Who is The Darkroom Murderer? The terrifying true story about the cold-blooded ... trends now
A new Netflix documentary looking at the horrifying exploits of The Darkroom Killer - who used an alias to target men in Berlin gay bars - dropped on the streaming platform on Wednesday April 3.
Spanning three episodes, the true-crime docuseries will take a look at the crimes of the Darkroom Killer, with investigators describing how they were able to catch the serial killer.
So, who exactly is The Darkroom Murderer? What is his alias and how was he caught?
Read on below for everything you need to know about the subject of the new Netflix documentary, Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer.
Who is The Darkroom Murderer?
Spanning three episodes, the true-crime docuseries will take a look at the crimes of the Darkroom Killer, with investigators describing how they were able to catch the serial killer
Under the alias of Dirk P., the Darkroom Murderer was training as a teacher at an elementary school in the state of Brandenburg prior to his crime spree.
Prior to that, he had also trained as a nurse — equipping him with knowledge about the deadly impact of GHB - which he would use to drug his victims.
Given the nature of the horrific crimes that he committed, it may come as a surprise to viewers of the show that his criminal record was clean.
Dirk P. was given the moniker of the Darkroom Murderer because one of the murders occurred in a darkroom of a Berlin gay club.
Darkrooms are safe spaces made available by many Berlin clubs for the LGBTQ+ community to have anonymous sex with strangers.
What did The Darkroom Murderer do?In 2012, three men were murdered in Berlin, Germany in 2012 after they were drugged with a lethal dose of GHB, known as 'liquid ecstasy', and subsequently robbed.
Crime scenes in the cases provided few clues or any hard evidence, leaving cops scrambling to find a suspect.
In April that year, a young man was found dead at sex club Grosse Freiheit 114.
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