The Parachute Murder is the name given by the Belgian media to a spectacular crime that led, in 2010, to a sensational trial for premeditated murder linked to a fateful love triangle. The defendant wa...
In the dark days of the 14th century, when the shadows of the Plague and decay loomed over the Holy Roman Empire, a fearless figure arose in the Diocese of Constance, determined to restore order and r...
One execution that was not only watched with bated breath across Europe but also caused a huge stir was that of Count Johann Friedrich Struensee on the Osterfeld in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in ...
Marie Jeanneret was a Swiss serial killer who was alleged to have 30 people to her name. Marie Jeanneret was born on 13 January in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. Marie came from one of the most distin...
It was 31 December 1993 when 6-year-old Nikos Douris failed to return home from playing. As it was already late, his worried parents, Georgia and Manolis Douris – parents of seven children – immediate...
Maria Mandl was a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 people. She was born on 10 January 1912 as the fourth child of a master shoemaker in the Upper Austrian town of Münzkirchen. Af...
