Huttenkloas

Huttenkloas (1710 - 1775), his real name was Klaas Annink, was a notorious Dutch serial killer in Twente, Netherlands.

Records of his life frequently mention that he was born in Bentelo. This is where I grew up. As a matter of fact, as a child I was told Huttenkloas used to live only a couple of hundred meters from where we lived.

He was reputedly responsible, together with his wife and his son, for numerous robberies and murders in the region. In 1774, a merchant from Hanover investigated and found convincing evidence that Annink was responsible for the disappearance and murder of one of his family members. Huttenkloas was then arrested and held for 114 days in a specially-made chair. Following a controversial trial, he and his wife were sentenced to death and executed.

Today I bought six bottles of Huttenkloas beer and a Huttenkloas glass showing the chair in which he was held.

They say it's a beer Klaas would have killed for.