Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance
Released: May 28, 2011Runtime: 80 min
The true story of lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram who wrote his autobiography for a jail guard in 1928. Carl Panzram was a lifelong prisoner and a hate-filled serial killer. Brutalized in and out of various U.S. state prisons during 20th century America, Panzram unleashed a rampage of revenge that resulted in over 20 murders and countless acts of violent sodomy. A single act of kindness, by prison guard Henry Lesser, sparked a friendship that eventually influenced Panzram to write his autobiography. In 1930, Panzram was hanged for killing a laundry foreman at Leavenworth prison.
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John Dimaggio
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Tom Lodewyck
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David Salmonson
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Brett Jetmund
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David Weiss
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Douglas Wynne
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William Frederick Knight
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Robert Earl Ray
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