Some women feel magically drawn to bad boys, even though these men always put their own interests first and rarely turn into tame, cuddly cats. One such bad boy—who killed four people yet still drew w...
Poaching was punished as a serious crime until the mid-19th century, as hunting was reserved exclusively for the feudal lords or authorized individuals. The forest rangers, who served as law enforceme...
Even in ancient times, poison was a popular method for getting rid of unwanted people. One of the most spectacular poisonings of all time was the murder of Emperor Claudius. For those who held the hig...
The story of Marie Margarethe Beier—known simply as Grete—could easily have come straight out of a penny dreadful. She was a woman just 5 feet tall and extremely cunning, whose love for a petty crimin...
One of the most notorious murder cases in Spanish criminal history involves the so-called Alcásser girls. These were three girls—Miriam García Iborra, Antonia Gómez Rodríguez, and Desirée Hernández Fo...
The worst female poisoner of all time, who is even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, was Maria Catharina Swanenberg, better known as “Goeie Mie,” which means “Good Mia” in English. Good Mi...
