One of the most popular—and perhaps even the most popular—methods women use to kill someone is poison. Poisoning is considered particularly sophisticated, which is why women have long been associated ...
It was 1922 when, on July 17, a hot summer day, a farmer found a package in a cornfield in Vienna’s 11th district, Simmering. Since it had bloodstains and smelled strongly of decay, the farmer a...
Suicide or murder, that was the question in the Paul Blomert case, which dominated the media landscape throughout Germany in 1961. But what had happened? On August 25, 1961, around noon, Ursula Blomer...
One of the most famous German serial killers in literature was Simeon Fleischer. Born in Fulda, Simeon Fleischer trained as a wool weaver and had a special talent for wrapping women around his finger....
The Frauenkirche is undoubtedly the landmark of the Elbe metropolis of Dresden. The foundation stone for the Protestant church was laid on August 26, 1726. For the Lutheran citizens of Dresden, the Fr...
An assassination that inspired the world-famous Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi to write his legendary opera “Un ballo in maschera” took place on March 16, 1792, at the Stockholm Opera House. A masked...
