The Ruhr Cannibal: Joachim Kroll’s 21-Year Reign of Terror in Germany
In this chilling episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson uncovers the horrifying crimes of Joachim Georg Kroll, the unassuming Duisburg man known as the Ruhr Cannibal. For over two decades, Kroll preyed on women and girls across Germany’s Ruhr region, committing acts of rape, murder, mutilation, and cannibalism that shocked the nation.
From his first killing in 1955 to his shocking 1976 arrest—triggered by a clogged toilet filled with a victim’s remains—explore how this seemingly harmless neighbor evaded capture for years, the tragic wrongful convictions that followed his…
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