Peter Kurten's Skeleton Key

Peter Kurten's Skeleton key


Origin	The Vampire of Dusseldorf Killings
Type	Key
Effects	Unlocks Certain Doors
Downsides	Blood lust
Activation	Using
Collected by	Agent Ernest Moore
Section	Alcatraz-3563
Aisle	45605-444
Shelf	50783-6251-407
Date of Collection	1931
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Origin[]

Peter Kurten (1883 - 1931) was a German serial killer known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. As a killer he targeted and killed at least nine children under the age of seventeen. Often he would break into the home of his targets and stab them in their sleep. On several occasions he sliced the throat after death in order to drink their blood. This along with the town he killed in, Dusseldorf, was how he got the nickname. Before turning to murder Kurten was a thief, using a skeleton key to break into houses, when he discovered a child within the home he allowed himself to kill and drink from his victims.

Effects[]

Opens any door with children inside, causes blood lust. Desire to drink blood.

Creature Artifacts
Vampiric	Bela Lugosi's Cape • Richard Chase's Steak Knife • Blade’s Katana • Max Schreck's Fake Teeth • John William Polidori's Bookcase • Varney the Vampire • Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson's '58 Ford Thunderbird • Peter Kurten's Skeleton Key
Canid	Peter Stumpp's Wolf Skin • Rathwire Hillfort Stone • The Hound of the Baskervilles • Sergei Prokofiev's Chess Board • Lycaon of Arcadia's Ladle • Silver Bullet • Dog Leash From the Woolworth Riots • Marie Guichon's Red Hood
Draconic	The Dragon's Pearl • Pickled Dragon • Bell from Dojo-Ji • Dragon-Fire Locket • Bronze Dragon Token • Night Fury Scale • Teapot of Kuraokami
Behemoth	Boris Karloff's Frankenstein Costume • Old Mose • Wax Crocodile • Wendigo Mask • Original Papyrus "Tale of the Doomed Prince" • Bull Summoning China Cabinet • Draugr Helmet • Fighting Bob • Slender Suit
Swarm	12th St. Street Sign and Rubble from the Algiers Motel • Wilton Ivie's Notebook • African Witch Doctor's Staff • Bronze Locust • Spider Dotaku • School of Salmon • Charles B. McVay III's Life Jacket • Shirley Jackson's Jewelry Box • Tithonus' Lyre
Parasitic	Star Jelly • Ambrose Bierce's Skull • John Doubleday's Clay Vase • Rosemary's Baby Carriage • The Troll Glass • Yi Sam-Pyeong's Clay Vase • Babylonian Battery • The Haunting of Hill House • Edward Mordake's Second Face
Doppelganger	Johann Blumhardt's Rosary • Percy Bysshe Shelley's Note to his Wife • Khasekhemwy’s Scepter • Personality Balancing Ring • Romulus and Remus' Shepard Staff • Eustache Dauger's Iron Mask • Louis the XIV's Scepter • Franz Kafka's Blanket • Marionette Doll • Carl Jung's Lamp • Tomas de Torquemada's Torch • Victorian Advent Calendar
Revenant	Crown of Minos • Old Bone • George Romero's Flashlight • George Romero's Camera • Anne Greene's Noose • Dancing Skeleton • Skeleton Key • Richard Wagner's Ring • Dana Scully's Cross Necklace • Baron Samedi's Top Hat • William Seabrook's Cookpot • Frank West's Camera • Namtar Vase • Bran the Blessed's Cauldron • Ed Gein's Shovel • Marie Laveau's Voodoo Doll • Marjorie McCall's Gold Ring • Michael Jackson's Red and Black Jacket
Demonic	Pan Twardowski's Mirror • Anton LeVey's Bible • Boston Pope Night Carts • The Dueling Fiddles • Theophilus of Adana's Contract Seal • Sock Sowachowski's Hat • James Hutton's Overcoat • Emanuel Swedenborg's Scissor-Glasses • Katie’s Security Camera
Simulacrum	Azletar • The Original Stymphalian Birds • Caucasian Eagle Automaton • The Hounds of Alcinous • Laelaps • W.D.o.R. Security card • The Japanese Nightingale • George Melies' Mechanical Fairy • Cybermen Outfits • Five Nights at Freddy's Animatronics • Bound and Stuffed Doll • Annabelle Doll • Chucky Doll • The Masakichi Statue • Homunculi
Cryptozoological	Carnal Affection Spores • Man-Eating Trees • Metaphysical Artifact Entity • Will-O'-the-Wisp • Eternal Serpent
Miscellaneous	Mary Shelley's Box Desk • The Dark Crystal • Harry Wheatcroft’s Rose • ''Cabin in the Woods'' Monster Whiteboard • Maruyama Ōkyo's Paintbrush • Preserved Head of Medusa • Book of Imaginary Beings • Kappa Shell • Viktor Oliva's "Absinthe Drinker" • Sulfuric Rock from the St. Pierre Snake Invasion • The Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel • Todd McFarlane's Pen • Dalek Costumes • Linda's IrisPhone • Pickens County Courthouse Window • The Heart of Frankenstein's Monster • Apophis Statuette • Charles Fort’s Newspaper Clippings • Fox Mulder's 'I Want To Believe' Poster