:25
twice in the abdomen and once in the
00:29:27
left hand the most serious of her wounds
00:29:30
was a 10 centimeter gash to her abdomen
00:29:33
despite her injuries now gasha survived
00:29:39
when questioned by police now gosh sure
00:29:42
explained if she had gone down to the
00:29:44
hallway on the ground floor where the
00:29:45
mailbox was located she noticed the
00:29:48
young man sitting at the bottom of the
00:29:50
steps as she reached up to open the
00:29:53
mailbox the man grabbed her from behind
00:29:55
covered her mouth with his left hand and
00:29:58
stabbed her
00:30:01
complicating the investigation was
00:30:03
Malgosia herself who changed her story
00:30:06
several times and gave police
00:30:08
conflicting descriptions of her attacker
00:30:11
four days after the attack
00:30:14
now Gauss's mother answered a knock at
00:30:16
their front door a young men they didn't
00:30:19
know aged around 18 asked whether theirs
00:30:22
was the home belonging to the young girl
00:30:24
who was assaulted he wanted to know her
00:30:27
name
00:30:29
now Josh's mother was visibly shaken and
00:30:32
stood staring at him in stunned silence
00:30:35
the young man told her not to worry that
00:30:38
he would just look it up in the papers
00:30:39
and promptly left now Gauss's mother
00:30:43
alerted her husband of the stranger who
00:30:45
quickly ran down the stairs to find him
00:30:47
but the young man was nowhere to be seen
00:30:52
given the similarities now goss's case
00:30:55
was quickly linked to the recent murder
00:30:57
of Lee Scheck sourc police was certain
00:31:00
they were carried out by the same
00:31:02
perpetrator again in an unprecedented
00:31:05
move in communist Poland they sought
00:31:08
help from the public through newspapers
00:31:11
after the press release a taxi driver
00:31:14
came forward with crucial information
00:31:17
passing mail Josh's apartment building
00:31:19
around at the time of the attack the
00:31:22
taxi driver caught a glimpse of a young
00:31:23
man fleeing the scene the driver
00:31:27
described the man as aged between 16 and
00:31:29
18 with dark hair and wearing a light
00:31:32
jacket most intriguing was the claim the
00:31:37
suspect wore a student patch on his arm
00:31:40
this description matched those given by
00:31:43
survivors of the spree attacker who had
00:31:45
struck a year and a half earlier
00:31:49
police quickly realized their error in
00:31:51
publishing incorrect details of the
00:31:53
suspect in those previous attacks they
00:31:57
had gone with a hospital receptionist
00:31:59
description as they considered it more
00:32:01
reliable than the description from the
00:32:03
survivors themselves now that they
00:32:06
believed those previous attacks were
00:32:08
committed by the same offender as the
00:32:10
most recent attacks they quickly
00:32:12
released a second description this time
00:32:16
detailing the attacker as a male aged
00:32:18
between 16 and 18 years old who could
00:32:21
possibly be a high school student in the
00:32:23
local area experts established a profile
00:32:27
of the killer to wait police with their
00:32:29
investigation the profile stated the
00:32:32
killer acted alone purposefully chose
00:32:34
vulnerable victims and attacked quickly
00:32:37
from behind no attempt had been made to
00:32:40
hide the victims the killer might have a
00:32:43
job involving the use of knives and
00:32:45
appeared to know the Krakow area very
00:32:47
well the knife used was likely 10
00:32:50
centimeters long and once and made a
00:32:53
wired possibly a standard fisherman's
00:32:55
north one thing that couldn't be exactly
00:32:59
determined by psychologists was the
00:33:01
killer's motive
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00:33:06
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[Music]
00:38:45
eight days after the attack on
00:38:47
seven-year-old Malgosia police received
00:38:49
a tip-off about a student at a local
00:38:52
Technical Institute in Krakow he was
00:38:55
known to carry knives and act
00:38:56
aggressively towards peers police
00:39:00
visited the teenager 19 year old Carol
00:39:03
caught they found Carol to be a polite
00:39:06
young man from a good reputable family
00:39:09
the coach of Carole's shooting Club
00:39:12
vouched for his character saying he was
00:39:14
one of the club's star shooters and a
00:39:16
shining example to other students the
00:39:20
coach confirmed that the teenager did
00:39:22
carry knives around but his fascination
00:39:24
was nothing more than an innocent hobby
00:39:27
police searched the cott family home and
00:39:29
found five knives but none of them fit
00:39:32
the description of the murder weapon
00:39:35
investigators were not convinced Carol
00:39:37
cot was the perpetrator they were
00:39:39
looking for and thus he was eliminated
00:39:42
as a suspect during the same winter of
00:39:46
1966 Carol cut took a day trip to ten
00:39:50
yets a historic village 12 kilometers
00:39:53
southwest of Krakow accompanying him was
00:39:56
his 22 year old friend denude on Carroll
00:40:00
met denude already shooting club a few
00:40:02
years prior unto the two had become
00:40:04
close most other students made fun of
00:40:07
Carol for being strange but denude are
00:40:10
always came to his defense she believed
00:40:13
he harbored a sensitive soul the two
00:40:17
would often go for walks together after
00:40:19
shooting practice over time Carol made
00:40:22
it clear he was interested in more than
00:40:24
just friendship from tenuto as she
00:40:27
turned down his advances
00:40:29
he propositioned her for sex multiple
00:40:32
times but de nous de stated her feelings
00:40:34
for Carol were purely platonic Carol
00:40:38
told her that if she didn't want to have
00:40:39
sex with him he could knock her
00:40:41
unconscious so she would never have to
00:40:43
know about it
00:40:44
Carol was always making morbid jokes and
00:40:47
although denuded didn't really
00:40:49
understand his sense of humor she
00:40:51
figured he was just trying to impress
00:40:53
her in his own weird way during the
00:40:58
visit to tenets the pair were strolling
00:41:00
through the forest on the banks of the
00:41:02
Vistula River when Carol suddenly
00:41:04
launched on the neuter after shoving her
00:41:07
to the ground he held a knife to her
00:41:09
throat and told her he was going to kill
00:41:11
her
00:41:13
Danita could only comprehend the
00:41:15
situation as a twisted joke and started
00:41:17
laughing she played along saying it was
00:41:20
a horrible idea considering people knew
00:41:22
they were visiting ten years together
00:41:24
and thus would know he was responsible
00:41:28
Carol took out a sharp piece of glass
00:41:30
stashed in his pocket and told de neuter
00:41:33
he would cut her wrists before throwing
00:41:35
her body into the river so her death
00:41:37
would look like a suicide
00:41:40
tanita didn't actually believe carol was
00:41:43
going to hurt her but at that moment she
00:41:45
suspected he had deep psychological
00:41:47
problems she suggested that he go to a
00:41:50
psychologist than seek professional help
00:41:53
the Kuril refused a short time
00:41:57
afterwards de neuter asked Carol to
00:41:59
return to tenets with her she claimed
00:42:02
she wanted to do some artful sketches of
00:42:04
the scenery in reality she hoped to take
00:42:08
Carol to speak to a priest about his
00:42:10
problems but when they arrived the
00:42:13
noodle was unable to find the priest the
00:42:16
pair went for a walk instead during
00:42:19
which Carol bragged to the neuter about
00:42:21
stabbing a young girl in her apartment
00:42:23
building he said he was disappointed to
00:42:26
find out she survived
00:42:29
Carol often told shocking fictitious
00:42:32
stories the nuber interpreted as a cry
00:42:34
for attention but as his behavior lately
00:42:37
was becoming increasingly unpredictable
00:42:39
and violent the nudists instincts told
00:42:42
her something wasn't right the following
00:42:45
day she checked newspapers and read
00:42:47
about seven-year-old Malgosia the little
00:42:50
girl from Cracow who had recently been
00:42:52
stopped in a frenzied attack at her
00:42:54
apartment building and survived Tenuta
00:42:59
visited a psychiatrist and spoke of her
00:43:01
concerns about her friend Carol caught
00:43:03
her psychiatrist encouraged her to go to
00:43:06
the police nervous denuded was unsure
00:43:10
whether it was the right thing to do as
00:43:12
she wasn't certain carol was capable of
00:43:15
really hurting others nevertheless she
00:43:18
did visit the police
00:43:21
they weren't convinced as they had
00:43:24
already investigated Carroll as a
00:43:25
suspect and found no evidence to suggest
00:43:28
he was the perpetrator but the nudist
00:43:31
statements were compelling so they
00:43:33
decided to give the young man another
00:43:35
look Carroll's final college exams were
00:43:39
coming up so investigators decided to
00:43:42
wait until after his exams before
00:43:44
confronting the teenager while keeping a
00:43:47
close eye on him in the meantime
00:43:49
their reasoning was if carol was
00:43:51
innocent police wouldn't have ruined his
00:43:53
chances of completing his tertiary
00:43:55
education but if he was the killer
00:43:58
sitting the exams would prove he was of
00:44:01
sound mind should he decide to plead
00:44:03
insanity in any future criminal trials
00:44:09
on June 1 1966 the morning after Carroll
00:44:14
completed his exams police arrived to
00:44:17
the cott residence on May Celso Street
00:44:19
in Krakow Carroll's father was an
00:44:23
engineer and had already left for work
00:44:26
Carroll was inside celebrating the end
00:44:28
of his exams with his mother and younger
00:44:30
sister attending police officers were
00:44:34
surprised when they met Carol from what
00:44:37
they heard of the young man they were
00:44:38
expecting some kind of monster instead
00:44:42
they found him to be a polite 19 year
00:44:44
old with a friendly face neatly combed
00:44:46
hair and clean-cut look who was dressed
00:44:49
in a tailored coat the cuts were a
00:44:53
well-respected family and well-liked
00:44:55
within the local community Carroll cot
00:44:58
was the oldest of two children born in
00:45:01
Krakow on December 18 1946 his youngest
00:45:05
sister was 8 years his junior he'd
00:45:09
caught parents both worked hard and
00:45:10
didn't have a lot of spare time although
00:45:13
they always made time for family
00:45:14
holidays and kept a loving home Carol
00:45:19
had a typical childhood he did well in
00:45:21
primary school and enjoyed various
00:45:23
sports especially karate
00:45:26
during high school carol was a model
00:45:29
student he didn't smoke swear or disobey
00:45:32
orders and never skipped class he would
00:45:36
often help other students who needed
00:45:37
assistance with their work and had a
00:45:39
good sense of humor so teachers were
00:45:42
surprised when he complained about being
00:45:44
bullied they thought it must have been
00:45:47
because Carol told on his fellow
00:45:49
students when they were breaking rules
00:45:50
or causing mischief the truth was other
00:45:54
kids found Carol to be weird
00:45:58
police searched the cot family home
00:46:01
where they found Carol had possession of
00:46:03
16 knives a rifle a jar of sodium
00:46:06
arsenate a crossbow ropes cables books
00:46:10
about human anatomy and a notepad
00:46:12
scrawled with drawings of knives based
00:46:16
on the evidence found in his home and
00:46:18
the information provided by his friend
00:46:20
de neuter Carol cot was arrested for he
00:46:24
suspected involvement in the murders of
00:46:26
86 yard
00:46:27
Maria pilita and 11 year-old Leszek
00:46:29
ciwec as well as the attempted murders
00:46:32
of Helena Belgian francesc galavan
00:46:35
dovger and a seven-year-old
00:46:37
Malgosia Carroll strongly denied the
00:46:41
allegations he was placed in a temporary
00:46:44
hold where police were able to keep him
00:46:47
for 14 days before formal charges had to
00:46:50
be laid Carol looked more like a boy
00:46:53
than a man courteous and well-spoken he
00:46:57
was intelligent and seemingly gentle
00:46:58
natured yet as investigators studied
00:47:02
Carol cot they realized his charming
00:47:05
demeanor hid many secrets from a young
00:47:12
age
00:47:13
Carol caught found a deep pleasure in
00:47:15
the Makar during his childhood the cot
00:47:18
family would often take holidays to
00:47:20
purge him
00:47:21
a small rural village in southern Poland
00:47:24
although full of charm her gym didn't
00:47:27
offer much excitement for a young boy
00:47:29
and Carol found the trips boring he
00:47:32
would go for long walks to entertain
00:47:34
himself
00:47:36
one day he stopped at a local butcher
00:47:39
and was delighted to be able to help out
00:47:41
with slaughtering the animals he enjoyed
00:47:44
the atmosphere in the butcher shop and
00:47:46
got a thrill out of watching the
00:47:47
slaughters take place his visits to the
00:47:52
butcher became a regular occurrence at
00:47:55
one point Carol sipped the warm blood of
00:47:57
the animals after they were killed the
00:48:00
workers got a real kick out of this
00:48:01
laughing a young Carol as he drank the
00:48:04
blood encouraging him to drink more
00:48:07
Carol said he found something deeply
00:48:09
satisfying about drinking the blood from
00:48:11
an animal that was alive just seconds
00:48:14
ago he described the feeling as glorious
00:48:19
the Tom Carol spent at the butcher shop
00:48:22
sparked his deep fascination with
00:48:24
slaughter and he began killing small
00:48:27
animals for fun he would kill birds
00:48:30
chickens frogs and bowls he'd poke out
00:48:33
their eyes play with their intestines
00:48:35
and drink their blood this all happened
00:48:38
in secret as he went out of his way to
00:48:40
make sure no one found out when his
00:48:44
mother was preparing dinner
00:48:46
Carol pretended to be disgusted by the
00:48:48
sight of fish guts and raw meat in order
00:48:51
to protect his secret when Carol's
00:48:55
sister was younger he was very
00:48:56
protective of her but as she grew up his
00:48:59
brotherly affections faded Carol was
00:49:03
convinced his parents loved her more
00:49:05
than they loved him he took his
00:49:07
insecurities out on his sister bullying
00:49:10
her and tormenting her when their
00:49:11
parents weren't around which was often
00:49:14
when she didn't obey his orders he took
00:49:17
great pleasure in punishing her Carol
00:49:20
would beat her using his hands a belt or
00:49:23
a coat hanger if she cried he would lock
00:49:26
her in her room for hours telling her it
00:49:28
was the price she had to pay for her
00:49:30
disobedience
00:49:32
his sister also had two pet cats Carol
00:49:37
would beat them and throw them against
00:49:38
walls when no one was looking
00:49:44
as Carol grew older his violent sadistic
00:49:48
tendencies increased he became
00:49:51
fascinated with human anatomy and would
00:49:54
read medical books to get a better
00:49:55
understanding of how different organs
00:49:57
worked he built up a large collection of
00:50:00
weapons including knives rifles and
00:50:02
poison hours were spent drawing sketches
00:50:07
of guillotines and other weapons he
00:50:10
tested his rifles out by shooting at
00:50:11
pieces of meat curious to see how much
00:50:14
damage each bullet could cause the flesh
00:50:17
he loved knives and had never left the
00:50:19
house without one honing his accuracy
00:50:22
and speed skills by throwing knifes at
00:50:24
playing cards and other objects Carol
00:50:28
often boasted he could Pierce a knife
00:50:29
through a three centimeter deep wooden
00:50:31
plank with just one throw Carole's dream
00:50:36
was to one day serve as a commander in
00:50:39
the army he was fascinated by the
00:50:41
coldness bravery and discipline shown by
00:50:44
soldiers but he was also fueled by a
00:50:47
darker desire for Destruction during a
00:50:51
school trip Carol and his classmates
00:50:54
visited Auschwitz concentration camp
00:50:56
Museum Carol became fascinated with the
00:51:00
idea of human extermination telling
00:51:03
classmates he could come up with better
00:51:04
ideas for torture than the Nazis ever
00:51:07
did his biggest dream of all was to
00:51:10
become an executioner or concentration
00:51:13
camp chief where he could have free
00:51:15
reign to murder at will he fantasized
00:51:18
about separating young females and males
00:51:20
from the remaining prison population to
00:51:23
participate in his own graphic orgies
00:51:25
then killed them afterwards throughout
00:51:30
high school other students mostly
00:51:32
accepted him but he didn't have any
00:51:34
close friends of his own this was no
00:51:37
surprise given that Carol loved to tell
00:51:39
gruesome stories of a violent and sexual
00:51:42
nature with a grin on his face the whole
00:51:44
time
00:51:46
although others found his stories
00:51:48
shocking they mostly passed them off as
00:51:50
nonsense other students saw Carroll's
00:51:53
behavior as a kind of disorder rather
00:51:55
than something that takes seriously and
00:51:57
they often encouraged him to continue
00:51:59
with these stories so they could laugh
00:52:01
at and tease him although they treated
00:52:06
him like a joke they feared his temper
00:52:08
and was scared of his aggressive and
00:52:10
unpredictable behavior Carroll was known
00:52:14
to pick on smaller kids practice
00:52:16
throwing knives from his school desk and
00:52:18
would run down the school corridors
00:52:20
pretending to shoot and stab classmates
00:52:23
one time when an older student punched
00:52:26
Carol
00:52:26
he took out a knife and cut the student
00:52:29
in the arm as the end of high school was
00:52:34
drawing near Carol applied to military
00:52:37
school in the hopes of joining the
00:52:38
Polish armed forces but spaces were
00:52:41
limited and his application was rejected
00:52:45
good at taking orders Carol instead
00:52:48
joined the police reserves the
00:52:50
Socialists Youth Club in the Defense
00:52:52
League where he was often praised for
00:52:54
showing excellent discipline although he
00:52:58
did relatively well at technical
00:52:59
subjects languages were not his strong
00:53:02
point and Carol failed polish in the
00:53:04
last year of high school failure did not
00:53:07
sit well with him and having to retake
00:53:09
the exams sent him into a bout of
00:53:11
depression nevertheless he was able to
00:53:15
finish high school and went on to become
00:53:17
a tertiary student at a technical
00:53:19
institution in Krakow
00:53:22
during his time at the technical
00:53:24
institution Carol's strange behavior and
00:53:27
the love for gruesome storytelling
00:53:28
continued female students found him
00:53:32
incredibly off-putting
00:53:33
and to most was scared of him one time a
00:53:37
female student was walking down the
00:53:38
hallway when carol was suddenly
00:53:40
approached and professed his love for
00:53:42
her from that day on whenever he'd pass
00:53:45
her he'd ask her what she was wearing
00:53:47
underneath her dress grandpa are
00:53:49
inappropriately or try to hug her no
00:53:55
girl would agree to go out with Carol
00:53:57
desperate he offered to pay girls to go
00:53:59
on dates with him but none accepted
00:54:02
instead he spent his days fantasizing
00:54:05
about orgies mentally planning the
00:54:08
depraved sexual acts he would perform
00:54:10
with female schoolmates he led to male
00:54:13
classmates know of one of his fantasies
00:54:15
to kidnap a young girl cut her head off
00:54:18
and then send it to her mother in a box
00:54:22
the other boys just laughed at Carol
00:54:24
assuming this was another of the
00:54:26
gruesome tales he told to get a rise out
00:54:29
of them Carol cot was formally
00:54:35
interviewed by police on June 3 he came
00:54:38
across as confident and cocky and
00:54:40
continued to deny the allegations he
00:54:43
admitted he enjoyed using knives and
00:54:45
that he had killed small animals in the
00:54:47
past but denied involvement in anything
00:54:50
more sinister police grilled him for
00:54:53
days
00:54:54
expecting him to crack under the
00:54:55
pressure at any minute but Carol's story
00:54:58
didn't change word of the arrest quickly
00:55:03
spread and the public received the news
00:55:05
with mixed emotions they were ecstatic
00:55:08
the monster who had been terrorizing
00:55:10
their city was finally behind bars but
00:55:13
many found it hard to believe the killer
00:55:15
could be a 19 year old student from a
00:55:17
good respectable family it seemed
00:55:21
incomprehensible that someone like him
00:55:23
could be capable of such horrific acts
00:55:25
and that none of his teachers
00:55:27
schoolmates or relatives reported his
00:55:30
violent and deviant behavior Carol's
00:55:34
parents defended their son saying he had
00:55:36
always been a good a child and brother
00:55:38
and there was no way he played any part
00:55:40
in the horrible attacks
00:55:44
on July 6 a month after his arrest
00:55:47
Carroll appeared in a police lineup
00:55:50
witnesses were brought in one-by-one
00:55:55
Franchesca 11 dogs go
00:55:57
the second survivor took her time
00:55:59
observing the lineup she put on her
00:56:02
glasses and closely inspected each men
00:56:04
before finally looking Carol right in
00:56:07
the eye and exclaiming that's him that's
00:56:11
the Beast who attacked me
00:56:14
Francesca wasn't the only witness to
00:56:17
single out Carol but it was her
00:56:19
statement that shocked the team Carol
00:56:22
jumped up looked French she should go
00:56:23
right in the eye and shouted you have a
00:56:26
good memory please come closer so I can
00:56:29
finish what I started
00:56:35
it was the confession the city had been
00:56:38
waiting for after being identified in
00:56:41
the lineup Carol caught no longer denied
00:56:43
his involvement in the crimes instead he
00:56:47
started boasting about them in chilling
00:56:50
detail he willingly and honestly
00:56:52
explained his crime spree and the
00:56:54
pleasure he derived from each attack he
00:56:57
spoke candidly about the dark thoughts
00:56:59
that plagued him his entire life
00:57:01
including violent sexual fantasies of
00:57:04
raping women skinning them alive and
00:57:06
setting them on fire he admitted his
00:57:10
childhood desire for slaughter grew into
00:57:13
full-blown obsession Carol caught quote
00:57:18
I was interested in what serves in the
00:57:21
war to destroy men and his well-being
00:57:23
and thus poisons knives firearms and the
00:57:27
methods of their most effective use I
00:57:30
had a large collection of knives my
00:57:33
mother never refused to buy me a new
00:57:35
knife I knew that they were happy that
00:57:37
their little boy he had a passion my
00:57:41
first dream was to become a commando I
00:57:43
liked their courage cold blood and
00:57:46
discipline and hard life then I dreamed
00:57:50
about a military career I wanted to
00:57:52
finish my officers school and become a
00:57:54
high commander I even applied to such a
00:57:57
school from my dreams I managed to
00:58:02
fulfill one thing I wanted I was an
00:58:05
executioner of people so I thought about
00:58:08
a greater slaughter about a real big
00:58:11
crematorium if there wasn't war I would
00:58:15
like to be the head of a concentration
00:58:17
camp I dreamed of mass murders in gas
00:58:20
chambers roundups and quartering people
00:58:22
I wanted to murder all women except
00:58:26
maybe two my sister into my cousin
00:58:30
unfortunately I didn't make it
00:58:35
Carroll confessed that all came to the
00:58:37
boil on the morning of September 21 1964
00:58:41
from the moment he woke up all he could
00:58:44
think about was stabbing someone he
00:58:47
started thinking about the best place he
00:58:49
could find a victim and decided a church
00:58:51
was ideal he was certain he'd find an
00:58:55
old lady deep in prayer who wouldn't say
00:58:57
the attack coming he grabbed two of his
00:59:00
knives and have left the house
00:59:03
kiryl entered the church of servants of
00:59:05
the Sacred Heart of Jesus before the
00:59:08
altar he dropped to his knees and made
00:59:10
the sign of the Cross
00:59:11
pretending to pray no one else arrived
00:59:15
in the church remained empty eventually
00:59:19
Carol rose to his feet and went to leave
00:59:22
at that moment
00:59:24
Helena belgin entered the church to say
00:59:27
her prayers Carol explained prior to the
00:59:31
attacks he felt stressed anxious and had
00:59:34
trouble sleeping but after the attacks
00:59:37
he felt the same sense of calm and
00:59:39
happiness he felt after receiving a
00:59:41
Christmas gift his plan was to go after
00:59:44
old women or young children who couldn't
00:59:46
fight back
00:59:47
target loaned victims in deserted places
00:59:50
attack quickly flee the scene
00:59:53
immediately and keep a relaxed demeanor
00:59:55
afterwards so no one would suspect a
00:59:58
thing after the murder of 11 year old
01:00:03
Ali shacks Eric Carroll maintained his
01:00:05
plan but going to a friend's house to
01:00:07
look at photo albums before buying
01:00:09
himself a cake and heading home the
01:00:13
attack on seven year-old Mel kosher was
01:00:16
described by Carroll quote I saw a
01:00:20
little girl in a cloak going upstairs
01:00:23
immediately I thought I would kill this
01:00:25
girl at that moment I turned to her
01:00:28
quickly pulled the knife out of my
01:00:30
sheath and started stabbing her and near
01:00:32
the belly and heart after this attack
01:00:36
Carol went to the local shooting range
01:00:38
to renew his gun license and then went
01:00:41
home for dinner he showed a no shame or
01:00:45
remorse and said his only regret was
01:00:48
that victims had survived and he didn't
01:00:50
get to kill more people
01:00:54
after H attack Carroll admitted wiping
01:00:58
blood off the blade with his finger to
01:01:00
avoid cutting his tongue he then licked
01:01:03
his finger clean Carroll caught quote
01:01:07
drinking blood from something that was
01:01:10
alive just seconds ago is something
01:01:12
glorious he will never understand it
01:01:15
only chosen ones can I was chosen to
01:01:19
experience and satisfy my body with the
01:01:21
life of others his taste for blood
01:01:25
earned him the title the vampire of
01:01:28
Cracow once Carole confessed to his
01:01:34
crimes one question remained what
01:01:37
happened during the 17 month break
01:01:39
between attacks the vampire wasn't
01:01:42
sleeping nor had he been arrested for
01:01:45
some other crime as police speculated
01:01:48
Carroll confessed during the break he
01:01:51
planned to the murder of four other
01:01:52
young women who he knew from school he
01:01:55
asked the two of them on dates where he
01:01:57
planned to kill them but neither would
01:01:59
agree to go out with him the third girl
01:02:02
he planned to rape and kill at her own
01:02:04
home but when he got there he found that
01:02:07
the housekeeper was also home so instead
01:02:09
of murdering the girl he helped her bake
01:02:12
a cake he planned to slash the throat of
01:02:16
the fourth victim using a razor blade
01:02:17
but he didn't have enough money to buy
01:02:20
the razor Carole then made several
01:02:24
attempts to poison unsuspecting victims
01:02:26
he wanted to use arsenic or phosphorus
01:02:29
but all he could get his hands on was
01:02:31
100 grams of sodium arsenate a highly
01:02:34
toxic salt he added spoonfuls of it two
01:02:38
bottles of beer leaving them scattered
01:02:40
around the neighborhood hoping someone
01:02:42
would spot one and be tempted to drink
01:02:45
no one fell for his poisoned beer Trappe
01:02:49
next Carol visited a restaurant for
01:02:52
dinner and added a spoonful of sodium
01:02:54
arsenate to a glass of lemonade he left
01:02:56
sitting on the table but the poison had
01:02:59
a detectable lauder so nobody drank it
01:03:02
learning from this experience Carol went
01:03:05
into a bar and poured the powder into a
01:03:07
vinegar bottle he believed would mask
01:03:09
the sour smell of the poison he
01:03:12
constantly checked the newspapers and
01:03:14
asked around to find out if anyone died
01:03:16
from the poison to vinegar but it didn't
01:03:19
appear so in another attempt Carol
01:03:23
poured sodium arsenate into his
01:03:25
classmates thermos the boy drank a
01:03:28
little but the solution was weak when
01:03:31
the smell of the poison hit his nostrils
01:03:33
the boys thought his tea had gone bad
01:03:35
and he ported straight down the drain
01:03:38
Carol's victim walked away from the
01:03:40
experience with only a stomachache
01:03:43
failing his attempts at poisoning Carol
01:03:46
experimented with arson he went out on
01:03:49
the streets with a bottle of liquid
01:03:51
solvent found a pile of old papers
01:03:53
doused them and set them on fire he ran
01:03:57
down the street returning a few minutes
01:03:59
later to check on the progress but it
01:04:01
hadn't caught on a week later he set
01:04:05
fire to a wooden toilet in his shooters
01:04:08
club but a caretaker promptly put it out
01:04:11
his last arson attempt came when he
01:04:14
walked past an open basement and saw a
01:04:16
pall of cloth and papers he poured
01:04:19
petrol over the pole and set it alight
01:04:21
but once again the fire was extinguished
01:04:24
without causing any major damage
01:04:29
after these failed poisoning and arson
01:04:32
attempts Carroll felt the urge to stab
01:04:34
again On February 13 1966 he went to
01:04:40
Costco mound and confronted 11 year old
01:04:43
Leszek Sal whack he said he approached
01:04:46
the lion boy and asked him about the
01:04:48
sledding contest sensing no danger
01:04:52
Leszek indicated to Carol where it was
01:04:54
occurring Leszek then turned away and
01:04:58
that's when Carol grabbed him
01:05:00
Carol pushed the wessex face into his
01:05:03
body - muffled screams and - then
01:05:05
stabbed the boy repeatedly when
01:05:09
describing the attack Carol said quote
01:05:12
on baffled as to why people complained
01:05:16
that the 13th is a bad luck day for me
01:05:19
it turned out that 13th was a wonderful
01:05:22
day Carol's confessions amassed over
01:05:27
8,000 pages across 18 volumes along with
01:05:30
videos and tape recordings where he
01:05:32
shared his life story
01:05:34
his bone-chilling philosophies and the
01:05:36
twisted reasons for committing his
01:05:38
crimes he agreed to participate in video
01:05:42
reenactments of his knife attacks and
01:05:44
poisoning attempts during which he had a
01:05:46
proud smile on his face as he directed
01:05:49
the film crew police and actors playing
01:05:51
out each of his crimes
01:05:54
dozens of horrified onlookers watched as
01:05:57
Carol acted out his attacks tightly
01:05:59
grabbing the actors who played his
01:06:01
victims and gleefully plunging a
01:06:03
cardboard knife into their packs when
01:06:07
asked if he believed murder was immoral
01:06:09
Carol answered that he knew it was
01:06:11
against the law but he felt no moral
01:06:13
objections towards it he believed he was
01:06:17
a decent man and killing was his own
01:06:19
personal calling when asked his thoughts
01:06:23
on pain Carol said quote
01:06:27
suffering is beautiful and inflicting
01:06:30
pain on others is an art but not
01:06:33
everyone can do it Carol denied getting
01:06:37
any sexual arousal from the attacks but
01:06:40
only because he had never had sex before
01:06:42
so he didn't know what sexual arousal
01:06:45
felt like psychiatrists diagnosed Carol
01:06:50
with a personality disorder exhibiting
01:06:53
aggressive behavior and a severe lack of
01:06:55
emotional development they recommended
01:06:57
he be treated in isolation at crackas
01:06:59
Medical Academy rather than put to trial
01:07:03
they said he understood ethics and
01:07:05
morals but didn't view his behavior is
01:07:07
evil rather as his fundamental right to
01:07:10
seek pleasure and happiness which gave
01:07:13
him the false belief it was his moral
01:07:15
right to kill he saw himself as better
01:07:19
than others which resulted in a deep
01:07:21
hatred towards other people the full
01:07:26
extent of carol's way of thinking was
01:07:28
displayed when he said quote I don't
01:07:31
drink vodka or have sex with prostitutes
01:07:34
therefore I'm not an evil person you can
01:07:39
be a good person and be a murderer
01:07:41
just like me
01:07:44
after this initial diagnosis and time
01:07:47
spent in isolation Carol cot was moved
01:07:50
to the psychiatric ward of a hospital
01:07:52
for further observation during his three
01:07:56
months in the hospital doctors observed
01:07:58
Carol to be calm happy and easily
01:08:01
capable of upholding decent
01:08:03
relationships with other patients
01:08:04
he enjoyed telling them about his
01:08:07
sadistic crimes he maintained a fear of
01:08:11
punishment but also made it clear he had
01:08:14
every intention to reaffirm if released
01:08:16
a EEG scans were taken the check if
01:08:20
carol had any abnormal brain activity
01:08:21
but the scans came back normal
01:08:26
during this observation period carol was
01:08:29
asked to finish these sentences with the
01:08:31
words that first came to his mind this
01:08:34
was the result the future seems to me
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misty I am waiting for life when I am
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older I will die
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I love my mother but I do not like her
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I would like my father to die I would do
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anything to forget that I exist the
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worst thing that I managed to do to be
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born with the results of these tests
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along with no family history of mental
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illness
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psychiatrists determined Carol cut to be
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of sound mind and fit to stand trial
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Carol cuts trial began on May 3 1967 her
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crackhouse district court so many people
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wanted to witness the trial court passes
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were sold on the street for absurd
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amounts of money when Carol caught
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entered the courtroom
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the audience was shocked by how normal
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he appeared Carol's charges were read
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our team two counts of murder ten counts
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of attempted murder fall by knife attack
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and six by poisoning and four cases of
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arson he pled guilty to all charges a
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smile on his face the whole time during
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the trial
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Carol's behavior was notably bizarre he
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would turn around and make faces at his
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schoolmates who were in the courtroom
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waving at them happily when he was on
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the stand he boasted about his attacks
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his demeanor was so unbearably
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nonchalant the judge called him out on
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it
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reminding him of the atrocities he was
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describing Carol's response was quote
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okay it's just that I have a cheerful
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attitude
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I've been eating and sleeping well and
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have even put on weight in person
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sixty-four witnesses were called to the
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stand and over 8,000 pages of evidence
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were presented as the court tried to
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determine the appropriate sentence
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the prosecution rallied for the death
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penalty while the defense sought
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psychiatric care in an institution
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arguing diminished responsibility based
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on insanity the lawyer for the
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prosecution said quote let your
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judgement remove the shadow of a bloody
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vampire once and for all and to restore
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a sense of security in the old alleys of
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our city let this moment be a warning
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for all these cowardly heroes who on
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their own selfish motives have
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challenged themselves by targeting the
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highest social good of human life
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targeting the lives of the elderly
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targeting the lives of children
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the sentence was handed down on July 14
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1967 when asked for his final statement
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Carroll caught had nothing to say the
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court rejected the defense of diminished
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responsibility based on insanity judge
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Ola schinsky
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quote the acts committed by the accused
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to show that he is more dangerous than
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the savage beast because he was endowed
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with reason his second life was written
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with martyrdom suffering and blood of
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innocent victims
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a biography revealing cruelty and
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growing emotional coldness a biography
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whose content was killing destroying
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setting fire and poisoning Carroll
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caught was sentenced to death by hanging
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the sentencing was based purely on the
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murder of eleven-year-old Lee shacks our
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work with the judge determining one
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horrific murder was enough to warrant
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the death sentence the judges reasoning
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for the verdict lasted exactly 65
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minutes and throughout the entire period
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Carroll caught sat calmly on the bench
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not a single muscle on his face moved
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when the judge read out his death
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sentence Carroll nervously swallowed but
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remained become months later Carroll's
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defense team appealed the verdict citing
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a section of the Criminal Code to
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strengthen their argument fed diminished
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responsibility the appeal was granted
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and on November 22 1967 the highest
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court overturned his death sentence his
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sentence was changed to life
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imprisonment with ongoing psychiatric
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treatment
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the prosecution went to extraordinary
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lengths to exercise the right to another
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appeal fighting to reinstate the death
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sentence near four months later on March
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11 1968 seven judges attended the appeal
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where Carroll was judged for both
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murders the ten attempted murders and
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two the four counts of arson rather than
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just the murder of Lesh excel wack
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this appeal was successful and Carroll's
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death sentence was reinstated in his
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final interview Carol cot said quote
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soon we're on going on meet with my
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victims and we can speak here on earth I
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have no one to talk to on May 16 1968
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Carroll Court was put to death by
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hanging at 21 years of age before his
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death Carroll said quote the biggest
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pleasure was when the knife was entering
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the body
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this feeling is worth the hanging
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when carol was first under psychological
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care scans showed no abnormal brain
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activity however his autopsy revealed a
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massive tumor on the right side of his
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brain the prefrontal cortex of his brain
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also displayed abnormal physical
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characteristics this suggested his
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attacks could very well have been a
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result of mental illness two examiner's
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and explained his unusual motivation and
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random selection of victims which are
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buried two other well-documented serial
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killers they suggest that his behavior
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may have been the result of an unhealthy
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brain as opposed to an unhealthy mind
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modern medical experts in Poland are
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sure if Carroll caught went to trial
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today he would be judged as a mentally
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ill person with a psychopathic
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personality disorder not as a regular
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criminal in that case specialists wonder
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whether the death penalty for Carroll
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caught was appropriate or whether the
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teenager should have in fact been sent
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for treatment to a psychiatric
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institution
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when asked about the philosophy by which
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he lived his life
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Carol kite said quote keep it short kill
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others drink blood destroy lives
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