June 18, 1710 - Klaas Annink
Operating in the rural Twente region alongside his wife and son, Annink built a years-long pattern of robbery and suspected murder that went largely unchecked until an outsider — a Hanoverian merchant pursuing a missing relative — finally brought enough evidence to force an arrest. The family's crimes were localized but sustained, and the case left an unusual material trace: the restraining chair constructed specifically to hold him during his 114-day detention survives in a museum today, a reminder of how seriously authorities ultimately took the threat he posed.
From Wikipedia
Klaas Annink (18 June 1710 – 13 September 1775), better known as Huttenkloas, was a Dutch murderer and suspected serial killer in Twente, Dutch Republic. Records of his life frequently mention that he was born in Bentelo.
He was reputedly responsible, together with his wife Aarne Spanjers and his son, Jannes, for numerous robberies and murders in the region in and around Hengevelde.
In 1774, a merchant from Hanover investigated and found convincing evidence that Annink was responsible for the disappearance and murder of one of his family members. Huttenkloas was then arrested and held for 114 days in a specially-made chair. Following a controversial trial, he and his wife were sentenced to death and executed.
The seat in which Klaas Annink sat, known as the "Chair of Huttenkloas", is still on display in the Ancient Chamber room in the Palthehuis Museum in Oldenzaal.
Klaas Annink's infamous nickname, Huttenkloas, has not been forgotten, having been adopted by a local brewery.
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