
Vienna’s first serial killer
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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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…
Read moreA woman who survived her own execution and thus immortalized herself in criminal history was the young Frenchwoman Helene Gillet. She was the 22-year-old daughter of the royal castellan of…
Read moreIn the foggy streets of London, between shady houses and dark alleys, lived a woman who inspired both fear and pity. This woman was Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, born in Bristol…
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Melchior Hedloff, better known as the Human Hunter, was a serial killer who shot over 251 people in cold blood, mostly from hiding in bushes. This poacher, who always carried…
Read moreThe story of Dr. von Cosel could easily have come straight out of a horror book. He was born Georg Karl Tänzler on February 8, 1877, in Dresden. In 1926,…
Read moreIt was July 14, 1910, when children playing in some bushes in the Binder-Au park on Dürnkrutplatz in Vienna’s 2nd district, Leopoldstadt, found the horribly mutilated body of a young…
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