The public often had mixed feelings towards criminals on their way to execution at Tyburn. Although the accused had committed crimes, many people wanted to watch the executions, particularly if the co...
Ireland never had traditional crown jewels, but the jewelled insignia of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick were given such a grand title following their disappearance. These magnificent pieces ...
During the cold nights at the end of 2002, as the New Year celebrations were approaching, something inconceivable happened. The murder of Simone Dewenter, then aged 30, a sex worker from Cologne-Kalk,...
It was a cool autumn morning in 1977 when two concerned ladies walked into the Tübingen Institute unannounced. Holding a jar of blackberry compote in their hands, they asked for it to be tested for th...
Berlin-Marzahn, a district in the east of Berlin, was plunged into fear and terror between 1985 and 1987 by a series of shocking telephone calls. These calls came from an anonymous perpetrator who inc...
7 July 1997 is a date that has gone down in Belgian criminal history. On that day, driven by rage and jealousy, Remy Lecrenier committed a brutal series of murders in the small village of Bas-Oha near...
