March 15, 1929 - Stanisław Modzelewski
Operating in postwar rural Poland during a period of strict state censorship, Modzelewski carried out a series of killings near Łódź that authorities worked to suppress from public knowledge, making the full scope of his crimes difficult to document. The nickname attached to him reflected the nature of the attacks rather than any folkloric theatrics — his case remains one of the more obscure entries in Polish criminal history precisely because the communist-era government controlled what reached the public. His limited education and unremarkable working life made him, in retrospect, a figure whose danger was invisible until it wasn't.
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Stanisław Modzelewski (15 March 1929 – 13 November 1969) was a Polish serial killer known as the Vampire of Gałkówek (Polish: Wampir z Gałkówka), active near Łódź, Poland during the 1950s. He completed three classes of primary school and worked in Warsaw as a driver. During 1952-1956 and in 1967, he murdered seven women and attempted to murder six others. Although he is believed to have murdered an eighth victim (which he confessed to), it was never proven as the body was never found. He was sentenced to death and the execution by hanging was carried out in November 1969, in Warsaw.
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