Rasputin, the Tsar’s advisor
The Merry Widow
The most unusual motive for murder in German criminal history
The Mass Poisoning
The Beast of Birkenshaw
The Russian Satan in rock
Fatal Sex
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- April 4, 2026
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Germany was the case of Hans Hetzel, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 14 years. But how could this have happened? Hans Hetzel,…
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- April 3, 2026
To this day, the ruins of Weibertreu Castle in Weinsberg—which the famous senior physician Justinus Kerner saved from ruin by founding the Weinsberg Women’s Association together with six women on…
Read moreThe Dead Woman in the Bathtub
- April 2, 2026
After the end of World War II, there was great hardship in Vienna, the metropolis on the Danube. There was a shortage of food, consumer goods, and housing. During these…
Read moreThe Ice-Cold Parking Lot Killer
- April 1, 2026
One of Germany’s most spectacular series of robbery-murders took place in the mid-1980s. At remote rest stops, a masked man would lie in wait for lone men, whom he shot…
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- March 31, 2026
On the morning of September 1, 1928, a shootout straight out of a Western movie took place on Rilkeplatz in Vienna’s 4th district, Wieden. This was because the shooter, Gabor…
Read moreThe Fateful Love Story
- March 30, 2026
The love story of Wilhelm Dengler and Emilie Stadler could easily have come straight out of a soap opera script. When the handsome goldsmith from Ludwigsburg caught sight of the…
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