The Merry Widow
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- June 14, 2026
A notorious serial killer who went down in British criminal history as ‘The Merry Widow of Windy-Nook’ was Mary Elizabeth Wilson, who poisoned her husbands in order to get her…
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The Mass Poisoning
- June 12, 2026
One of the largest arsenic poisonings in human history, affecting more than 200 people, took place in Britain in 1858. But how on earth did it come about? It all…
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The Beast of Birkenshaw
- June 11, 2026
On 13 March 1927, Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel was born in New York City. At the time, no one could have imagined that Peter would one day be counted among…
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The Russian Satan in rock
- June 10, 2026
A horrific series of murders targeting defenceless elderly women took place in Russia between 2002 and 2010. During this period, no fewer than 17 elderly women aged between 61 and…
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Partners in Crime
- June 5, 2026
The true partners in crime, who murdered six people in Greece within a matter of days in order to enrich themselves, were the two 31-year-old Germans Hermann Duft and Hans…
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The Master of Poisoning
- June 3, 2026
A true master of arsenic poisoning, who managed to poison no fewer than 36 people over a period of 18 years without ever being detected, was the French serial killer…
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