PAGAN PEAK
ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS
OK, let's start.
So far, we've just got two vague clues.
We need to look at the link between Tobias Dorfmeister and Ina Meyer again.
What should we look for? - Anything could help us.
I might have something.
We found a text in Tobias Dorfmeister's chat history that could be interesting.
He deleted the chat, but he was very sloppy.
We were able to re-create the chat.
It suggested he was in a relationship with someone.
We don't know who the other number belongs to.
We're on it, but it could take some time. We've asked the provider.
I'll send you the printout of the text conversation.
What about the laptop we seized from Haas? Did you gain access?
We're still on it, but we haven't managed to...
We need to return it. That's the judge's ruling.
There's not enough time.
The hard drive has been copied?
OK then, is there any other way we can establish
if Haas sold the weapons he stole from the police warehouse on the dark net?
Without monitoring his net activity I see no way of figuring that out.
Sorry.
We need to look at everything again.
Check if there were any recent fatalities in the area
that weren't fully explained.
Maybe we've missed something.
OK, that's it for now.
Mummy, I want to have ice cream with my friends.
Ellie, here are the text message logs that Sven retrieved from the provider.
All right. What's your impression? - Well...
Looks like it wasn't all a bed of roses in the end.
Ms Meyer? - Yes.
Thomas Braun. Hi.
Follow me.
I'm here voluntarily although I'm under no obligation to be or to remain here.
Thanks for giving us your time. This interview is important.
What's it about? - Lies.
You knew Mr Tobias Dorfmeister better than you let on.
We have here an exchange of text messages between Mr Dorfmeister and a woman
with whom he must have had a personal relationship.
What's interesting is whose phone numbers these are.
One of them is Mr Dorfmeister's and the other one...
...is yours.
That doesn't prove I wrote them.
I know you're a legal expert, but as it's your phone number,
it's fair to assume you're the woman Mr Dorfmeister had a relationship with.
OK, let's start again.
Are you the woman Mr Dorfmeister wrote these messages to?
Ms Meyer, if you want to exercise your right to silence...
I don't. You're asking me questions you already know the answer to.
Good, we're already one step further
and I'll ignore the fact you hid this from us last time.
What's much more interesting is why the tone of the chat suddenly changes.
At first, everything is nice and affectionate,
then he writes, "You fake bitch, who do you think you are?" And so on.
Sounds like something happened between you.
Got anything to say about that?
I didn't want to be associated with him.
We're investigating a murder, Ms Meyer!
As a lawyer, you should know that lying doesn't go down well.
So, what happened?
Aren't you going to turn that off?
Ms Meyer, please.
It was just sex.
What does that mean? Were you in a relationship or not?
Did he force you into anything? - No, he didn't.
I hoped to get something out of it. - You used him.
"Used"...
Why shouldn't a woman be allowed to do what a man does?
What did you hope to get?
I wanted to convince Tobias to stop his father selling his land to the Gössens.
And maybe that would have killed this project.
I actually had some success to begin with,
but then feelings came into it on his part and it became too much for me.
We weren't suited to each other.
And then everything changed after that.
He was hurt and he pressurised his father into going ahead with the sale.
Where were you on the night of the murder?
At the camp.
In all honesty, what would I have gained from killing him after the land was sold?
Revenge rarely has a purpose.
I had nothing to do with Tobias' murder. Why would I do it?
Because I no longer wanted to sleep with him?
Ellie, can you come with me, please?
I think I've told you enough.
Hang on. That means the serial killer is responsible for this murder too, right?
I can't say that yet.
My question has already been answered.
The task force is at the murder scene. There must be a connection, right?
Thanks. - Ms Stock...
Ellie, Gedeon, the dead man's name is Peter Lechner.
The pool attendant said he was here almost every morning, alone.
As far as we know, he was a secondary school teacher here.
Must have happened a few hours ago.
A young woman saw the blood and told the attendant.
He then opened the cubicle.
Quite a public place. Witnesses? - I'm afraid not.
CCTV cameras? - None of those either.
Have a look round his home and inquire at the school.
OK. - Thanks.
Looks like we have a serial killer.
I just don't understand how it all fits together.
You and your camera can get lost!
Hey, leave him alone.
What's wrong with you?
You may have helped me yesterday, but you don't trust me.
I won't ask why you happened to be outside my house yesterday when I collapsed.
Good.
Ask Kai Markstein's surveillance team
if he was at home this morning or if he left the house.
Okay.
Mrs Markstein, hello.
Police. We're looking for your son, Kai Markstein.
Mr Markstein?
Mrs Markstein, where is your son?
Would you say Gedeon Winter was always of sound mind?
I've already answered that.
A press photographer filed a complaint against Winter
for assaulting him for no reason at the pool.
The man was hindering the investigation.
Why didn't you report it to Prosecutor Swoboda?
I don't understand your change of heart.
You made four official complaints against Gedeon Winter
and told Prosecutor Swoboda
that he had made a piece of evidence in a murder case disappear.
I was mistaken.
You were even suspended from duty for a few months
because, as a German officer,
you investigated him illegally in Austria on your own.
You haven't reported these cases of misconduct by Mr Winter.
Why not? - Is this about me or Winter now?
OK, Peter Lechner was single. Pia and I were in his flat.
We found no evidence of a relationship there.
His only close relative was his father
who found out about his son's death on a trip abroad.
He's on his way back.
We went to the school too. Peter Lechner taught Geography and Biology there.
The headmaster was very shocked. Lechner had no enemies that he knew of.
He described him as a nice, quiet man.
Lechner must have been pushed into the cubicle after the first blow.
Massive injuries to the skull.
That much blood suggests the aorta was cut.
We'll wait for the post-mortem report. - Murder weapon?
Not much more than we already knew. A stone weighing about 1.5 kilos.
Nothing else unusual about it. Hadn't been modified or anything.
What I find much more interesting is the location he chose. It's public.
The killer could have been surprised at any time by a swimmer.
It shows unbelievable self-confidence
for him to kill someone in broad daylight in such a public place.
He must feel completely secure and love taking risks. A gambler.
Either he has no fear or he loves the kick he gets.
Does Kai Markstein fit the killer's profile?
That's quite possible.
In the psychological reports written about Markstein back then,
suspicions of a dysfunctional personality disorder were mentioned.
In other words, he had little control over his actions.
He tended to act impulsively and aggressively.
And that could definitely have been the case in the murder of Mr Lechner.
Stocker.
"Whatever I do in my life, my crimes will never be forgotten.
"There is no forgiveness.
"There is only guilt.
"Guilt follows me every day.
"And it's constantly there.
"But do I have to feel guilty without having committed a crime?
"I'm on my way there now.
"He will take me into his circle because I have made him proud.
"I've heard him..."
...and I've understood him.
He doesn't judge the way people judge here.
He teaches in a way no one else can.
With him, there is no guilt.
Everything will be OK now.
In death I am eternal.
I exist.
Why? My son!
My son!
I'm really sorry.
My son!
We're staying here! We're staying here!
What's going on?
Stop! - What's going on?
Keep back! Hey, hey!
Stop! Hey!
What's going on? Enough!
Stop it, all of you. Stop!
Stop it!
What's going on? Rudi?
The final eviction notice came this afternoon.
Our application was denied.
Can I see the notice, please?
NO MORE DIGGERS!!
It's not valid.
Of course it is. And we're evicting you now!
Fuck off!
Stop, stop!
Resist! Resist!
Yes? - Rafael, it's me.
What do you want?
Will you let me in?
Ellie, to be honest, I don't think that's such a good idea.
Please.
Rafael!
Ellie, it doesn't work like this.
I'm not a light switch you can flick on and off.
What?
You can't just turn feelings on and off.
Rafael...
I just want to be with you tonight.
Do you want a relationship?
Do we have to discuss that here now?
Why not? It's a simple question.
Ellie?
Stocker.
Great job. Thanks for nothing!
Who's this?
They cleared our camp. The Gössens will build.
All because I was at the station with you.
Congratulations.
ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS
JACKL THE KNACKER
"He must have been a very mysterious and charismatic person, Jackl the Knacker.
"Admission to the group occurred at nightly gatherings in the forest.
"He appeared before the children who were looking for him.
"For them, he was a magical figure
"that they immediately called Jackl the Sorcerer.
"Worshipped by his following, he was a guardian and teacher.
"But everyone else accused him
"of being a master of the dark forces in the world,
"of the devilish and the damned, of the evil of our time.
"A representative of the devil on Earth.
"But the group were at one with Jackl for ever... and beyond.
"Woe betide anyone who reveals his secret or his powers.
"The authorities feared his powers and hunted him
"and all those who were close to his group.
"He knew how to blend into the forest
"" or to change into the form of a wolf.
"The legend also says that even horses were afraid...
"...and no longer dared to enter the forest."
Gedeon...
Gedeon.
The post-mortem report has revealed that all the extraneous blood was turkey blood.
He obviously drank it. But he died of something else, of suffocation.
No one else was involved.
Kai Markstein's suicide is of a ritual nature,
a kind of self-sacrifice,
and as his suicide note implies, he wanted to move on to something greater.
What's the link between the cases?
As we can't find any similarities so far in the lives of the victims,
we need to look at the murderer's actions.
In the case of the first murder victim,
we saw extreme sadism that would be hard to surpass.
The second victim died more quickly and in less agony.
But the killer left his safe space where he could remain undiscovered
and went into a private space, so he knowingly risked being discovered.
However, he only killed Tobias Dorfmeister and allowed his wife to live.
I'm assuming he knew she was in the house.
After all, they had both only just come home.
That's precisely what excited him.
I suspect our killer is becoming more uninhibited with each crime.
Like a junkie, he's constantly looking for that high.
He has to raise the dose. His crimes are becoming more and more public.
He's not increasing the sadism of his crimes. He's increasing the risk.
He's giving up more and more control.
He doesn't seem to be motivated sexually or ideologically.
But there are extremely rare cases where people commit murder without motive.
They kill only for killing's sake. The act is what interests them, not the victim.
So he kills for fun?
Not necessarily. It's more a passion for the different methods of killing.
If there are no connections, how do we proceed?
What about Haas? How does he fit into this whole picture?
After all, his gun was at the first crime scene.
Up to now, I'd have said his profile doesn't fit into this picture,
but I'd no longer be confident about saying that with any degree of certainty.
There is a connection. We just haven't found it yet.
I need your help.
Haven't you already had it? - This is about something else.
We're not getting anywhere with something.
So far, you haven't been particularly co-operative. What have you got to offer?
The whole story?
I thought I already had it. - No, not this part.
We have a suspect who could lead us to the killer. Andreas Haas.
We can't go near him and the material we've seized is getting us nowhere.
Ellie, German transport police have asked for our Austrian colleagues and Forensics
because of a motorbike accident. They think it's murder.
I'll be right there.
Well?
The driver was Austrian, Samir Schuchter, mid 30s.
He died of his injuries at the scene of the accident.
It was initially recorded as a road accident,
but they found irregularities during the investigation.
The location of the victim and motorbike didn't match.
They now think it was a targeted attack.
During the post-mortem, they discovered a haematoma on his chest.
Here, right across his chest.
Something was pressed into him.
It would have skidded across the road and into the wall...
The crash marks would have been different, more horizontal, not vertical.
But the accident was some days ago. Why have you only done the post-mortem now?
Do you know how many accidents there are? We don't assume a road accident is murder.
I have something else to show you.
The border between Germany and Austria is right here in the middle of the tunnel.
There used to be a big iron gate here which could be used to close the border.
Forensics found something on the old bracket.
Scuff marks? - That's right. On the other side too.
If you ask me, a wire was stretched across the road that threw Samir Schuchter...
Off his motorbike. - Exactly.
A Mr Knistler for you.
I'm studying the local bat population.
There are a lot of crevices and caves.
And you saw the accident from there?
I didn't see it. I heard a loud bang, an explosion.
So, I came down through the forest to have a look.
Just then, the young man got out of his car
and went up to the accident victim in the tunnel.
But it was too late. The man was already dead.
Did you notice anything that you haven't mentioned to our colleagues? Like a rope?
A rope?
The next day, however, down there...
I found a badly injured hare in a home-made trap.
It was screaming horribly.
OK.
Thanks very much, Mr Knistler.
There was someone down there in the forest.
It maybe sounds a bit strange, but...
...something was watching me.
Something?
Who?
It was... like a shadow.
I can't explain it any better.
It was the energy coming from it.
It wasn't good.
It was evil.
Where was it?
Down there.
On the river bed.
Can you take us there?
I'm definitely not going down there.
I told you.
It's evil.
What do you think he saw here? A hunter?
A poacher?
What made him so scared?
Gedeon?
You go on ahead.
I'll be right back.
Hello?
Stop or I'll shoot!
Ellie!
There's...
...someone in the forest.
I know.