Forty Thieves: London’s legendary gang of female gangsters
In the bustling streets of London’s West End in the 1920s, a time when glamour and misery coexisted side by side, there was a remarkable group of women whose names…
Read moreIn the bustling streets of London’s West End in the 1920s, a time when glamour and misery coexisted side by side, there was a remarkable group of women whose names…
Read moreMary Ann Britland was a notorious English poisoner who, on August 9, 1886, became the first woman to be executed in the dark halls of Strangeways Prison in Manchester. This…
Read moreOn October 14, 1888, Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince made history by creating the first film ever, “Roundhay Garden Scene.” But two years later, Le Prince mysteriously disappeared while traveling…
Read moreA murder that took place over 300 years ago and still raises questions today is that of Imperial Count Christian Detlev zu Rantzau, who was assassinated on November 10, 1721,…
Read moreA series of robberies and murders so spectacular that they even made their way onto the stage took place during the Weimar period. The main character was Wilhelm Blume, whose…
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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…
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