Episode
True Crime: The Phantom of Heilbronn
51:37
Published: Thu Dec 08 2022
Description
After the murder of a cop in southwest Germany in 2007 a massive hunt was launched across Europe. The suspect was a female serial killer who had left DNA behind during a number of crimes. She was so slippery, she was known as The Phantom of Heilbronn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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