The Barbaric Lynching
1672 is considered the year of catastrophe for the Netherlands, known as the “Rampjaar,” during which a brutal lynching of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt took place, based…
Read more1672 is considered the year of catastrophe for the Netherlands, known as the “Rampjaar,” during which a brutal lynching of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt took place, based…
Read moreOne of the most prolific and, at the same time, most cruel female serial killers in criminal history was Belle Gunness, better known as ‘the Black Widow’. She was a…
Read moreMary Ann Cotton went down in criminal history as Britain’s first and, at the same time, most notorious female serial killer. The former nurse is believed to have killed between…
Read moreIt was 1937 when, on the evening of 11 March, the carpenter Leopold Hasel turned up at the Landstraße police station at Gürtel 252 in Austria’s capital, Vienna. There, he…
Read moreA Czech Robin Hood, revered in many popular Czech songs and novels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a protector of the poor against the authorities, was…
Read moreAs the “Witch of the Super-Rich,” Catherine Monvoisin—also known as “La Voisin”—made her mark on 17th-century French criminal history. She exploited the intrigues and desires that prevailed at the court…
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