24 stab wounds
The Fairground Killer
The legendary bandit chief Babinsky
The Lovers’ Killer
The Witch of the Super-Rich
The Gripping Murder Trial of French Poisoner Marie Besnard
24 stab wounds
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- July 1, 2026
In Baden-Württemberg, there are over 400 cold cases whose files eventually end up in the police archives. One of these cold cases took place in 1985 in the picturesque city…
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- June 30, 2026
Between 1962 and 1966, four boys were sexually abused, killed, and then dismembered with a butcher’s knife in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was only when one of the boys managed to…
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- June 29, 2026
A Czech Robin Hood, revered in many popular Czech songs and novels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a protector of the poor against the authorities, was…
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- June 28, 2026
A heinous series of double murders targeting couples in love took place in Düsseldorf between 1953 and 1956. During this period, a perpetrator would lie in wait for couples who…
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- June 27, 2026
As the “Witch of the Super-Rich,” Catherine Monvoisin—also known as “La Voisin”—made her mark on 17th-century French criminal history. She exploited the intrigues and desires that prevailed at the court…
Read moreThe Gripping Murder Trial of French Poisoner Marie Besnard
- June 26, 2026
Marie Besnard went down in French criminal history as the “Poisoner of Loudon,” accused of poisoning 12 people with arsenic. The murder trial, which lasted nearly 10 years, is considered…
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