Karl Denke ran a ramshackle lodging house in Munsterberg, Silesia, now part of Poland. He was a cannibal and preyed on solitary travellers until he was caught in the act of murder in 1924. Police found over 30 different sets of body parts, the rest of which he had eaten himself or fed to other guests. Denke, a religious man, hanged himself with his braces in prison before he could be brought to trial. The photograph of him is the only known photograph of him and it was taken after his death.