A mystery that remains unsolved to this day, immortalized in the book “The World’s Greatest Criminal Cases,” is the mysterious disappearance of Linda Sturley in July 1982 in the English town of Biggin Hill. Linda was 29 years old at the time of her...
Month: January 2026
A murder that took place over 300 years ago and still raises questions today is that of Imperial Count Christian Detlev zu Rantzau, who was assassinated on November 10, 1721, allegedly on the orders of his younger brother Wilhelm Adolf. After the death of...
A brutal double murder of an innocent retired couple took place on May 19, 2015. On that beautiful spring day, 75-year-old former district councilor Gerhard Hintermeier and his 74-year-old wife Erna were murdered in their detached house on Böckingstraße in Vienna’s 22nd district, Donaustadt....
Since December 11, 1946, 40-year-old Käthe Stiehler and her 7-year-old son Heinz had been missing in the Elbe metropolis of Dresden. They were last seen leaving their apartment at Großenhainer Straße 106 at around 4 p.m. After that, there was no trace of them....
The city of Leipzig was once the most important location for German publishers and book wholesalers. These were mainly located in the Graphisches Viertel (Graphic Quarter) east of the city center. This is also where Johann Jacob Weber’s publishing houses and printing works were...
A series of robberies and murders so spectacular that they even made their way onto the stage took place during the Weimar period. The main character was Wilhelm Blume, whose dream was to become a great playwright. To make this dream come true, he...
