Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
It was a cool autumn morning in 1977 when two concerned ladies entered the Tübingen Institute unannounced. Holding a jar of blackberry compote in their hands, they asked for it to be tested for poison. What initially appeared to be a trivial request soon...
The murder of police officer Gerhard Gergaut was one of the most significant criminal cases in the German Democratic Republic and took place in January 1981. The case only gained wider publicity after reunification, although official reporting at the time was very brief. The...
In 1965, a tragedy occurred in the idyllic region of Murcia, Spain, that forever changed the image of a peaceful community. The scene was a modest apartment on Carril de la Farola in the capital city of Murcia, home to Andrés Martínez del Águila...
The story of William Corder, better known as the “Red Barn Murder,” continues to fascinate people even after almost 200 years. This bloody episode from England not only led to one of the most sensational trials of the century, but also to a curious...
The shocking murder in Utica: The tragic case of Bianca Devins and the power of social media
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In 2019, the murder of 17-year-old American teenager Bianca Michelle Devins from Utica sent shockwaves not only across America but around the world, as her killer, her 21-year-old male acquaintance Brandon Andrew Clark, streamed it live on the internet. According to police reports, Devins...
A truly bizarre crime took place in 2018 in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. Since the beginning of the year, students and staff had been finding piles of human feces every day not far from the football field and running track at Holmdel High School....
