Key Figures: Dr. Kurt Bites (Dentist), Margot Bites (Wife), Claudia Uden (16-year-old dental assistant)
Collaborator: Silenswar (Instagram, helped with German translations)
Initial Incident
Trigger Event: Dr. Kurt Bites receives a disturbing phone call from a guttural voice hurling obscenities.
Incident Escalation: Repeated phone calls, increasing in frequency. Voice targets Claudia with unsettling flirtation.
Name of Caller: The caller refers to himself as "Chopper".
Technological Intervention
Response: Dr. Bites contacts the Deutch Bundespost (German Post Office).
Action Taken: Technicians install an intercept circuit to trace the calls, costing 60,000 marks.
Result: Chopper continues harassment by interrupting outgoing calls and shows knowledge of Claudia’s private activities.
Escalation and Police Involvement
Contextual Murders: Several young girls, including Sonja Hurler (13) and Ursula Herrmann (10), were murdered around this time, heightening the concern.
Threats to Claudia: Chopper threatens Claudia’s life in November, prompting serious police involvement.
Mysterious Phenomena
Voice Transition: Chopper’s voice starts to emanate from various household fixtures (drains, electrical outlets, toilet bowl).
Impact: Business at the clinic suffers as word spreads about the so-called “ghost.”
Media Frenzy: National and international attention, with reporters, paranormal investigators, and psychics visiting the clinic.
Investigation and Suspicions
Police Task Force: Special Ghost Commission (SOKO Geist) is formed to investigate the phenomena.
Observations: Poltergeist-like activity is witnessed, but there is growing suspicion around Claudia.
Breakthrough: A policeman observes Claudia's reflection in a mirror, realizing she was producing the Chopper voice herself.
Confessions and Theories
Partial Confessions: Claudia and Dr. Bites partially confess to faking some phenomena, citing psychological influences and possible subconscious actions.
Motivations: Claudia's desire for attention and breaking social taboos; ambiguous motivations for Dr. Bites.
Techniques Suspected: Use of vocal trickery, in-house telephone system manipulation, tape recorders, special acoustics.
Aftermath
Fines Imposed: Claudia fined 1,500 marks, Dr. Bites and wife fined 35,000 marks.
Psychological Impact: Dr. Bites and his wife admit themselves to a mental hospital; clinic closes.
Legacy: Claudia changes her name, tries to distance herself from the case.
Conclusion
Final Reflection: Mixture of human hoaxes and potentially genuine paranormal phenomena.