Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
One of the most common motives for homicide is jealousy. Every year, over 100 women die at the hands of their partners. One of these women was 18-year-old student Zoe Frantzis. She fell victim to her pathologically jealous husband, who not only strangled his...
Neighborhood Secrets
The Viennese public was presented with a truly gruesome sight in the courtroom of the Vienna court on October 26, 1932. Two large preserving jars were placed in front of the judge’s bench, containing charred bone fragments and small pieces of flesh. Next to...
Once upon a time in Finland, the land of 1,000 lakes, a serial killer named Matti Heikinpoika Haapoja was on the loose. According to some sources, he was responsible for the deaths of over 20 people and was as popular as a rock star...
One of the most notorious serial killers in Scandinavian history is the Norwegian Arnfinn Nesset, who is said to have killed over 100 patients during his career as a nurse. However, only 22 murders of patients could actually be proven. Arnfinn Nesset was born...
One of Germany’s most notorious serial killers was Volker Eckert, better known as the long-distance lorry driver from Hof. He committed his first murder as a teenager on 7 May 1974 in Plauen, killing his 14-year-old classmate Sylvia U. He strangled her and then...
Austria’s longest-serving prisoner, who spent no less than 51 of his 74 years in prison, was Josef Weinwurm. He went down in Vienna’s criminal history as the opera murderer. On 12 March 1963, he murdered 11-year-old ballet student Dagmar Fuhrich with a 12-centimetre knife,...
