Dieter Zlof kidnapped the university student Richard Oetker and put him in a coffin making Richard handcuff himself then he moved him to a metal shed that was rigged to electrocute him if he touched the metal.
By the time this song was written in 1981 Dieter Zlof had been arrested and Richard had been rescued although he did sustain permanent injuries that lasted his whole life. But, before being caught, Dieter Zlof was able to get Richard's father the billionaire Rudolph August Oetker to pay a ransom of 21 million Deutsch Marks. The amount of 21 million lead investigators to believe there were three kidnappers because the amount is divisible by three but Zlof acted alone.
This is where this song from 1981 ends but the story goes on. Zlof was eventually freed from prison but he never did surrender the money. While in prison he met a man who said he knew how to launder money. Zlof told him where to find it - buried in a field. The man was eventually caught with three million DM and he told the police where the money was but Zlof had already beat them there and took what money was salvageable. A lot of it had been destroyed over the years by water and bugs but he was still able to make off with more than half of it. In the end he was only able to launder six thousand and he was caught in 1997 in England trying to launder a single bill. He was charged with money laundering and was given 2 years in prison in the UK. Scotland Yard recovered 12.4 million.
This band only ever released this one record but they need to regroup to do a follow up song.
1 Zlof
2 Male Turist Combo
3 Turist Combo Dub
4 Heia Beia
5 Spanish Dancing
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