In Kiste gefangen: Entführer wollten zwei Millionen Lösegeld | ZDF True Crime

An abduction in front of his own home – Achim H. experienced this nightmare on September 1, 1993. Two men dragged him into a car in front of his house. His family witnessed the event and called the police. Achim H. was held captive in a wooden box for a week. The kidnappers demanded two million Deutschmarks for his release. But where was the family supposed to get that much money? Achim H. reveals to Helene Reiner in an interview how he survived this terrible ordeal. Learn more about this and other kidnapping cases in this episode of "XY Traces of Crime." #zdftruecrime #aktenzeichenxy #Kidnapping 00:00 Intro 01:39 The Kidnapping Case of Achim Heftrich 09:30 Interview with Achim Heftrich 12:13 The Case of Sabine Winter and Lisa 15:12 Psychological Violence 22:15 Motives 25:46 The Case of Johannes Kiel 37:35 PTSD 43:10 Outro Presented by Helene Reiner Writer Corinna Prinz Voiceover Christian Baumann Composition Jürgen Roth Camera Felix Janssen Thomas Morgott Julian Wolf Ivo Yordanov Editing Christopher Davidson Post-Production Eyes Up Media Post-Production Makeup Clara Fricke Anna Melmann Costume Design Maja Hofstetter Animation Uta Röttgers Set Design Gorden Wüst Production Management Kira Reisel Production Supervisor Philip S. Kaiser ZDF Production Management Silvia Hamam Producers Ulrich Bentele René Carl ZDF Commissioning Editor Matthias Rode DKF Commissioning Editor Nicola Haenisch-Korus (Head) Tim Rascher Mario Thunert Sound Daniel Bawelski Malte Preuß Director Andreas Ammer A Securitel Production commissioned by ZDF © 2026 ZDF