Obituary of a Beast (1985)
• January 1st, 1985 • 1h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Between 1962 and 1966, sex murderer Jurgen Bartsch cruelly tortured and killed four children in an old air raid bunker in Germany. This documentary examines the personality of the killer who died in 1976 during voluntary castration surgery at the age of 30. Vilified by the press for his heinous crime, Bartsch also became a case study for famous found criminal psychologists like Alice Miller (who maintains that no one abuses without being abused as a child, and murderers tend to have their own childhood abuse denied by the adults around them). Bartsch never met his birth parents, he was raised in a clinic and later adopted by a cold, unaffectionate couple. By the age of 15, he tortured and killed his first child victim. This informative, fact-filled documentary provides enough details for viewers to come away with a broader understanding of the nature of the criminally insane and society's role in their formation.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Freight Train: Slayer of Innocence
Released on: 2017-01-01
Documentary, Crime, TV Movie
This documentary details the investigations into the disappearances and murders of several young boy...
Jack the Ripper: The Missing Evidence
Released on: 2014-11-17
Documentary
During a three-month period in 1888, a knife-wielding serial killer murdered six women on the street...
Mind of a Monster: The Grim Sleeper
Released on: 2021-05-01
Documentary, Crime
An LA serial killer goes silent for decades – but he was just warming up.
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
Released on: 2007-08-13
Crime, Documentary
Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lure...
Faces of Death III
Released on: 1985-03-10
Documentary, Horror
The third installment of the infamous "is it real or fake?" mondo series sets its sights primarily o...
How Police Missed the Grindr Killer
Released on: 2017-02-16
Documentary
The story of how police repeatedly allowed a serial murderer to slip through their fingers. Stephen ...
Die Unsichtbaren
Released on: 2023-09-30
Documentary
The film follows the career of detective inspector Marianne Atzeroth-Freier through the Hamburg poli...
Lucy Letby: The New Evidence
Released on: 2024-10-06
Documentary, Crime
In the eyes of the law, former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby is one of Britain's worst ever serial kille...
Serial Killer Culture
Released on: 2014-02-04
History, Documentary, Crime
Serial Killer Culture examines the reasons why artists and collectors are fascinated by serial kille...
Murder by the Coast
Released on: 2021-06-23
Documentary, Crime, History, Mystery
In 1999, teen Rocío Wanninkhof is murdered. Her mother's ex-partner, Dolores Vázquez, is suspected. ...
ID Special Report: The Long Island Serial Killer
Released on: 2023-08-13
Documentary
Examines the case from every angle, shedding light on the victims and on the suspect, Rex Heuermann.
Black Serial Killers:Truth or Fiction
Released on: 2023-04-12
Documentary, Crime
America has a fascination with serial killers. Many of them are household names, Ted Bundy, John Wad...
ULTRA II
Released on: 1982-01-01
Documentary
A video magazine put out by the Come Organization label. Noise, smut, medical procedures and an unw...
Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer
Released on: 2021-03-09
Crime, Documentary, TV Movie
Eleven bodies are found dumped on Long Island between 2010 and 2011; journalists Alexis Linkletter a...
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
Released on: 2019-07-25
Documentary
"Sam, could you do me a favor?" A seemingly simple request sparks the story that has now become par...
Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster
Released on: 2019-08-18
Crime, Documentary
New exclusive access and never before heard testimony gives a unique insight into the mind of Americ...
Terror in the Aisles
Released on: 1984-10-26
Horror, Documentary
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time...
The Happy Face Killer: Mind of a Monster
Released on: 2021-07-18
Documentary
Detective Rick Buckner has to prove Keith Jesperson is the serial killer known as Happy Face Killer,...
Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary, Thriller, Crime, Horror
This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional...