THE VAMPIRE OF ZAGŁĘBIE - PRZEMYSŁAW SEMCZUK

A shocking story about one of the most famous criminals of the Polish People's Republic. In his report, Przemysław Semczuk ruthlessly and thoroughly analyzes the case of Zdzisław Marchwicki, known as the "Vampire of Zagłębie". It is a story full of victims, bestial murders and the powerlessness of the individual against a totalitarian system.

• Journalistic investigation revealing an intricate illusion.
• The story of the greatest mystification in Polish justice.
• A report on the powerlessness of the individual against a totalitarian system.
• A shocking story about a serial killer.
• A spectacle with the audience, which ended on the gallows for two people.
• Six years of pursuit, thousands of policemen and a million reward.

Katarzyna Bonda describes the book as a journalistic autopsy of the most famous criminal of the Polish People's Republic, without which we know nothing about the Marchwicki case. Victims murdered in a bestial way, a bloodthirsty perpetrator, and the police trying at all costs not to suffer defeat. The case quickly became political, and when the real serial killer disappeared into the fog, a double had to be found.

Regime journalists convinced the public that Zdzisław Marchwicki was selected by a computer. People believed it because a computer, a modern machine, could not be wrong. Only a journalistic investigation conducted years later reveals an intricate illusion. Did the computer really exist? Did the convict match the profile developed by the American expert? Did the murders stop?

This is the boldly told story of the greatest mystification in Polish justice. A spectacle with the audience, which ended on the gallows for two people. A shocking report on the powerlessness of the individual against a totalitarian system. A book that forces reflection on the mechanisms of power and manipulation.

The Świat Książki publishing house presents Przemysław Semczuk's report "The Vampire of Zagłębie", which sheds new light on one of the most controversial cases in the history of Polish justice. It is a must-read for everyone interested in the history of the Polish People's Republic, criminology and the mechanisms of power.