View source for Carl Panzram

Charles "Carl" Panzram (1891-1930), serial killer, executed by hanging at Leavenworth, Kansas

<table><tr><td>http://www.serialkillers.nl/carl-panzram/carl_panzram_8.jpg</td><td>Charles Panzram was born 28 Jun 1891 in Minnesota, the son of Johann Gottlieb "John" Panzram and his wife Matilda Elizabeth "Lizzie", who had both immigrated from Prussia, probably around 1870-1874.

Johann's first wife Bertha Barz had a daughter from a previous marriage, and together they had three more children before her death abt Dec 1877 in Eyota, Olmstead County, Minnesota.  Four months later, Johann married on 18 Apr 1878 to Matilda Elizabeth Price a widow with two or three kids of her own, from her previous marriage.  One of the children, may have been born out-of-wedlock or else by an even earlier marriage of Matilda's.  When Charles was born, he was the youngest of this large household, but Johann and Lizzie divorced in 1898.  Neither one remarried.

As to Carl's exact birthplace, although some secondary sources state "Warren", I can find no reliable source that tells us.  His parents in 1880 were living in Eyota Township, Olmsted County, MN, but in 1900 they had moved to East Grand Forks, Polk County, MN.</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td></td><td>http://www.serialkillers.nl/carl-panzram/carl_panzram_7.jpg</td></tr></table>

==Secondary Sources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram "Carl Panzram"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/panzram1/1.html "Carl Panzram"] on Crimelibrary.com

[[Category:Minnesota]]
[[Category:True crime]]
[[Category:Serial Killers]]