Episode 43: The Vienna Strangler (Serial Killer Jack Unterweger)
A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children’s books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison.
They even start a petition to the President of Austria to let this reformed man out and walk the streets amongst us!
Once released - it’s his second chance to do the things he’s always wanted to do! Become a serial killer.
Source notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Entering-Hades-Double-Serial-Killer-ebook/dp/B00545H3JC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jack+unterweger&qid=1614540964&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
^really good one - if you want deeper dive
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Serial-Killers/dp/1548119644/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=jack+unterweger&qid=1614541008&sr=8-4
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/books/review/Macfarlane-t.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.U/u/unterweger-jack.htm
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jack-unterweger
https://www.biography.com/video/jack-unterweger-full-biography-15261251591
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/08/03/killer-prose/796b8f84-0ee1-437e-9cd6-6496cbecbbe6/
Parcast’s - “Serial Killers” Podcast episodes “Vienna Strangler” part 1 & 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNlknrV_eSE
https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/d87lay/jack_unterweger_an_austrian_serial_killer_after/
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