The Hinterland Stalker

The Hinterland Stalker, also referred to as the "Ghost of Arras" and the "Scourge of Stalingrad" is a still-unidentified mass murderer (and war criminal) who killed hundreds of soldiers between 1941 and 1945 while fighting for Nazi Germany. Some experts have placed her in North Africa, Russia, France, Belgium and Germany during the final months of the war.

Brief Case History
Several British soldiers murdered in Tobruk, Libya and numerous Russians in Stalingrad were linked to a singular perpetrator due to the brutality of the killings. The soldiers were killed in territories not heavily occupied or patrolled by German forces, thus indicating a lone Special Forces operator. Several of the troops were lured away from their squads and killed with what appeared to be a sharpened pickaxe. The corpses were heavily mutilated and when other soldiers went to investigate they were gunned down by the unknown operative. She struck terror into the hearts of Russian soldiers trying to defend their homeland, she did the same to fighters in Tobruk, brutally killing British servicemen. She was nicknamed the "Scourge of Stalingrad" by the Russians and became a feared presence on the battlefield. Around late 1942 she fought in France becoming known as the "Ghost of Arras", French countryside towns became her hunting ground, ambushing troops when they came through the villages. In Belgium she was integral to German counter-offensive operations serving alongside a paratrooper regiment. She mainly fought in France and Belgium from 1943-1944, being transferred to Germany in late 1944 where her most infamous exploits took place.

The moniker of the "Hinterland Stalker" came around due to her systematic and routine torture, mutilation and murder of Russian troops in the hinterlands outside of Berlin for months and in the city during the final days of the war. A building that she was in was firebombed by Russian troops in an attempt to kill her but her body was never recovered so many suspect that she escaped.

Modus Operandi
The Hinterland Stalker used a customised sharp pickaxe as a melee weapon, carried a standard MP40 submachine gun and wore a gas mask to remain immune to gas and poison attacks. She was trained in psychological warfare to strike fear into the hearts of the opposition, she was competent in urban and rural combat zones, exceptionally talented in environmental concealment and hand-to-hand combat.

Profile
She likely has anti-social tendencies and psychopathic traits. She works on her own as she has a questionable ability to work with others. She would probably have been reprimanded if not for her highly lauded and accomplished military career. Her actions likely are not of a patriotic nature, she probably enjoyed killing and potentially participated in massacres perpetrated by German troops.

Suspect
Anna Schaefer
 * Born in Cologne, Germany in 1916
 * Daughter to a multi-millionaire property developer.
 * Institutionalised for pushing her sister out of a treehouse as children.
 * Wanted to serve in the Nazi S.S., her fathers' connections would have been able to get her a role in their counter-espionage division.
 * After the war Anna worked with her father and was eventually brought to trial for crimes committed by the Hinterland Stalker but she wasn't charged.