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In 2007, the Hanover Tourism Board (Hannover Tourismus) caused controversy by including Haarmann in its cartoon-style advertising calendar, along with other well-known people from the city. The calendar became a best-seller, and the initial print run of 20,000 calendars was expected to run out in November 2007, rather than lasting through Christmas as planned. Allegedly, Haarmann had also featured in the 2006 issue, but the inclusion drew no attention at the time. The 2008 calendar included a new picture of Haarmann in handcuffs.
Kim Newman included Haarmann as a minor character in his 1995 novel The Bloody Red Baron, serving as a "batman" (military servant) to Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron".
Beton Kopf Media, the record label behind German electro-industrial project :Wumpscut:, uses a picture of Haarmann as company logo.
Margit Sandemo opted to use Haarmann for the villainous Lynx in her Isfolket book series.
Haarmann has also been the subject of the song "Fritz Haarmann der Metzger" ("Fritz Haarmann the butcher") by death/thrash metal band Macabre.
In the novel Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub, Haarmann is mentioned as having been possessed by Mr. Munshun (an agent of the Crimson King).
Mentioned as an example of notorious serial killers in the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 'Don't Look Behind You', Season 1, Episode 2, 9/27/1962.
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