{"id":3486,"date":"2007-11-07T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/07\/nothing-says-christmas-like-a-serial-killer-2\/"},"modified":"2007-11-07T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:15:08","slug":"nothing-says-christmas-like-a-serial-killer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/07\/nothing-says-christmas-like-a-serial-killer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing says Christmas like a serial killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 A German advent calendar for children has become a hot seller since word got out it has a picture of a notorious serial killer on it.<\/p>\n<p>The cartoon calendar shows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimelibrary.com\/serial_killers\/history\/haarman\/index_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Fritz Haarmann<\/a>, who murdered 24 young men and boys in the 1920s, lurking under a tree with a hatchet next to the door for December 1. Below him, Santa Claus hands out presents to children in a festive-looking Hanover.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;amp;storyID=2007-11-07T145750Z_01_N07486668_RTRUKOC_0_US-ADVENT-MURDERER.xml&amp;amp;WTmodLoc=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Continued\u2026<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/670452134731e45713412.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/07\/nothing-says-christmas-like-a-serial-killer\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing says Christmas like a serial killer<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quote: BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 A German advent calendar for children has become a hot seller since word got out it has a picture of a notorious serial killer on it. 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