94 The Vampire of Kraków: Karol Kot and the Murders That Shocked Poland

In 1960s Kraków, Poland, a string of random, brutal stabbings shocked the city and left police hunting a killer with no apparent motive. At first, nobody suspected Karol Kot; a polite, intelligent teenager hiding an obsession with knives and violence. The two murders and multiple attempted murders he committed would earn him the nickname ‘The Vampire of Kraków.’ 📘 Learn more about my latest book Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten

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94 The Vampire of Kraków: Karol Kot and the Murders That Shocked Poland is an episode from Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast by Prash Ganendran.

This episode is 26:12 long.

This episode was published on Apr 18, 2026.

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