Letters can sow fear and terror among the population. When the authors threaten, blackmail – or brag about a crime. Like the letter bomber and murderer Franz Fuchs. The well-known profiler Thomas Müller analyzed one of his letters.
The letters that Franz Fuchs wrote were the cry of someone who felt misunderstood and underestimated: Believe me, he wanted to make it clear to the world that I alone have been keeping you in suspense for years. And no one else. That was the core message in the numerous confession letters from Austria’s once most wanted terrorist.
For years he caused death, destruction and panic in the country with dozens of letter bombs and two pipe bombs. Four people were killed and fifteen were injured, some seriously. The most prominent victim was the mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk.
Using the letters, explore the psyche of the perpetrators
The letters of bomber Franz Fuchs, in which he repeatedly identified his perpetrator under a pseudonym, are unique in Austrian criminal history. Special police units around the world are repeatedly confronted with insidious threatening, blackmailing or confession letters. Franz Fuchs also sent exactly such letters, one of which was even ‘seasoned’ with a pinch of explosives.
Source: Krone
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