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September 8, 1952 - Joachim Knychała

Operating across the Upper Silesian industrial region over roughly seven years, Knychała targeted women in a series of murders that drew enough attention to earn him two separate nicknames in the Polish press. His case belongs to a period when serial violence of this kind remained comparatively rare in public record in communist Poland, making the investigation and eventual death sentence notable within the country's criminal history.

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Joachim Knychała

Joachim Knychała (8 September 1952 – 28 October 1985) was a Polish serial killer, known as "The Vampire of Bytom" or "Frankenstein", who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982 in the Upper Silesian industrial region. He was apprehended, sentenced to death and hanged.

Victims

The list contains names of the victims of Knychała, the place of murder and the date of the murder

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