The Last Bandit of Bavaria
Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
- April 8, 2026
Mathias Kneißl was a true bandit legend who continues to inspire countless films and books to this day. This last bandit of Bavaria was born on May 12, 1875, in…
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The Missing Lolita
- April 7, 2026
More than 30 years ago, 18-year-old Lolita Brieger disappeared. She worked as an unskilled seamstress in Jünkerath, a village in the Vulkaneifel region of North Rhine-Westphalia, where she lived in…
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The Soup You’ve Made for Yourself
- April 6, 2026
Everyone knows the saying: “You have to eat the soup you’ve made for yourself.” This idiom, used when someone is to blame for something, originates from an old dining custom.…
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Murder in the Highest Circles
- April 5, 2026
The Chorinsky case was a sensational crime that kept the international press in suspense for months and occurred during a highly volatile political period in which the old feudal system…
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Fatal Sex
- 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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The Deadly Potion
- 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…
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