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Petros Koulaxidis
Petros Koulaxidis ( el, Πέτρος Κουλαξίδης; 1880 – August 3, 1932), known as The Vampire of Hamilos ( el, βρυκόλαξ του Χαμηλού), was a Russian-born Greek serial killer and bigamist who killed at least five wives and girlfriends in Central Macedonia from 1917 to 1930. Confessing only to the final killing, which he claimed was done in the heat of the moment, Koulaxidis was convicted on all counts, capital punishment, sentenced to death and subsequently executed in 1932. Early life Biographical information about Koulaxidis' early life is scarce. A Pontic Greeks, Pontic Greek born in an undetermined region of the Russian Empire circa 1880, he was described as a charming and charismatic man, but also a womanizer with a very volatile personality and callous temper. It is claimed that Koulaxidis possibly claimed his first victims in Russia, since several of his love interests had died there - including a rich woman named Dubova in Kherson Oblast who kic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard
"Bluebeard" (french: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of her predecessors. " The White Dove", " The Robber Bridegroom" and "Fitcher's Bird" (also called "Fowler's Fowl") are tales similar to "Bluebeard". The notoriety of the tale is such that Merriam-Webster gives the word "Bluebeard" the definition of "a man who marries and kills one wife after another". The verb "bluebearding" has even appeared as a way to describe the crime of either killing a series of women, or seducing and abandoning a series of women. Plot In one version of the story, Bluebeard is a wealthy and powerful nobleman who has been married six times to beautiful women who have all mysteriously vanished. When he vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
