180. The Vampire of Kraków, Karol Kot | Poland

Karol Kot created a suffocating atmosphere of fear in Kraków in the 1960s. No one suspected a young, clean-shaven boy fresh out of high school to be the prowling beast. Before his 21^st birthday, Kot was guilty of two murders, ten attempted murders and four instances of arson. After stabbing his victims, he licked the blood off the knife’s blade, earning him the moniker of The Vampire of Kraków. Psychologists deemed his criminal mind to be the sort that only emerges once in a couple of million.

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Resources

Book

M jak morderca. Karol Kot - wampir z Krakowa - by Semczuk Przemysław

Documentaries

Most Evil – Karol Kot

Killers – The Vampyre of Cracow

Seryjni mordercy - Był sobie chłopiec - Karol Kot

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Return of the killer who terrorized Poland

Karol Kot – The Vampire of Krakow

The boy who awakened the vampire

About psychopaths, murder and sexual crimes

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe

Narrated by Noel Vinson

Researched & Written by alexandrastasi

Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler

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