One of the iconic figures in Vienna’s criminal history was master tailor Ferdinand Wurzinger, whose extravagant lifestyle proved to be his undoing. Ferdinand Wurzinger came from a middle-class backgro...
The Bellwinkel trial is considered one of the most gripping criminal cases in Germany. At its center was 61-year-old senior building inspector Ludwig Bellwinkel from Kempen on the Lower Rhine, who had...
Josette Bauer was dubbed the last witch of Geneva because, to finance her lavish lifestyle, she had incited her husband to murder her father. But this was only the beginning of an incredible life stor...
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 hi...
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 ha...
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 politica...
