Deadly Love
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- March 13, 2026
Love can be deadly, as proven by a criminal case that took place in Vienna, the metropolis on the Danube, in 1937. In 1934, 54-year-old wealthy Italian fruit merchant Domenico…
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Belgium’s deadliest serial killer
- March 12, 2026
Belgium’s deadliest serial killer is undoubtedly Marie Alexandrine Becker. She was born Marie Alexandrine Petitjean on July 14, 1879, in Landen, where she grew up on a farm. At the…
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Blind jealousy
- March 11, 2026
Jealousy can lead to danger and ultimately to murder. This was the fate of 46-year-old Juliane Karner, who was murdered by her own husband, 43-year-old Anton Karner, out of blind…
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The failed beheading
- March 10, 2026
On May 12, 1854, the 19-year-old saddler’s apprentice Christian Hussendörfer achieved dubious fame that immortalized him forever in Munich’s city history. Christian Hussendörfer was an unmarried saddler’s apprentice in Syburg…
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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend
- March 9, 2026
Even Marilyn Monroe knew that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” A young man took this to heart and, out of love, committed a fatal act of stupidity that changed…
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Vienna’s murderer
- March 5, 2026
In the 19th century, 36-year-old Maria Stupka went down in Vienna’s criminal history because her crime was so brutal. Maria Stupka was born in Beneschau. As a young woman, she…
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