The Poison Empire
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- July 27, 2026
One of the most notorious female serial killers in criminal history was the Italian Hieronyma Spara, born in Rome in the 17th century and better known as ‘La Spara’. She…
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Murder without scruples
- July 23, 2026
The year is 1854. At that time, Mrs Jacob, a widow, lived with her lovely daughter Marie in a house on Breiten Gang in the Neustadt district of Hamburg. The…
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The Poisoned Dumplings
- July 22, 2026
A truly gripping crime thriller centred on dumplings laced with arsenic took place in Britain after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The petite Elizabeth Fenning, known as Eliza, had…
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The Murderous Impostor
- July 20, 2026
The year was 1918, when the First World War had come to an end. There were supply shortages throughout Austria, which led to the emergence of black markets. These were,…
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Murder in Scotland’s most dangerous city
- July 18, 2026
Glasgow remains Scotland’s most dangerous city, where the murderer Susan Newell once wreaked havoc. She was the last woman in Scotland to be hanged as a result of a death…
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The Acid Bath Murderer
- July 17, 2026
John George Haigh went down in criminal history as the ‘Acid Bath Murderer’. This British serial killer murdered six people out of greed. He always followed the same modus operandi.…
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