Members of a German crossbow sex cult suicide pact took knock-out drops before they were willingly killed in an attempt to be 'reborn in a higher realm,' investigators revealed today.

In May, German police were left baffled when three people were found dead from crossbow wounds in a sleepy Bavarian guesthouse and two days later two other cult members were found dead 400 miles north in Wittengen.

All five are understood to have believed they were 'World Renewers and World Heritage Producers' who thought they had been 'reborn' multiple times and that their deaths would transport them to a higher realm, Bild reported.

Detectives today believe Torsten Weiss, 53, and Kerstin Enders, 33, took drops of narcotics, similar to a date rape drug, before Farina Caspari, 30, shot them and then herself in Passau.

Caspari's girlfriend Gertrud C, 35, and Carina U, 19, who were discovered two days after the trio, are thought to have poisoned themselves at Caspari's apartment in Wittengen.

Weiss, 53, was the link between the four females who were part of a sex cult. He is pictured here alongside Carina U, 19, who was found dead at a separate address

Farina Caspari, 30 (left and right), was the trigger-woman behind three of the five deaths in Germany's crossbow killings

Caspari is thought to have killed Torsten Weiss (left) and Kerstin Enders (right) with a crossbow bolt to the heart each before turning the weapon on herself in an elaborate murder-suicide

The guesthouse in Passau, Bavaria where Weiss, Enders and Caspari were discovered dead from crossbow wounds on May 12

Senior prosecutor, Walter Feiler, told Bild of the pair in Bavaria: 'Residues were detected in the blood. There was also a bottle in the room. The two persons (Weiss and Enders) were unable to act and unconscious at the time of the crime.'

Capsari shot Weiss and Enders, who were holding hands on a bed, through the heart on May 12.

Gertrud C, a primary school teacher and registered partner of Caspari, was found dead alongside Carina

She then turned the weapon on herself, shooting a bolt through her neck.

Caspari's civil partner, a teacher, Gertrud C and Carina U were discovered two days later at the apartment the couple shared in Wittingen, Lower Saxony.

Weiss had previously been described as the domineering head of the sex cult who treated the women 'like slaves,' controlling them with physical force and psychological manipulation.

Prosecutors confirmed today he was believed to have had sexual contact with all four of the women.

The ringleader ran a medieval-themed shop filled with weapons, Knights Templar flags and a blood-spattered mannequin on the counter.

Carina U's parents told German press at the time their daughter had fallen under Weiss's spell years ago and broken off contact with them.

The others to die had also been isolated from their families and appeared to have been carried away by Weiss's charisma.

At the time of his death, Weiss was living with Enders in the village of Westerwald where the pair ran a bizarre medieval-themed shop.

The shop featured mannequins covered in blood and chains and sold mead - an alcoholic drink from the Middle Ages brewed with honey - along with weapons.

The shop also offered sword fighting classes twice a week.

Weiss was the legal owner of his medieval-themed shop until May 2018, but worked there until his death. It is not clear who owned the shop before or after him.

It is understood the three female victims knew each other through Weiss (pictured), who was described as a domineering figure who isolated them from their families

Weiss and Enders were living together in Westerwald at the time of their deaths, where they ran a bizarre medieval-themed shop (pictured)

Weiss kept a mannequin dressed in ripped lingerie and spattered with fake blood on the counter, with chains and ropes around her neck and arms

Little is known about Enders or how she met Weiss, but police said earlier this year the pair had written up wills.

Together with Caspari, the pair shared a love of the Middle Ages and in particular jousting, which they actively participated in.

Weiss, Enders and Caspari had been on their way back from a jousting tournament in Germany when they died.

Before he owned his shop, Weiss had lived in a rented farmhouse which he shared with Caspari, her partner Gertrud and Carina in Lower Saxony.

The house was located on a 500-year-old horse farm which comprised several buildings, a former manor, 40,000sqm of land, stables and a riding arena.

The foursome were reported to have lived there for two months in 2017.

Alexander Krüger, 44, the man who rented the farmhouse to Weiss, described him as a 'master' who ordered the women about.

Speaking to Bild, Kruger said that Weiss initially claimed to be a psychologist wanting to rent the farmhouse with his girlfriend, who he described as a lawyer.

The shop (pictured) also contained a number of medieval weapons and assorted props, but is otherwise empty. Neighbours said Weiss held sword fighting classes twice a week

A selection of weapons was shown on the shop's Facebook page alongside a sign bearing its name, Milites conductius

Weiss also advertised mead - an alcoholic drink made with honey - on his webpage

But after signing the lease the girlfriend never came back, Kruger said, and was instead replaced by a lesbian couple who where joined later by a much younger girl - believed to be Caspari, Enders and Carina.

Kruger added that all three women dressed in heavy black clothing, while one of them had a shaved head.

Weiss was reported to have met Caspari, a bakery saleswoman, and Gertrud, a primary school teacher, at a martial arts class some time before 2017.

Around the same time the women met him, they severed contact with their families.

Weiss was said to have met Carina while she was still a minor after she had run away from her family and was living in state care.

Police believed the trio died on the Friday night before they were discovered the following day.

Wills for Weiss and Enders were found in their possession.

Detectives then used Caspari's identity to trace Gertrud, who was registered as her partner, to their apartment 400 miles north.

Police said three crossbows were found in the room where three bodies were discovered with bolts sticking out of them on May 12

They arrived on the Monday intending to inform Gertrud of her partner's death, but stumbled upon another apparent suicide instead.

Inside they found the bodies of Gertrud and Carina U, who detectives revealed today appeared to have poisoned themselves.

German law tightly restricts firearms but archery equipment is freely available as sports equipment and anyone over 18 can purchase a high-powered crossbow.