• Oct 21, 2006
  • 60 min
  • Full-HD

The Vienna Strangler (2006)

The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger (1950-1994), who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault. In 1974, Unterweger murdered 18-year-old German citizen Margaret Schäfer by strangling her with her own bra, and in 1976 was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. And that was only the beginning... Epsidode 1:4 of "Serial Killers".

Country
United Kingdom
Companies

Jack Unterweger

Self (archive footage)

Bianca Mrak

Self - Jack's Girlfriend

Astrid Wagner

Self - Lawyer & Jack's Girlfriend

John Leake

Self - Biographer

Walter Bruschweiler

Self

Tim Pigott-Smith

Narrator (voice)

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