Since December 11, 1946, 40-year-old Käthe Stiehler and her 7-year-old son Heinz had been missing in the Elbe metropolis of Dresden. They were last seen leaving their apartment at Großenhainer Straße ...
The city of Leipzig was once the most important location for German publishers and book wholesalers. These were mainly located in the Graphisches Viertel (Graphic Quarter) east of the city center. Thi...
A series of robberies and murders so spectacular that they even made their way onto the stage took place during the Weimar period. The main character was Wilhelm Blume, whose dream was to become a gre...
Berlin-Marzahn, a district in eastern Berlin, was terrorized by a series of shocking phone calls between 1985 and 1987. These calls came from an anonymous perpetrator who incited children to commit de...
Once upon a time in Finland, the land of 1,000 lakes, a serial killer named Matti Heikinpoika Haapoja was on the loose. According to some sources, he was responsible for the deaths of over 20 people a...
Austria’s longest-serving prisoner, who spent no less than 51 of his 74 years in prison, was Josef Weinwurm. He went down in Vienna’s criminal history as the opera murderer. On 12 March 19...
