Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
The 10th district, Favoriten, is the largest district in the Austrian capital, Vienna, and is home to 10 per cent of the city’s total population. It is regarded as Vienna’s crime hotspot, where the highest number of offences are committed. One such crime, which...
In September 1994, dentist Marion R. was out walking her dog when she discovered a human skeleton wrapped in a carpet at the Zwenkau open-cast mine near Leipzig. She immediately alerted the police. The forensic pathologist determined that the remains belonged to a man...
A heinous murder took place on 12 June 1920 in the ground-floor flat at 21 Preysinggasse in Vienna’s 15th district, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. The victim was 30-year-old confectioner Franz Wittmann, who had been found by innkeeper Alois Schremler. Schremler ran a pub in the same building...
One of Germany’s most bizarre criminal cases, which is still considered a classic in criminal law today, is known as “The Cat King.” It tells the story of how a person can be manipulated solely through psychological pressure to the point where they are...
Intrigues are as old as humanity itself. Bishop Emmeram learned this the hard way when a slanderous accusation cost him his life. His murder in the 7th century is considered one of the oldest political mysteries in Bavaria’s criminal history. Bishop Emmeram came from...
After more than 16 years, the murder of Heidrun Pursche from Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen—previously considered an “unsolved case”—has finally been solved. According to witness statements, the 57-year-old cleaning lady, who worked at a clinic in Bad Krozingen, was on her way to work on the morning...
