In the annals of German criminal history, there are names that still send shivers down the spine even today. One such name is Kuno Hofmann, better known as the ‘Vampire of Nuremberg’. His crimes, which caused a sensation in the early 1970s, represent a...
It is a case that shocks even in a city like Munich, which is known for its own bizarre stories. Of all people, a 90-year-old woman named Brigitte W. is standing trial at Munich Regional Court I, accused of bludgeoning her 77-year-old best friend,...
Petr Zelenka, a name that will forever be associated with terror in the Czech Republic. For this man is the worst serial killer in the history of the Czech Republic since the end of communism. Born on 27 February 1976, Zelenka was once a...
This picturesque suburb of Birmingham in England can look back on a long and eventful history dating back to the 9th century. Yet this thriving suburb also has a dark chapter that continues to haunt its residents to this day – the unsolved murders...
On 5 March 2016, Rome was confronted with one of the most brutal murders in its history: in a run-down flat in the Collatino district, the Carabinieri found the lifeless body of 23-year-old Luca Varani, stabbed over 100 times with a kitchen knife still...
In the small, secluded village of Saint-Eyr-la-Rossière, where the sun rose over the rolling hills and the birds chirped merrily, lived a child who was a world away from these idyllic scenes. This child was the 10-year-old Honorine Pellois, the daughter of a poor...
