Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
Suicide or murder, that was the question in the Paul Blomert case, which dominated the media landscape throughout Germany in 1961. But what had happened? On August 25, 1961, around noon, Ursula Blomert found her husband Paul Blomert lying bleeding on the floor of...
A true story that never ceases to shock me is that of Blanche Monnier, who was locked up by her own mother, Louise Monnier, in the attic of their house in the French town of Poitiers for 25 years, with the windows barricaded so...
One of the most famous German serial killers in literature was Simeon Fleischer. Born in Fulda, Simeon Fleischer trained as a wool weaver and had a special talent for wrapping women around his finger. In Marburg, he met a young woman whom he married....
One of the biggest manhunts of the post-war period, which lasted over two years and was the most expensive search in the history of the Federal Republic, was for Bruno Fabeyer. This 1.75-meter-tall, slim man with medium-blond hair was born on June 4, 1926,...
The Frauenkirche is undoubtedly the landmark of the Elbe metropolis of Dresden. The foundation stone for the Protestant church was laid on August 26, 1726. For the Lutheran citizens of Dresden, the Frauenkirche was their symbol of the Reformation. This was because the city...
An assassination that inspired the world-famous Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi to write his legendary opera “Un ballo in maschera” took place on March 16, 1792, at the Stockholm Opera House. A masked ball was being held there, with King Gustav III of Sweden as...
