Fatal Sex
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- April 4, 2026
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Germany was the case of Hans Hetzel, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 14 years. But how could this have happened? Hans Hetzel,…
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The Ice-Cold Parking Lot Killer
- April 1, 2026
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…
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Suicide or murder, that is the question?
- March 27, 2026
Suicide 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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Germany’s most wanted man
- March 24, 2026
One of the biggest manhunts of the post-war period, which lasted over two years and was the most expensive search in the history of the Federal Republic, was for Bruno…
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The Manipulator
- March 21, 2026
A slight, pale man with a neatly combed side parting and rimless glasses managed, over a period of more than ten years, not only to gain control over an educated…
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The Chessboard Killer
- March 20, 2026
One of the worst serial killers in Russian criminal history is Alexander Pichushkin, better known as the Chessboard Killer. He wanted to kill 64 people, the same number of squares…
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