044 The Woman Without a Face: The Phantom of Heilbronn (Part-1)

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In a quiet German town, the murder of a police officer sparks a massive investigation. But what they find is a ghost—a mysterious female serial killer whose DNA is found at over 40 crime scenes in three countries. This is the unbelievable true story of the "Phantom of Heilbronn," a mystery that baffled police for over 16 years.

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00:00to truth and trends I'm Charles and with me is Sophia today Sophia has a truly unbelievable

00:15story for us a real-life mystery that has a shocking scientific twist Sophia I am very

00:21eager to hear about this thank you Charles this is a story about a case that baffled police for

00:26over 16 years it was a cold winter evening in 1993 and police inspector Alexander Wagner was doing

00:33his rounds in a quiet German town when he was called to a crime scene a woman had been found

00:37dead a murder yes and what they found was a huge clue a DNA sample from a female suspect they ran

00:43the DNA through their system but there were no matches the case went cold but then years later

00:48the same DNA was found at a number of different crime scenes across Germany so a serial killer

00:53that's what they thought they called her the woman without a face they had her DNA but they had no

00:58idea who she was so the search for this woman was on yes and over the next 16 years her DNA was found

01:04at over 40 crime scenes in three different countries France Austria and Germany the crimes ranged from

01:11murders to burglaries to car thefts so this woman was a one-person crime wave yes she was a ghost

01:17they had her DNA but they had no idea who she was they even had a name for her the Phantom of Heilbronn

01:24this sounds like a movie it does but it's a real-life mystery that was about to have a shocking conclusion

01:29what's the conclusion well Charles in the next part of our story we'll talk about how this ghost was

01:34finally caught and how the answer wasn't what anyone expected that's a great hook I'm already on

01:38the edge of my seat well that's all the time we have for today so we'll see you next time for the

01:41conclusion of this story that was so interesting and I'm waiting for the next part my pleasure

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