The Cleaver Man Who Butchered Baghdad
This episode explores the dark and disturbing story of Hatem Kazem, infamously known as “Abu Tobar”. Once a dismissed police officer and former pilot trainee, he evolved into a calculated serial killer who turned his own family into a coordinated robbery and murder ring.
Operating in 1970s Baghdad, he targeted affluent households with chilling precision, allegedly using his wife’s work as a domestic helper to gather intelligence before carrying out attacks. His crimes intensified when he struck near the presidential palace, but a surviving witness ultimately provided a crucial description…
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