The execution of the traitor to the king
One execution that was not only watched with bated breath across Europe but also caused a huge stir was that of Count Johann Friedrich Struensee on the Osterfeld in the…
Read moreOne execution that was not only watched with bated breath across Europe but also caused a huge stir was that of Count Johann Friedrich Struensee on the Osterfeld in the…
Read moreMarie Jeanneret was a Swiss serial killer who was alleged to have 30 people to her name. Marie Jeanneret was born on 13 January in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.…
Read moreIt was 31 December 1993 when 6-year-old Nikos Douris failed to return home from playing. As it was already late, his worried parents, Georgia and Manolis Douris – parents of…
Read moreMaria Mandl was a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 people. She was born on 10 January 1912 as the fourth child of a master shoemaker in…
Read moreIn June 1982, one of Italy’s most influential bankers was murdered; the killing was staged to look like a suicide in order to cover up the dubious financial dealings between…
Read moreA criminal case that made headlines across Germany took place in Mönchengladbach in 1952. It was 27 January when the utterly distraught 31-year-old sexton, Hans Helpenstein, reported his wife missing…
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