Ernst August Wagner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst August Wagner

German spree killer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1874

Place of Birth: Eglosheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1938

Profession: spree killer, pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ernst August Wagner (22 September 1874 – 27 April 1938) was a German mass murderer who, on 4 September 1913 killed his wife and four children in Degerloch.
He subsequently drove to Mühlhausen an der Enz where he set several fires and shot 20 people, of whom at least nine died, before he was beaten unconscious by furious villagers and left for dead. He was the first person in Württemberg to be found not guilty by reason of insanity after several psychiatric assessments diagnosed him to suffer from paranoia.
He was brought to an asylum in Winnenthal, where later he wrote several plays and dramas.
He died there of tuberculosis in 1938.