Rua do Arvoredo murders (Porto Alegre)

Between 1863 and 1864 a series of murders occurred in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, targeting predominantly German immigrants. Contemporary accounts and later retellings record that the perpetrators disposed of victims' remains; a sensational allegation holds that body parts were turned into sausages and sold from a butcher shop. The case is documented as a real criminal episode but has been amplified in local memory into an urban legend, with the sausage allegation presented in sources as alleged or uncertain. The available source material focuses on the criminal events and their folkloric amplification rather than any supernatural occurrences. No specific building, cemetery, or precise coordinates are provided in the cited source, and no named spirits or paranormal entities are associated in that material.