The drunkard
A true family tragedy that ended with the death of a tyrant took place on November 22, 1923, in the Danube metropolis of Vienna. That night, 46-year-old restaurateur August Fritschko,…
Read moreA true family tragedy that ended with the death of a tyrant took place on November 22, 1923, in the Danube metropolis of Vienna. That night, 46-year-old restaurateur August Fritschko,…
Read moreA 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 moreAfter 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 moreOne 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 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 moreLove 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…
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