Isabella Mueller (crime writer) 
The Bellwinkel trial is considered one of the most gripping criminal cases in Germany. At its center was 61-year-old senior building inspector Ludwig Bellwinkel from Kempen on the Lower Rhine, who had been charged with the murder of his first and second wives. Bellwinkel...
Josette Bauer was dubbed the last witch of Geneva because, to finance her lavish lifestyle, she had incited her husband to murder her father. But this was only the beginning of an incredible life story that offered everything that makes for a true thriller—from...
The 10th district, Favoriten, is the largest district in the Austrian capital, Vienna, and is home to 10 per cent of the city’s total population. It is regarded as Vienna’s crime hotspot, where the highest number of offences are committed. One such crime, which...
In September 1994, dentist Marion R. was out walking her dog when she discovered a human skeleton wrapped in a carpet at the Zwenkau open-cast mine near Leipzig. She immediately alerted the police. The forensic pathologist determined that the remains belonged to a man...
A heinous murder took place on 12 June 1920 in the ground-floor flat at 21 Preysinggasse in Vienna’s 15th district, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. The victim was 30-year-old confectioner Franz Wittmann, who had been found by innkeeper Alois Schremler. Schremler ran a pub in the same building...
One of Germany’s most bizarre criminal cases, which is still considered a classic in criminal law today, is known as “The Cat King.” It tells the story of how a person can be manipulated solely through psychological pressure to the point where they are...
