Max Gufler

Max Gufler
Born May 1, 1918
Austria
Died 1966
Criminal penalty Life imprisonment
Conviction(s) Murder
Killings
Victims 4-18+
Span of killings
1946–1958
Country Austria
Date apprehended
November 1, 1958

Max Gufler (May 1, 1918 – 1966) was an Austrian serial killer who was convicted of killing 4 women. He was suspected of up to 18 murders.[1] He was reportedly subject to outbursts of rage after being struck on the head with a rock at the age of nine.[2] Gufler killed his victims after luring them with matrimonial advertisements.[3]

References

  1. Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing.
  2. Vronsky, Peter (2004). Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters. Penguin. p. 275.
  3. Hermansson, Casie (2009). Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition. Univ. Press of Mississippi.

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