Case 255
Rudolf Rupp
When 52-year-old German farmer Rudolf Rupp failed to return home from a night out drinking in the town of Neuburg an der Donau, several questions were raised. Had Rudolf accidentally driven into the nearby Donau River? Had he taken his own life? Or was he the victim of something more sinister?
The police turned to Rudolf’s wife Hermine and their two daughters, Manuela and Andrea, for answers, opening up a can of worms that no one could have seen coming.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
VIDEOS
ARTICLES
“No spurting bleeding” – Spiegel Panorama
Father had abused daughters – Spiegel Panorama
Horror scenes on the farm – Spiegel Panorama
Rupp owed 882,000 marks – Donaukurier
Farmer Rudi, a horrible murder and the false confession – Spiegel Panorama
In case of doubt against the accused – Spiegel Panorama
The riddle of Rudolf Rupp – Spiegel Panorama
“You needed confessions” – Spiegel Panorama
Court acquits Rupp family in case – Spiegel Panorama
And start again – Donaukurier
Presiding judge under fire – Donaukurier
Rupp case: serious allegations – Donaukurier
“Mountains of lies” confuse investigators – Donaukurier
“One of the most bizarre criminal cases” – Donaukurier
Guilty but not guilty – Donaukurier
Suicide unlikely – Donaukurier
“Strudel of tall tales” – Donaukurier
“There was never any pressure” – Donaukurier
Hermine Rupp freaks out – Donaukurier
Strangled or suffocated? – Donaukurier
All locks of the Mercedes intact – Donaukurier
Glitches and sloppiness – Donaukurier
More and more mysteries in the Rupp case – Donaukurier
The Rupp case: who invented the horror story? – Donaukurier
Aftermath in the Rudolf Rudd case – Donaukurier
Tough struggle for compensation – Donaukurier
The final judgement has been pronounced – Donaukurier
“I’m afraid of such a police force” – Donaukurier
“Completely unprofessional” – Donaukurier
Always trouble with the prosecutor – Süddeutsche
OTHER
Comparing injustices: truth, justice, and the system – Albany Law Review
European Court of Human Rights (60879/12) – Court (Fifth Section) – Decision – RUPP v. Germany
Feeling guilty: little effect on false confession rate – Psychology, Crime & Law