The Case of the Century: Dr. Crippen
The so-called “Crippen Case” is still considered one of the most spectacular criminal cases in Great Britain. The protagonist of this murder case was Hawley Harvey Crippen, better known as…
Read moreThe so-called “Crippen Case” is still considered one of the most spectacular criminal cases in Great Britain. The protagonist of this murder case was Hawley Harvey Crippen, better known as…
Read moreA fascinating and at the same time disturbing crime story tells of Antoine “Victor” Ardisson, a perverted corpse desecrator and necrophiliac. On September 21, 1901, Honore Ardisson went up to…
Read moreThe city of Leipzig was once the most important location for German publishers and book wholesalers. These were mainly located in the Graphisches Viertel (Graphic Quarter) east of the city…
Read moreOnce upon a time in Finland, the land of 1,000 lakes, a serial killer named Matti Heikinpoika Haapoja was on the loose. According to some sources, he was responsible for…
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The year was 1870 when a series of murders of female servants terrorized the population of Vienna. The first victim was 34-year-old Josefine Timal in 1883. Shortly afterwards, her 47-year-old…
Read moreThe story of Dr. von Cosel could easily have come straight out of a horror book. He was born Georg Karl Tänzler on February 8, 1877, in Dresden. In 1926,…
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