Isabella Mueller (crime writer)
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...
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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...
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...
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...
