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Cologne Unveils 'Serienkiller' True-Crime Exhibition With 20 Immersive Rooms

Victim advocates warn the graphic staging risks harm and skews focus toward perpetrators.

Overview

  • The immersive show opens in Cologne with a 20-room walk-through of recreated cases and forensic displays.
  • The exhibition is housed in a former car dealership in the Ehrenfeld district at Oskar-Jäger-Straße 99.
  • The team behind the popular “Titanic: An Immersive Journey” built the show after that earlier installation drew about 250,000 visitors.
  • Visitors encounter staged scenes tied to Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Fritz Honka and Armin Meiwes, along with panels on police work, legal medicine and forensic psychiatry.
  • Experts and victim-support groups say the graphic mannequins, 16-plus restriction and perpetrator emphasis can retraumatize people and distort public views of crime.