25 years imprisoned in his own home
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- March 26, 2026
A true story that never ceases to shock me is that of Blanche Monnier, who was locked up by her own mother, Louise Monnier, in the attic of their house…
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The murderous marriage swindler
- March 25, 2026
One of the most famous German serial killers in literature was Simeon Fleischer. Born in Fulda, Simeon Fleischer trained as a wool weaver and had a special talent for wrapping…
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The Priest Murderer
- March 23, 2026
The Frauenkirche is undoubtedly the landmark of the Elbe metropolis of Dresden. The foundation stone for the Protestant church was laid on August 26, 1726. For the Lutheran citizens of…
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The treacherous assassination at the masked ball
- March 22, 2026
An assassination that inspired the world-famous Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi to write his legendary opera “Un ballo in maschera” took place on March 16, 1792, at the Stockholm Opera House.…
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The Telltale Fingerprints
- March 22, 2026
The first murder case in Germany to be solved using dactyloscopy was the murder of Anna Marie Lehmann, the widow of a Dresden civil servant. Dactyloscopy is a forensic method…
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The Roermond Massacre
- March 19, 2026
The city of Roermond, located in the Dutch province of Limburg on the border with Germany and close to Belgium, was once the scene of a bloody massacre in which…
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