roles, was broadcast on ZDF in 1990 and won the Grimme-Preis Award the following year. In 1999, the German TV series Die Cleveren broadcast an episode titled "Greed", leaning on details from the Poehlke case; these include, for example, the killer's modus operandi being stealing vehicles and the main suspect being an investigating officer. In 2001, the ARD broadcast a documentary about the Poehlke case under the title The Hammer-Killer - blood trail of a police officer in the 'Die großen Kriminalfälle series, which reconstructed the case based on investigation files and numerous witness accounts. See also List of German serial killers References Bibliography Fuchs, Christian [1996] (2002). Bad Blood: An Illustrated Guide to Psycho Cinema. Creation Books. Wetsch, Elisabeth. POEHLKE, Norbert Hans Serial Killers True Crime Library. Retrieved on 2007-10-03 Fred Breinersdorfer, Elke R. Evert: The Hammer Killer. A documentary novel. Factor publishing house, Stuttgart 1986, Martin Jung: "The Hammer Killer" - Police master Norbert Poehlke. In: Klaus Schönberger (ed.): Vabanque. Bank robbery, theory, practice, history. Berlin/Göttingen 2000, External links Norbert Poehlke killed six people 30 years ago. (Stuttgarter Zeitung online, retrieved on October 20, 2015) Lane 3799: Right track, wrong grid. In: Der Spiegel. No. 17 , 1986, pp. 53–60 Fred Breinersdorfer, Anne Worst: The Hammer Killer - Bloodstain of a Policeman. The First of May 24, 2001 (WH April 23, 2013 SWR, 3sat) on YouTube The case of the hammer murderer in the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg 1951 births 1985 deaths 1985 suicides Familicides German police officers German serial killers Male serial killers Murder–suicides in Europe People from Stuttgart Police misconduct in Germany Serial killers who worked in law enforcement Suicides by firearm in Italy