Peter Kurten - The Monster of Dusseldorf In 1929, 47-year-old Peter Kurten killed 9 people in Dusseldorf, Germany. The killings dubbed Kurten the nickname 'the Monster of Dusseldorf' because of his sadistic crimes. Peter Kurten worked in a factory and was a trade unionist. He was married and often attended church. Like many serial killers he indulged in arson before his murdering career began.

Peter Kurten Peter had relished the taste of blood since childhood. When he was nine, he would decapitate swans and drink the blood from their necks. It is said that he became a murderer at the age of ten when he drowned a friend in the Rhine River. Kurten got his sexual kicks from atrocities. His father was an alcoholic who took any opportunity to beat one of his children. He had 13 kids. He ...