A Czech Robin Hood, revered in many popular Czech songs and novels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a protector of the poor against the authorities, was the bandit chief Wenzel Babinsky. H...
A heinous series of double murders targeting couples in love took place in Düsseldorf between 1953 and 1956. During this period, a perpetrator would lie in wait for couples who were spending time toge...
As the “Witch of the Super-Rich,” Catherine Monvoisin—also known as “La Voisin”—made her mark on 17th-century French criminal history. She exploited the intrigues and desires that prevailed at the cou...
Marie Besnard went down in French criminal history as the “Poisoner of Loudon,” accused of poisoning 12 people with arsenic. The murder trial, which lasted nearly 10 years, is considered one of the mo...
The Italian Countess Pia Bellentani caused a scandal in Italian high society. On 15 September 1948, at the legendary luxury hotel Villa d’Este on the western shore of Lake Como, she shot her lover, th...
A heinous crime, in which two people were brutally murdered, took place in 2004 in Austria’s capital, Vienna. At 10.14 pm on 16 June, an emergency call was received by the Vienna police. A patrol car ...
