A scenario reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film “Rear Window” occurred on June 6, 1925. On that day, housekeeper Josefine Kaiser looked through her window into the apartment opposite, ...
A British criminal case that set a precedent with global implications for jurisprudence was the criminal proceedings in Regina v. Dudley and Stephens. The year was 1884 when, on May 19, the small sail...
A truly insidious murder of absolute brutality took place long ago in the bishopric city of Speyer. The year was 1277 when, on Good Friday of all days, cathedral dean Albrecht von Mußbach was lynched ...
The 1920s were a difficult time for the city of Sheffield. High unemployment and extreme poverty turned parts of the city into miserable slums, which were soon plagued by gangs. One of the most notori...
The so-called “Crippen Case” is still considered one of the most spectacular criminal cases in Great Britain. The protagonist of this murder case was Hawley Harvey Crippen, better known as Dr. Crippen...
The last person to be executed in Gmünd was Eva Kary, who allegedly killed her husband with arsenic. Eva Kary was born Eva Faschauner on December 21, 1737, in Malta, Carinthia, and her life remains a ...
