Peter Kurten
Criminal
German serial killer who is known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf and the Dusseldorf Monster due to his lengthy record of grisly murders and sexual assaults.
When he was a teenager, he was employed as a dogcatcher which led to his cruelty to animals.
He was executed on July 2, 1931 for nine murders and seven attempted murders.
He grew up in a poor, abusive family and witnessed his father sexually abuse his mother and sisters which led to his sexual abuse of his sisters.
Paul Durousseau was also a criminal from Germany.