Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil is a 1982 novella written by Stephen King. The novella was later adapted into a film.

Todd Bowden resembles the ideal boy with good grades and good looks. However, deep down inside, he holds a fascination with the Nazi party. Upon learning an old man living nearby, Arthur Denker, is a Nazi Veteran named Kurt Dussander, Todd blackmails Dussander into telling him about the atrocities carried out during the holocaust. As Todd and Dussander interact with each other, they start to bring out the worst in each other.

Victims

1

• At Least Two Unknown People - Killed by Nazi deathcamps likely by Dussander, mentioned.
• At Least Two Unknown Children - Fed poison by unnamed perpetrators, mentioned by Dussander.
• Goering - Committed suicide through unknown means. (Fictional Portrayal)
• At Least Two Unknown People - Died of unknown means, mentioned.
• At Least 2,000 Unknown People - Sent to the ovens in Patin, mentioned by Todd.
• At Least 3,000 Unknown People - Baked in the ovens in Patin by Dussander on orders of an unnamed perpetrator or perpetrators, mentioned by Todd.
• At Least 35,000 Unknown People - Baked in the ovens in Patin by Dussander on orders of an unnamed perpetrator or perpetrators, mentioned by Todd.
• At Least Two Unknown People - Clubbed to death in the streets by an unnnamed perpetrator or perpetrators, mentioned by Todd.
• At Least Two Unknown Children - Bayonetted by unnamed GI Soldiers, mentioned by Todd.
• At Least Two Unknown People - Died of unknown means, mentioned as skulls in a movie by Dussander.
• At Least Two Unknown Germans - Died of unknown means, mentioned by Dussander. Corpses frozen over.
• At Least Two Unknown German Prisoners - Throats cut by unnamed Russian soldiers in order to drink their blood. (Debatable)
  • Total - 40,017
    • 40,017 Humans
      • 40,016 Victims of Unknown Gender
      • 1 Man

2

• At Least One Unknown Cow - Died of unknown means off-page, seen as big macs.
• Unnamed Inmate From Himmler - Died of unknown means possibly sent to the ovens by Dussander off-page.
  • Total - 2
    • 1 Human
      • All Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 1 Animal
      • All Cows

3

• None

4

• At Least One Unknown Cow - Died of unknown means off-page, seen as ring ding.
• At Least Two Inmates - Shot by five unknown men with rifles due to being affected by PEGASUS off-page.
  • Total - 3
    • 2 Humans
      • All Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 1 Animal
      • All Cows

5

• None

6

• None

7

• At Least Two Unknown Men - Died of unknown means off-page.
• At Least Two Unknown Women - Died of unknown means off-page.
  • Total - 4
    • 2 Men
    • 2 Women

8

• None

9

• At Least Two Unknown Toddlers - Killed by Dussander through unknown means possibly through proxy in Patin.
• At Least Two Unknown Women - Killed by Dussander through unknown means possibly through proxy in Patin.
• At Least Two Unknown Men - Killed by Dussander through unknown means possibly through proxy in Patin.
• At Least Two Unknown Humans - Killed by Dussander through unknown means possibly through proxy in Patin.
• Unnamed Woman - Bled out after accidentally committing suicide through having her insides cut after swallowing a diamond multiple times. (Debatable)
• The Cat - Roasted alive by Dussander with his gas stove.
• 699,992 Unknown People - Died due to unknown causes at Patin.
• Blue Jay - Crushed to death after Todd rolled over it multiple times with his bike after being possibly wounded by an unnamed perpetrator.
  • Total - 700,003
    • 700,001 Humans
      • 699,996 Victims of Unknown Gender
      • 3 Women
      • 2 Men
    • 2 Animals
      • 1 Cat
      • 1 Bird
        • All Blue Jays

10

• German Shepard Pup (Dog) - Killed by Dussander through unknown means possibly through roasting it alive with his gas stove off-page, implied.
  • Total - 1
    • All Dogs

11

• None

12

• Unnamed Drunken Male Person - Stabbed 36 times by Todd with a butcher knife after being stabbed in the right cheek by Todd.
  • Total - 1
    • All Men

13

• Fish - Caught by Dick off-page, mentioned by Todd in a letter. (Debatable if occurred)
• Unnamed Drunken Male Person - Killed by Dussander through unknown means off-page, indirectly mentioned.
  • Total - 2
    • 1 Fish
    • 1 Human
      • All Men

14

• Two Unknown Drunken People - Killed by Dussander through unknown means off-page, mentioned.
• Kurt Dussander/Arthur Denker - Stabbed by an unknown unnumbered perpetrator off-page, body seen. Shown in Todd’s dream.
• Unnamed Male Drunken Person - Killed by Todd through unknown means off-page, mentioned.
• Unnamed Male Drunken Person - Stabbed to death by Todd off-page, mentioned.
• Unnamed Male Drunken Person - Hammered by Todd, shown in Todd’s dream.
  • Total - 6
    • 4 Men
    • 2 Victims of Unknown Gender

15

• Two Unnamed Drunken People - Stabbed by Todd with an unknown object off-page, mentioned.
• Two Unnamed Drunken People - Bludgeoned by Todd with an unknown object off-page, mentioned.
• Unknown Drunken Person - Killed by Dussander through unknown means off-page, mentioned.
• Unnamed Male Drunken Person - Stabbed in the back by Dussander with a meat fork after being impaled in the neck by Dussander with a steak-knife knife and getting drunk because of Dussander.
  • Total - 6
    • 5 Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 1 Man

16

• None

17

• Unnamed Drunken Male Person - Died after being stabbed in the neck by Dussander with a butcher knife.
• Kurt Dussander/Arthur Denker - Suffered from a heart attack, revived naturally.
  • Total - 2
    • All Men

18

• Morris’s Brother - Killed in a car accident off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Unknown Farmers - Killed by unknown unnumbered Palestinians off-page, mentioned in Morris’s thoughts.
• At Least Two Unknown Children - Blown up after unknown unnumbered Israelis dropped bombs off-page, mentioned in Morris’s thoughts.
• At Least Two Unknown Children - Blown up after unknown unnumbered Israelis dropped bombs off-page, mentioned in Morris’s thoughts. (Debatable if occurred)
• At Least Two Unknown People - Died of syphilis off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Unknown People - Died when a plane crashed into the jetway they were walking down.
• Ruth - Died in poisonous gas showers because of Dussander off-page, mentioned in Morris’s thoughts.
• At Least Two Unknown Men - Shot by unknown people under the Nazis in a flashback.
• At Least Two Unknown Friends of Morris - Killed by or on orders of Dussander off-page, mentioned in a flashback.
• At Least Two Unknown Relatives of Morris - Killed by or on orders of Dussander off-page, mentioned in a flashback.
• At Least Two Unknown People - Died of unknown means, indirectly mentioned as ghosts.
  • Total - 20
    • 16 Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 3 Men
    • 1 Woman

19

• None

20

• Monkey - Died of unknown means off-page, indirectly mentioned as a Monkey’s Paw.
• Unknown Child - Murdered by an unknown unnumbered perpetrator off-page, mentioned.
• At Least One Animal of an Unknown Species - Died of unknown means off-page, seen as hamburgers.
• At Least One Animal of an Unknown Species - Died of unknown means off-page, mentioned as a scrap of meat.
• At Least One Lamb - Died of unknown means off-page, mentioned as a mutton, chops and lamb stew.
• Morris’s Two Unknown Daughters - Killed by Dussander or on orders of him through unknown means off-page, mentioned in a letter sent by Hitler. Death first indirectly mentioned in 18.
• Monkey - Died of unknown means off-page, seen as a monkey’s paw.
  • Total - 8
    • 5 Animals
      • 2 Monkeys
      • 2 Animals of Unknown Species
      • 1 Lamb
    • 3 Humans
      • 2 Women
      • 1 Victim of Unknown Gender

21

• None

22

• None

23

• None

24

• None

25

• Kurt Dussander/Herr Dussander/The Blood-Fiend of Patin/Arthur Denker - Died after committing suicide by overdosing on pills so he could avoid capture due to Weiskopf’s threat.
  • Total - 1
    • All Men

26

• None

27

• None

28

• None

29

• Edward French/Ed French/Rubber Ed - Shot to death by Todd with a .30-.30.
• Todd Bowden - Killed by unknown perpetrators off-page, mentioned.
  • Total - 2
    • All Men

Deaths

• Total - 740,081
  • 740,067 Humans
    • 740,042 Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 17 Men
    • 8 Women
  • 13 Animals
    • 2 Cows
    • 2 Fish
    • 2 Monkeys
    • 2 Animals of Unknown Species
    • 1 Bird
      • All Blue Jays
    • 1 Cat
    • 1 Fish
    • 1 Lamb
    • 1 Dog
      • All German Shepards

Kill Count

1. Adolf Hitler - 40,022 (Deceased)
2. Kurt Dussander/Herr Dussander/The Blood-Fiend of Patin/Arthur Denker - 38,027 (Deceased)
3. Todd Bowden/Wino Killer - 10 (Deceased)
4. Dick Bowden - 1 (Alive)
5. Weiskopf - 1 (Alive)

Note

• Since Hitler was responsible for The Holocaust, all deaths described in The Holocaust within the book will be counted as Hitler’s victims.
• Dussanders mentions his wife died multiple times in the story, however, during those times, he is describing himself within his fake persona of Arthur Denker. As such, the wife is likely not a real person.
• Various of murders from real life people like from The Zodiac Killer are mentioned. However, since it was only mentioned, it will not be counted as a fictional portrayal.