German true crime

Schuld und Sühne is a German true crime documentary series on ZDFinfo in which journalist Paulina Krasa reconstructs ten real criminal cases, from double murders to skeletal discoveries.

Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer is a Netflix documentary series about the 2012 'Coma Killer' murders in Berlin, where a man drugged and killed gay men in LGBTQ bars using GHB.

ZDF's documentary series 'Young Crime' investigates cases where minors under 18 have committed serious offences. The series combines perpetrator and victim perspectives with criminological analysis.

The prestigious German podcast 'Zeit Verbrechen' is being transformed into a four-part TV miniseries in 2024, demonstrating how investigative journalism can transition from audio to visual storytelling without compromising its depth and integrity.

Amazon Prime's 'German Crime Story: Gefesselt' reconstructs the Hamburg murders, where Torsten O. killed at least two men between 1996-1997 and dissolved their bodies in sulfuric acid.

German filmmaker Fatih Akin brought one of Germany's worst serial murder cases to the screen with "Der Goldene Handschuh" in 2019, shocking audiences with its uncompromising realism. Lead actor Jonas Dassler spent hours undergoing prosthetic makeup to transform into the man behind one of Germany's most disturbing crimes.

Paulina Krasa and Laura Wohlers have created a true crime podcast that thoroughly analyzes German criminal cases rather than simply recounting them. Each episode examines two cases from legal, psychological, and social perspectives.

Norbert Pöhlke, a German police officer and dog handler in Baden-Württemberg, killed eight people in the Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg region and carried out a series of bank robberies before taking his own life during the investigation.

Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann, known as "The Butcher of Hanover," murdered at least 24 young men and boys between 1918 and 1924 in Weimar Germany. Operating from the city's railway station, he lured vulnerable victims to his attic apartment before killing them in a calculated campaign of sexual violence and dismemberment that shocked the nation.