Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
It was a news story that left even the most hardened investigators stunned in August 2009: a 17-year-old schoolgirl from São Paulo confessed to the police that she had stabbed 30 men to death since the age of 15. The story, reported by Fox...
Neighborhood Secrets
Marie-Louise Victorine Bessarabo, better known by her pseudonym Héra Mirtel, was a fascinating yet shocking figure in French literature and society. Born on 24 October 1868 in Lyon, she was not only a talented writer but also a passionate feminist and a controversial figure...
Today, Friedrich von Hartenberg would be described as a classic con artist – someone who deliberately cheats and deceives others. He gained notoriety for defrauding his mentor, the respected historian Johannes von Müller, of his fortune and ruining him emotionally. Yet Hartenberg’s life, marked...
Murder stories aren’t necessarily the most pleasant tales, but some can be truly fascinating. One might think the following story comes straight from a crime novel, with Dr Buck Ruxton as its main character. He was born Bukhtyar Chompa Rustomji Hakim on 21 March...
On 23 January 2009, a horrific tragedy occurred in the small Flemish village of Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde in Belgium, which shook the entire nation. The attack on the Fabeltjesland nursery at 10.00 am left three people dead and a further twelve seriously injured. The perpetrator was...
It was a cool autumn morning in 1977 when two concerned ladies walked into the Tübingen Institute unannounced. Holding a jar of blackberry compote in their hands, they asked for it to be tested for the presence of poison. What initially appeared to be...
