As is well known, real life writes the best stories, as the following criminal case proves. On 8 August 2018, Ekaterina R.-S., a 48-year-old woman originally from Bulgaria, found her 60-year-old husba...
Thallium is a heavy metal which, like arsenic, was formerly used as rat poison because it is odourless and tasteless. However, it is not only lethal to rats, but also to humans. One man who used it as...
For thousands of years, poison has been used as a murder weapon, and it was particularly popular amongst women, as it required no physical violence whatsoever to kill the victim. One woman who employe...
One of the greatest criminals in French history was François Ravaillac, who treacherously murdered King Henry IV. But why? François Ravaillac was born in 1578 in Touvre, near Angoulême. He grew up in ...
For over six years, between 1991 and 1997, a serial killer and rapist terrorised the streets of Paris, preying on young women. During this period, a total of seven women were raped, tied up and had th...
The French capital, Paris, is regarded as the City of Love par excellence, where countless lovers have sworn eternal love at its landmark, the legendary Eiffel Tower. Yet ‘la ville d’amour’ also has a...