The Ritual Killer Investigation

Let the Right One In

This flow follows the murders, public panic, investigation, and apparent capture of the man blamed for the so-called ritual killings.

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A Nighttime Arrival A Nighttime Arrival from "Let the Right One In". A Nighttime Arrival An unobserved move A truck driver later recalls bringing Hakan Bengtsson and a girl from Norrköping to Blackeberg at night.

A Nighttime Arrival from "Let the Right One In". A Nighttime Arrival An unobserved move A truck driver later recalls bringing Hakan Bengtsson and a girl from Norrköping to Blackeberg at night.

A Nighttime Arrival An unobserved move A truck driver later recalls bringing Hakan Bengtsson and a girl from Norrköping to Blackeberg at night. The secrecy of the move becomes significant after violence exposes a hidden life inside the planned suburb.

The First Murder The First Murder from "Let the Right One In". The First Murder A staged killing Hakan abducts a boy in the forest and drains his blood, believing it necessary to keep Eli alive.

The First Murder from "Let the Right One In". The First Murder A staged killing Hakan abducts a boy in the forest and drains his blood, believing it necessary to keep Eli alive.

The First Murder A staged killing Hakan abducts a boy in the forest and drains his blood, believing it necessary to keep Eli alive. The act is brutal, but Hakan experiences it as coerced service. That contradiction fuels the case’s grotesque public mythology.

The Pool Attack The Pool Attack from "Let the Right One In". The Pool Attack A failed ritual Hakan attempts another killing at Vällingby Pool, but his intended victim wakes and screams before the deed is completed.

The Pool Attack from "Let the Right One In". The Pool Attack A failed ritual Hakan attempts another killing at Vällingby Pool, but his intended victim wakes and screams before the deed is completed.

The Pool Attack A failed ritual Hakan attempts another killing at Vällingby Pool, but his intended victim wakes and screams before the deed is completed. The interruption leads him to pour acid over his own face, leaving investigators with a spectacularly disfigured suspect and more questions than answers.

The Public Search The Public Search from "Let the Right One In". The Public Search A monster on the loose After Hakan escapes the hospital, police search Judarn Forest while newspapers circulate his photograph and speculate…

The Public Search from "Let the Right One In". The Public Search A monster on the loose After Hakan escapes the hospital, police search Judarn Forest while newspapers circulate his photograph and speculate…

The Public Search A monster on the loose After Hakan escapes the hospital, police search Judarn Forest while newspapers circulate his photograph and speculate about his identity. A frightened public converts uncertainty into certainty about an archetypal monster, even as the suspect’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Capture Without Closure Capture Without Closure from "Let the Right One In". Capture Without Closure An incomplete ending Police announce that the alleged ritual killer has been apprehended after finding him in a basement safe room.

Capture Without Closure from "Let the Right One In". Capture Without Closure An incomplete ending Police announce that the alleged ritual killer has been apprehended after finding him in a basement safe room.

Capture Without Closure An incomplete ending Police announce that the alleged ritual killer has been apprehended after finding him in a basement safe room. The apparent resolution is unstable: Hakan’s body remains dangerous, and the case’s official story cannot account for everything that has happened.

October 18, 1981

Wednesday, October 21, 1981

Thursday, October 29, 1981

Sunday, November 8, 1981

Monday, November 9, 1981