A criminal case that made headlines across Germany took place in Mönchengladbach in 1952. It was 27 January when the utterly distraught 31-year-old sexton, Hans Helpenstein, reported his wife missing ...
A serial killer who, according to rumors, sold canned sausages containing human flesh at the Schlesischer Bahnhof in Berlin was the peddler Carl Großmann. This ruthless serial killer, who allegedly sl...
A criminal case that could easily have come straight out of a horror film took place in 1984 in Mönchengladbach, which, with its 272,000 inhabitants, is the largest city on the left bank of the Lower ...
One death that continues to give rise to speculation to this day is that of Johann Georg Schrepfer. This controversial figure was not only active as a Freemason, but also as a spirit summoner, occulti...
A sensational criminal case in postwar Germany was the murder of a man who had been brutally killed with an axe by his own wife. The murderer was the attractive, previously convicted Ruth Blaue, who w...
One of the most famous matricides was Orestes from Greek mythology. Another man who committed matricide – the technical term for when a child kills their mother – was Kalistros Max Thielicke. Kalistro...
