Isabella Mueller (crime writer) 
One execution that was not only watched with bated breath across Europe but also caused a huge stir was that of Count Johann Friedrich Struensee on the Osterfeld in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in 1772. Until his execution, Struensee had enjoyed a picture-perfect career....
Marie Jeanneret was a Swiss serial killer who was alleged to have 30 people to her name. Marie Jeanneret was born on 13 January in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. Marie came from one of the most distinguished families. However, her parents died whilst...
It was 31 December 1993 when 6-year-old Nikos Douris failed to return home from playing. As it was already late, his worried parents, Georgia and Manolis Douris – parents of seven children – immediately alerted the local police station in Krandidi. The police, along...
Maria Mandl was a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 people. She was born on 10 January 1912 as the fourth child of a master shoemaker in the Upper Austrian town of Münzkirchen. After attending primary school, Maria initially worked as...
In June 1982, one of Italy’s most influential bankers was murdered; the killing was staged to look like a suicide in order to cover up the dubious financial dealings between the Vatican and the Mafia. It was 17 June 1982 when postman Anthony Huntley...
A criminal case that made headlines across Germany took place in Mönchengladbach in 1952. It was 27 January when the utterly distraught 31-year-old sexton, Hans Helpenstein, reported his wife missing at the Mönchengladbach police station at around 11.35 pm. He had last seen his...
