The Ice-Cold Parking Lot Killer
One of Germany’s most spectacular series of robbery-murders took place in the mid-1980s. At remote rest stops, a masked man would lie in wait for lone men, whom he shot…
Read moreOne of Germany’s most spectacular series of robbery-murders took place in the mid-1980s. At remote rest stops, a masked man would lie in wait for lone men, whom he shot…
Read moreOn the morning of September 1, 1928, a shootout straight out of a Western movie took place on Rilkeplatz in Vienna’s 4th district, Wieden. This was because the shooter, Gabor…
Read moreThe love story of Wilhelm Dengler and Emilie Stadler could easily have come straight out of a soap opera script. When the handsome goldsmith from Ludwigsburg caught sight of the…
Read moreOne of the most popular—and perhaps even the most popular—methods women use to kill someone is poison. Poisoning is considered particularly sophisticated, which is why women have long been associated…
Read moreIt was 1922 when, on July 17, a hot summer day, a farmer found a package in a cornfield in Vienna’s 11th district, Simmering. Since it had bloodstains and smelled…
Read moreSuicide or murder, that was the question in the Paul Blomert case, which dominated the media landscape throughout Germany in 1961. But what had happened? On August 25, 1961, around…
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