There are murders that are sometimes difficult to comprehend, as they occur without any clearly identifiable motive. One such series of murders, which ranks among the worst massacres in Greek criminal history, is that committed by 24-year-old law student Theophilos Sehidis, who could easily...
As is well known, real life writes the best stories, as the following criminal case proves. On 8 August 2018, Ekaterina R.-S., a 48-year-old woman originally from Bulgaria, found her 60-year-old husband, Hans-Gottfried S., lifeless in his bed in the bedroom of their shared...
Thallium is a heavy metal which, like arsenic, was formerly used as rat poison because it is odourless and tasteless. However, it is not only lethal to rats, but also to humans. One man who used it as a lethal murder weapon is 42-year-old...
For thousands of years, poison has been used as a murder weapon, and it was particularly popular amongst women, as it required no physical violence whatsoever to kill the victim. One woman who employed this method was Milica Vukobrankovics de Vuko et Branko. This...
One of the greatest criminals in French history was François Ravaillac, who treacherously murdered King Henry IV. But why? François Ravaillac was born in 1578 in Touvre, near Angoulême. He grew up in modest circumstances with his mother, a devout Catholic. For a time,...
For over six years, between 1991 and 1997, a serial killer and rapist terrorised the streets of Paris, preying on young women. During this period, a total of seven women were raped, tied up and had their throats slit. As the murders took place...
