Santorini, one of Greece’s most picturesque and idyllic islands, is renowned for its breathtaking sunsets, white houses and sparkling waters. Yet in 2008, this idyll was overshadowed by a gruesome crime that even the locals would never have thought possible. Athanassios Arvanitis, a 31-year-old...
A murderous femme fatale who drove men not only mad but also robbed them of their fortunes was the Frenchwoman Madame Julie St. Joseph. Her gripping crimes in St Petersburg in the 1870s – her final haunt, where she poisoned men out of sheer...
In 1839, a gruesome murder shook the tranquil canal region of Staffordshire in England. Christina Collins, a 37-year-old seamstress, fell victim to a brutal crime that is still regarded today as one of the most notorious murder cases in British canal history. The story...
In the gloomy streets of Victorian Essex lived a woman whose name still sends shivers down the spine today: Sarah Chesham, better known as ‘Sally Arsenic’. Her story is a chilling testament to the dark side of human nature and the deadly power of...
When people hear the name Ferrari, they automatically think of the famous Italian car brand, which stands for luxury and class; however, it is perhaps less well known that this name is also associated with one of Switzerland’s worst serial killers. The Swiss child...
A heinous crime, which was only solved 30 years later, took place in 1988. It was 4 January when Ursula B., then aged 22, left the ‘Nacht-Café’ nightclub in Aschaffenburg at around 2 am. She got into her Mitsubishi Colt, where she was suddenly...
