Haarmann. Die Geschichte eines Werwolfs

A stark, almost claustrophobic portrait opens the work, where the narrator—a psychologist and legal scholar—feels compelled to record a case that threatens to be erased by the courts. He frames the story as a cultural chronicle, insisting that the details of a grotesque crime in early‑twentieth‑century Hannover must survive for both public understanding and academic study. The tone is somber and analytical, blending philosophical musings on humanity’s darkness with a meticulous legal account, promising listeners a blend of forensic insight and existential reflection.

The setting is rendered in vivid detail: the once‑green capital of Lower Saxony, now choked by factories, canals, and the sprawling Leine River. The city’s rapid industrial transformation provides a stark backdrop for a series of murders that shock its burgeoning proletarian districts. As the narrator pieces together witnesses, motives, and the unsettling psychology of the perpetrator, listeners are drawn into a tense investigation that probes the limits of law, morality, and the human capacity for evil.