{{Short description|Unidentified murderer}} {{expand Swedish|topic=hist|otherarticle=Vampyrmordet|date=February 2013}} thumb|200px|right|Layout of flat and samples of evidence taken from the crime scene, on display at Stockholm's Police Museum The '''Atlas Vampire''' was an unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/swedens-most-bizarre-unsolved-murder-was-maybe-commit-1706115395|title=Sweden's Most Bizarre Unsolved Murder Was (Maybe) Committed By A Vampire|last=Eddy|first=Cheryl|website=Gizmodo|date=21 May 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> On May 4, 1932, a 31-year-old prostitute Lilly Lindeström was found murdered in her small apartment in the Atlas area of Stockholm near Sankt Eriksplan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZKIgOcdu_wC&q=%22Atlas+Vampire%22&pg=PA247|title=Vampire Legends and Myths|last1=Hellman|first1=Roxanne|last2=Hall|first2=Derek|date=2011-12-15|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=9781448859863|language=en}}</ref> She had been dead for 2–3 days before police broke into her apartment; she had suffered blunt force trauma to her head. Lindeström was found completely naked and face-down on her bed. According to reports, sexual activity had taken place, with a condom found to be protruding from her anus. The detectives noted that a gravy ladle was found at the scene and on further inspection of the body, they realized her body had been drained of all of her blood. Police suspected the implement was used by the perpetrator to drink Lindeström's blood.<ref name=":0" /> Various clients fell under suspicion, but after a lengthy investigation, none were charged with her murder.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gijG7fSwvjAC&q=%22Atlas+Vampire%22&pg=PA25|title=The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes|last=Newton|first=Michael|date=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438119144|language=en}}</ref> The murder remains unsolved.<ref name=":1" />
==See also== *List of unsolved murders (1900-1979)
==Notes== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book| first=Börje | last=Heed | title=Brottsplats Stockholm: kriminalhistorier från sena söndagskvällar i Radio Stockholm. [1] |year=1989 |publisher=Sveriges Radio |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-522-1683-7}} *{{cite book| first=Stig | last=Linnell | title=Stockholms spökhus och andra ruskiga ställen |edition=2nd |year=1994 |publisher=Rabén Prisma |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-518-2738-7}} {{refend}}
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