Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
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...
Bestiality in Crime
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,...
Marie Jeanneret was a Swiss serial killer who was alleged to have 30 people to her name. Marie Jeanneret was born on 13 January in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. Marie came from one of the most distinguished families. However, her parents died whilst...
Maria Mandl was a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 people. She was born on 10 January 1912 as the fourth child of a master shoemaker in the Upper Austrian town of Münzkirchen. After attending primary school, Maria initially worked as...
A criminal case that made headlines across Germany took place in Mönchengladbach in 1952. It was 27 January when the utterly distraught 31-year-old sexton, Hans Helpenstein, reported his wife missing at the Mönchengladbach police station at around 11.35 pm. He had last seen his...
