Pter Kurten
Peter Kurten was born the 26th of May 1883, in Cologne-Mulheim Germany. The eldest of 13 children, he was born into extreme poverty. Having to live in a small one-room apartment, he was witness to the violent outbursts of a drunken father. On his father's side of the family there was a history of alcoholism and mental problems. Not only was Kurten subjected to the drunken violent assaults by his father, but was also witness to the forced rape of his mother on a continual basis. His father would later be arrested for attempting to molest his own 13-year-old daughter. Kurten would later state this was the beginning of his sexual teachings, which unfortunately would also involve violence. Having his father in prison, his mother, of "respectable stock" separated from her husband and shortly remarried. However, while the violent episodes that influenced Kurten should have ended, another individual surfaced to continue his perverse teachings. While the father was imprisoned the family took in a boarder, a dogcatcher, who would befriend the young Kurten. The dogcatcher, a severely demented individual, formed a tight bond with the 9-year-old and taught the boy to masturbate dogs and to torture them.
became so obsessed with these fantasies that he deliberately broke minor prison rules so that he could be sentenced to solitary confinement" (Gilbert, 1999). Soon the two combined and he began to fantasize about revenging himself onto society through the brutal killings of the innocent.
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Approximate Word count = 2178
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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