Talk:Peter Kürten

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Contents 1 cultural impact 2 kuerten's wife 3 Two things in here contradict themselves: 4 kuerten masturbating dogs 5 References, etc 6 Early life, deviant behaviour and trial

[edit] cultural impact

The playwright Anthony Neilson has written a stageplay revolving around the trial of Peter Kürten entitled 'Normal' (which incidentally explores the relationship between Kürten and his wife). I would put this on the page though I'll let someone do it in such a manner that it won't be instantly deleted by the wiki police.

[edit] kuerten's wife

Would it be possible to have more information about kuertens wife? How did such a man come to marry and why did she not become a victim?

Apparently because he was actually very fond of her. He even told her to turn him in and take the reward.(83.13.39.98 (talk) 22:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Two things in here contradict themselves:

Seconds sentence of the second paragraph: "Disturbed from an early age,"

Then, middle of the second to last paragraph: "Kürten was, in fact, in perfect mental health"

Are these reconcililable? Thanx. 68.39.174.238 00:10, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] kuerten masturbating dogs

Reference found here: http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/kurten/killer_4.html

Do not revert, people.

Owing to ambiguous punctuation, that citation still raises the question of whether the dogcatcher taught Kurten how to masturbate himself (and how to torture dogs) or taught Kurten how to masturbate dogs as well as torturing them. Both very strange things for a dogcatcher to teach a kid. Asat (talk) 06:49, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References, etc

Why are there no references/notes/external links within the article? Can we do something about that? Maria 03:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early life, deviant behaviour and trial

I don't have all the references to hand but I recall reaing that Kurten had a relationship with a masochist and 'honed' his tastes for sadism. He also had a blood fetish which he once fed by allegedly beheading a swan and placing his mouth over the neck. During his trial he was placed in a wooden construction for his own protection http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial2/kurten/ (83.13.39.98 (talk) 21:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC))