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A serial killer in Nazi Berlin, the chilling true story of the S-Bahn Murderer, Scott Andrew Selby

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A serial killer in Nazi Berlin

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Scott Andrew Selby

the chilling true story of the S-Bahn Murderer

"As the Nazi war machine caused death and destruction throughout Europe, one man in the Fatherland began his own reign of terror. This is the true story of the pursuit and capture of a serial killer in the heart of the Third Reich. For all appearances, Paul Ogorzow was a model German. An employed family man, party member, and sergeant in the infamous Brownshirts, he had worked his way up in the Berlin railroad from a manual laborer laying track to auxiliary signalman. But he also had a secret need to harass and frighten women. Then he was given a gift from the Nazi high command. Due to Allied bombing raids, a total blackout was instituted throughout Berlin, including on the commuter trains--trains often used by women riding home alone from the factories. Under cover of darkness and with a helpless flock of victims to choose from, Ogorzow's depredations grew more and more horrific. He escalated from simply frightening women to physically attacking them, eventually raping and murdering them. Beginning in September 1940, he started casually tossing their bodies off the moving trains. Though the Nazi party tried to censor news of the attacks, the women of Berlin soon lived in a state of constant fear. It was up to Wilhelm Lüdtke, head of the Berlin police's serious crimes division, to hunt down the madman in their midst. For the first time, the ... full story of Ogorzow's killing spree and Lüdtke's relentless pursuit is told in dramatic detail."--Front flap of jacket

Prologue -- The garden area -- The detective -- The footrace -- Do not cry yet -- A blow to the head -- A family and party man -- The blackout -- The first S-Bahn attack -- The investigation begins -- The first murder -- A blunt object -- Death on the train -- Examining the body -- The Kripo -- A killing on the ground -- Connecting the garden and train attacks -- The wrong kind of suspect -- The Rummelsburg S-Bahn station -- Uniforms, decoys in drag, and another murder -- The attacks continue -- Volunteer duty -- Push to catch the killer -- A dangerous gambit -- A red herring -- In police custody -- The interrogation -- The confession -- Excuses -- The trial -- A date with the executioner -- Epilogue