In the shadow of Munich’s Old Town, where the alleyways wind like veins through the heart of the Bavarian metropolis, one of the most shocking criminal cases Germany has ever witnessed took place in 1907. In the midst of this idyllic setting, a girl...
In 1908, a case in the small French village of Montigny-lès-Vesoul caught the attention of the public and the judiciary. Rose Marie Bobillier, a local farmer’s wife, was put on trial for double murder. Her story, which reads like a dark fairy tale, begins...
One of the most brutal serial killers in British criminal history was Oladimeji K. Akinmurele, better known as the Cul-de-Sac Killer. He was born in Nigeria on 16 March 1978. As his mother was from the Isle of Man, Akinmurele grew up there. Even...
The Parachute Murder is the name given by the Belgian media to a spectacular crime that led, in 2010, to a sensational trial for premeditated murder linked to a fateful love triangle. The defendant was 26-year-old primary school teacher and amateur skydiver Els Clottemans,...
In the dark days of the 14th century, when the shadows of the Plague and decay loomed over the Holy Roman Empire, a fearless figure arose in the Diocese of Constance, determined to restore order and rid the Church of its vices. This man...
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....
