May 1, 1918 - Max Gufler
Convicted of four killings but suspected in as many as eighteen, Gufler represents a category of mid-century criminal whose full scope of harm was never legally established. The gap between confirmed and suspected victims raises questions about investigative capacity and what went undetected — or unprosecuted — in postwar Austria.
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Max Gufler (1 May 1918 – 9 August 1966) was an Austrian serial killer who was convicted of killing four women. He was suspected of up to 18 murders. He was reportedly subject to outbursts of rage after being struck on the head with a rock at the age of nine. Gufler killed his victims after luring them with matrimonial advertisements.
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