Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
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...
Neighborhood Secrets
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...
One of the most notorious serial killers in German criminal history was Bernhard Prigan, better known as the Highway Killer. He was given this nickname by the media because he usually killed his victims near highways, which he had previously cycled along. Bernhard Prigan...
Almost everyone knows the popular children’s song “Bake, bake a cake. The baker has called! Who wants to bake a good cake? You need seven ingredients.” According to the children’s song, these are eggs, lard, sugar, salt, milk, flour, and saffron, but certainly not...
The last murderer sentenced to death and executed in Austria was Johann Trnka. He was a robber and murderer who had brutally murdered two women in Vienna. When student Heinrich Koller arrived at his mother’s apartment at Albertgasse 55 in Vienna’s 8th district, Josefstadt,...
Sadistic serial killer Werner Kniesek went down in criminal history as one of Austria’s most dangerous criminals. Werner went off the rails at an early age, stealing, skipping school, and repeatedly running away from home. For these reasons, on June 5, 1962, his completely...
