Jack Unterweger: Why Was He Ever Released?

In 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her drug-addicted son after six years of abuse, theft, and violence. Her trial revealed a childhood of neglect, institutional failures, and a community ravaged by tik. The judge gave her a suspended sentence. Today, she campaigns for Cape Town may ...  عرض المزيد

In 1880s Austin, Texas, a serial killer stalked domestic servants, brutally murdering eight people with axes before vanishing into history. The police failed spectacularly, private detectives proved useless, and two husbands faced murder trials. Was the killer a local man named N ...  عرض المزيد

It's May 1990, and convicted murderer Jack Unterweger is about to charm his way out of prison. After teaching himself how to read and becoming a well-known children's author, Unterweger had convinced the Austrian public that he was a changed, reformed man. But it was a ruse, and ...  عرض المزيد

Jack Unterweger claimed that he killed a young woman in a fit of rage and was sent to prison for life. That was only the beginning of his con that ultimately lead to his release which would bring him money, fame, and even more opportunities to murder. For more stories of the wors ...  عرض المزيد

This week, we tell the story of charismatic serial murderer Jack Unterweger — his time in Austrian prison, his confounding literary success, and his eventual journey to the Cecil Hotel in LA.

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed ...

A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children’s books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison. 

They even sta ...