The Horrifying & Disturbing Case of Adolph Louis Luetgert | The Sausage King
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- Hello Everyone, today we are diving into the world of Adolph Louis Luetgert the so called "Sausage King of Chicago".
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So she was killed because she said "I told you so" to her husband? 😳 Sounds like a bad joke! Eeesh! Thanks for sharing BC, have a great week everyone 💙🏴💙
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Never ceases to amaze me how seemingly ordinary folk turn into cold hearted murderers. I thought for a moment we were to hear of a new sausage recipe 😲! Great story telling BC, really enjoyed listening as usual.
We did hear of a new sausage recipe. Not exactly the kind we all would have liked.
And here I thought he was going to *make people INTO sausage*
sigh
Disappointment abounds. I know. Me too. Should we be worried we seem to be the only ones that were looking forward to a real life "Motel Hell?"
So did I 🤣
I know - it was much less dark than I was expecting!
There was a guy in Germany who did that in the 1920s. He had the cheapest meat in town and always plenty of it. He was killing and butchering homeless people for their meat. There were a lot of homeless in Germany in the 1920s. One lady took a piece to the police and told them she suspected it was human. The cops inspected it and then cooked and ate it. They thought it was pork, and told her it was pork. Then one time a homeless guy he hit over the head didn't lose consciousness and fought with him and escaped. He went to the police, but the police didn't believe him at first. Eventually the cops took the guy in for questioning with the intent on searching his house. He committed suicide in his cell before the cops searched his house. It's at that point the cops realized the people were right. Then they searched his house and they found parts of people.
@@BrettonFerguson Fritz Haarmann and Karl Denke
Poor lady, and children.😔💔
Lucky escape i think.
"He did not remain a widower long."
They never seem to.
Lololol!
Another case of a man getting older but his women get younger...
Men tend to remarry faster after divorce/death. Why is an ongoing debate.
He needed a mother for his child
@@F40PH-2CATMen can't cope as well as women can living alone. There were always enough widows around that were eager to remarry.
Ironic, the man known as the “Sausage King” died of heart disease.
I guess he ate too many of his sausages.
Yep
Never eat, drink, smoke, snort you own stock.
He could have had a truly amazing life, I’ll never understand people who can’t be content with their own success but instead want to keep up with the Jones’.
I agree, but thumbs up for knowing the plural of Jones. 😉
Some people must have drama .chaos .and for some- directed evil..to feel alive or have it be non- boring(I think). It's just been an observation of my 60 years with dealing with many people who create needless drama etc in their lives.
@@tracishea5053 It's always been,"Keeping up with the Joneses" though.
Guys named Adolph...
Hahahaha! Yeah? It's encoded and instilled to us growing up that we should be competitive that life is a competition. You're not successful if you're not at the top.
Should have stuck to liquor. People will always find money for liquor
True.
Tax on liquor in Turkey is like a billion % (over twice the cost as it is in the US) but the stores are still going strong! 😅
@Ekim Yazici Sounds like Erdogan is acting like a real T U R K E Y
@@seannotconnery8191 You pegged him. 😹 But his power is now waning. CHP is already taking back their rightful place (if it's not a British puppet) and things are already going back to normal. Even we were shocked to see that the price of our favorite toilet paper went down (things have only been getting more and more expensive the past 15 yrs under that little biç...)
Thats exactly my thoughts lol
I had heard of this case before, but that time they focused on the bones. Much of the information I heard here was new to me. I had not known about Adolph's background or the condition of his business at the time of the murder. Thank you.
Why do people kill their spouses man? Haven't they heard of a divorce?
I guess fortune needs to be divided. Women gets more than the men
Steph Carlo Back then that was unheard of
Steph Carlo No, back then they hadn’t. It wasn’t done.
You had to be pretty well off to get away with divorce back then and even at that it was very uncommon.
Thurber It wasn’t done at all. The rich and aristocrats didn’t divorce, period. It was considered a tremendous shame for both the husband - who was seen as weak since he was apparently unable to control not just the _weaker_ sex, but his own woman - and the wife (this, we all know why).
If Hitler and Stalin had a baby it would look like this guy.
Only uglier and in a high political position.
Noah Baumann hilarious
German genetics
@@angelaburroughs6244 Or was it german *eugenics* ? 🤔
Their attempt at creating the ultimate dictator?? 😯
Oh my God, you're right. Good Lord what a horrorshow.
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Good morning and that sounds delicious. I think I'll have that tomorrow morning. Wishing you a delightful day...
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That sounds lovely!
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The wife, didnt like his sausage. 😢
🤣🤣🤣🤣 they had 4 kids
Maybe she didn’t like the size of his sausage
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Portraits at that time were very unflattering but she looks very pretty, very pretty indeed
I did a project on this guy my senior year of high school for my forensics class. It's a pretty interesting case
Is there any other information that wasn’t presented in this video?
😂 It's amazing what's available today in H.S. curriculum. I'm guessing they'll even offer job fairs, career days, and incentives to be cops. Interesting.
Survivor 58 not that I noticed, I’d even say he was more thorough than the report I did because we didn’t even touch on the liquor store business
ThePlayboyLen not enough incentive in the world could make me a cop lol, but there was a job fair of sorts I remember so you were right on that
@@canna_cat4209 Stay free in thought, young one✊
I'm slightly surprised that Louise didn't end up as sausage-meat.
Well...the factory was closed and production was stopped by then. Who knows what would have happened if the timing had been different.
I had thought he went into the sausage business for that purpose.
They were always arguing and there wasnt much of a love life.
She said i told you so too many times!
Setiously.
She seemed a very likely contender.
Man - glad that factory wasn't still in operation. He may have found a different way of ditching the corpse. Nom nom nom.
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Actually I thought that's where this was all going to lead to lol
its no longer in operation however it still exists!.....the building has been converted into condos and sits discreet in a gentrified area next to the newly renovated lathrop homes projects on diversey
@@itsthe773guero5 Thanks for the info.
What I didnt quite understand though, was if the factory was no longer tunning, why were there workers there? Why did some see the caustic ash when he bought it? They said factory closed in Feb of 1897 and that he bought the ash in early 1897. Was that before or after the factory closed? Why did he bother employing a night watchman, (one that he can put to work to boot.) the one he had told to put the pot ash into the boiler room?That part wasn't really explained.
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I first read this story in a compilation called murder, mayhem, and mystery. I was about 11. I attribute this book to my love of true crime. The book is from the 40s and I read it in the mid 70s.
Imagine being dubbed "the sausage factory killer."
Imagine getting murdered by a guy dubbed “The Sausage Factory Killer”
Imagine being murdered by a guy dubbed the sausage factory killer and being made into sausages and people all over the region remember that last bit of sausages they had for Sunday breakfast had an odd aftertaste.
Whenever I hear the term “The Sausage King of Chicago,” I think of the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” when Ferris tries to get into the bougee restaurant 😅😅😅
lol me too
Yes! Thank you, that sounded familiar, well the sausage king part, but I couldn't remember where it came from. Lol.
Abe Froman!
"Mr. Froman, this is Sargent Peterson: Chicago Police!"
I had already seen this, but I'm happy to watch it again!
In fact, I think I will settle in for a binge, because I have a cold, so I'll happily snuggle down and be entertained
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Another wow story..gosh theres some awful people in this world.Thank you for your effort with the video.
Thank goodness,he didn't kill his children!!
Only left his SAUSAGE FACTORY for FOOD
Ah! Looked forward to this story in general, and happy your channel took on it😁
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Adding the sausage king part to the video title was a tasty addition 😉
Nice omment - Thanks :)
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Horrifying & disturbing + sausage king = of course I’m clicking!!
The workers wondered why there was potash in the sausage factory?
I wouldn’t be surprised about ANYTHING they might have put into sausage back then.
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Still do.There all brains and bollocks nowadays.
Wasn't it the English Lord Sandwich who said "you don't want to know how laws or sausages are made". It may have been Alexander Dumas,Pare who said it . Too old to remember EVERYTHING.
He should have invested in sausages and his liquor business.
Yeah, I'm straight dumbfounded a native-born man of Germany would be disenchanted at the prospect of being a liquor mogul. Nah fam, I want every house wife in the country to feast upon my SAUSAGE!
Yet again, B.C. this was a fascinating case. Really helped me relax!! Thank you. 🌞🏴🌛
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He died from heart disease? Could have been all the sausage in his diet?
I really do enjoy your content. Very interesting. Your voice makes it even better. Until next week. Have a blessed and beautiful day Mr. Brief Case
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He looks like he could be Stalin's brother.
I see it!
I was thinking he looks like president tafts twin
@@cd5433 definitely lol
Whew . I was half expecting a tale of 'Budget Pork Bangers' , going gang busters during the depression .
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This sausage king business is a little hard to swallow.
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*His wife wanted to leave him*
*He bought two barrels of corrosive acid*
Yup, I know where this is going
Technically it's a base.
It takes all kinda critters to make Adolph Luetgert 's fritters .
mugwugthemagnificful You got that DITTY from the schlock film MOTEL HELL-O starting Rory Calhoun! ADMIT IT! Lol.
@@arlynpage7491 it's just common knowledge meat's meat and man's gotta eat.
Good little rhyming epigram.
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That was a good one. Full of suspense. They had done so well and it all went to hell.🙁
Good story!👍 I watch the crime channel and ID channel. Find this kind of thing fascinating
As always your narration is impeccable! Thank you.🤗
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'"Eventually he saw an opportunity in the sausage industry."' LMAO
What’s interesting is that if I followed correctly isn’t this also the when HH Holmes was active?
And Jack the Ripper too.
Dave smith there is actually speculation that HH Holmes could have possibly been Jack the Ripper too.
Yes! I was thinking the same thing. HH Holmes was active during the world's fair. He also used vats...
Everything about HH Holmes in Chicago and his “Hotel” is pretty much a myth. He may have killed one or two people later on in life, but it was well after he left Chicago.
Matt R Have you not read or watched anything about him? They can supposedly put him in England at the time of Jack the Ripper. You probably believe the sweet little old lady who nipped over to the local cafe for tea while the police dug up the bodies of her boarders didn’t really have the bodies either
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Mr.BC as always the most interesting cases.I guess it doesn't matter what time period it might be there's always been whacked out sick Fs about.Hey Mr.B.C your knocking on 100ks door 👍.We gotta get Crime Reel subs up hes got a good channel as well. Hope everyone has a great day..Peace
I wish I didn’t need to sleep. I could listen all night!
This factory has been converted into condos and is located in the 1700 block of West Diversey Parkway in Chicago.
Great narration! So odd to do away with his wife. What was to be gained by doing so. Didn’t sound like she had any money either. Freedom could have been had with a divorce. Premeditated kill... gross too.
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And here I thought Abe Froman was the Sausage King of Chicago.
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Anndd here's me. Planning to put sausage in with the shrimp gumbo. 😱Way it goes. Oh well...7 peeps will enjoy as always💥. As much as I love your channel Briefy...💗
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Great story that I hadn't heard of before,thanks BC.
Great businessman, overall....Completely miserably excuse for a murderer. (Thank goodness.)
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His wife really was a rather pretty lady. Especially for back then, when make up was so limited and rare. He was lucky to have such a beautiful and smart lady. But nope. He just had to dispose of her. What a monster.
Sometimes it's cheaper to keep her!
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So many times a downturn in business seems to lead to a murder!
People would rather hurt others than lose their 'possessions'. The first rule of business: you should always be increasing in profits. Always, guaranteed.
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"The very petite and pretty Louise Bigness." I think that there is a good joke somewhere around here. 😉
Incubus Time Lord - arrived at this comment as he was saying it. Lol.
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That’s what happens when you eat too many sausages lol! ♥️ great as usual BC
??????murder happens when you eat suag
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Abe Froman, not Luetgert, was the sausage king of Chicago.
That’s what I thought! 🤣
Ha ha!!!!
About his gift of storytelling - if interested - (Sidenote: He used to tell prison guards his wife was haunting him even though he was innocent.) -- Adolph had a very terrifying gift - to convince people to believe the unbelievable. Sure, it didn't work on everyone - but the ones that fell under his spell also had their lives completely destroyed. His own lawyer had suffered so much so he ended up passing away completely broke - all alone - in a mental institution years later..... After dedicating his entire life to proving this man's innocence. His lawyer believed he was totally innocent and the wife was still alive...he gave up his own career and spent hundreds of dollars chasing this theory - which started simply from conversations he had with Adolph. It drove him mad - whilst also driving away his entire family.... Eventually he had to be committed - as i mentioned - where he died still proclamation the innocence of Adolph Luetgert right up until his final days.
Adolph ruined many other lives as well... Clearly his wife and children - but many friends and business associates had been deeply effected by the man and most honestly wanted to believe he was in fact an innocent man...even with clear evidence - many had trouble accepting he could do something so heinus.
That alone bothers me deeply as these same people had been witnesses to many arguments and fights as Adolph seemed to put little to no effort into hiding the fact that he was abusive to his wife. He made no effort to conceal the screaming and banging that was heard by all the neighbors over the months leading up to the crime. They had even noticed an increase in the frequency as well as the brutality before the murder as well......
And yet... They speak of him almost as if he was a model husband and the thought he could murder her was so foreign to them. I can only explain this as his way of charming them into believing he was the good one and his wife was the instigator - the real abuser. Given her size.... No one with a sane mind could ever believe that story. She was incredibly short and very slender.... Compared to this beast - she could almost pass for another child in family photos.
Even though he only murdered one - he remains one of the most chilling cases of that era - for me anyway - given the amount of people who believed the incredible nonsense he skewed. Even the jury had trouble with the case resulting in the first hung jury and many difficulties with the second. What seals the deal for me is the barrels he purchase and didn't need - that was clearly the largest piece of evidence as much of the rest could have been exaggerated or even fabricated.... Who knows. But that purchase just seals it for me. I just can't imagine anyone thinking his reasons where true - it was so disproven it left no doubt in my mind at all yet hundreds still believed he was telling the truth.
It leads me to wonder - how many Adolph's have we had - or do have now - that are literally getting away with murder simply because they became experts at convincing others to believe the unbelievable.
Sorry it's so long I rambled on too often. I did much research into this case and several more for a paper I did called Believing the Unbelievable
Given the time span much is from other stories that can't be 100% proven or disproven so keep this in mind that it may not be totally accurate but you will still get the idea I'm trying to make either way. :) As far as I know though it's all true. X
Both Him and H.H. Holmes both during that Era in Chicago. Good information.
@Amanda Roman, thank you 🥰.
Good evening Brief Case, or good time period where you are, lol. Another good upload to watch while chilling before work. I'm curious, where do you get all the information? Your videos are very thorough.
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As always, beautifully done, BC!
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@@BriefCaseOfficial You always do a stellar job. I always look forward to another grisly history lesson from you!
When your videos come to a close, I always say out loud with you, "next....brief....case." 😅
Enjoyed this . . . thank you.
They 'found another corpse' to test in the potash? 😱😱
@David Parry lmao!!
Chicago PD on the job even back then, clearing the streets of ne'er-do-wells. 😀
Wow B C this case is horrific,I can’t even imagine what pain his wife went through!! Thanks Again B C I absolutely love your channel,and keep up with your awesomeness lots of love Joyce P Kentucky USA!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for listening
I'm sure there are some GREAT guys named Adolph, in the world
...but damnit man...
You hear that name and just default assume the worst
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Oh dear... he didn't want to finish up paying alimony🤔If the factory had still been operating she could have finished up as sausage meat!😵What a weirdo, he definitely had a plan and it wasn't mincemeat! Poor Louise! His sausages did for him! Too many... heart attack! 💔🙄Well told😘
Awesome one! 😁 +🎃 !
Greed strikes again. Thanks, BC!
Very nice THANKS FOR SHARING