The Canal Killer
The end of the Simon gang
The ruthless housekeeper
The bloodthirsty Moselle gang
Deadly Love
Belgium’s deadliest serial killer
The Canal Killer
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- March 17, 2026
A series of gruesome murders of seven male youths aged between 11 and 18 shook the Rhine-Main area in the 1980s. Between 1976 and 1983, seven male prostitutes from the…
Read moreThe end of the Simon gang
- March 16, 2026
After the end of World War II, gangs of robbers wreaked havoc in Austria’s capital, Vienna. They were known as the Plattenbrüder (Plate Brothers), and the most dangerous and largest…
Read moreThe ruthless housekeeper
- March 15, 2026
One of the most ruthless poisoners in German criminal history was Anna Margaretha Zwanziger, who was born on August 7, 1760, in her parents’ inn “Zum schwarzen Kreuz” (The Black…
Read moreThe bloodthirsty Moselle gang
- March 14, 2026
The 18th century was teeming with organized gangs of robbers. After the Seven Years’ War, Napoleon I’s troops marched into the area west of the Rhine, causing many German officials…
Read moreDeadly Love
- March 13, 2026
Love can be deadly, as proven by a criminal case that took place in Vienna, the metropolis on the Danube, in 1937. In 1934, 54-year-old wealthy Italian fruit merchant Domenico…
Read moreBelgium’s deadliest serial killer
- March 12, 2026
Belgium’s deadliest serial killer is undoubtedly Marie Alexandrine Becker. She was born Marie Alexandrine Petitjean on July 14, 1879, in Landen, where she grew up on a farm. At the…
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