In 1862, the biggest letter theft of all time was uncovered in Vienna, in which a postal official had embezzled over 200,000 letters over a period of years, suspecting they contained money. The postal...
After more than 16 years, the murder of Heidrun Pursche from Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen—previously considered an “unsolved case”—has finally been solved. According to witness statements, the 57-year-old...
A hostage crisis that kept all of Germany on the edge of its seat took place on October 31, 1994. At 4 a.m. that Monday, the felons Raymond Albert and Gerhard Polak took a police officer and his femal...
The last woman to be convicted under a British witchcraft law from 1735, the so-called “Witchcraft Act,” was 46-year-old Scot Helen Duncan, better known as “Hellish Nell.” The Witchcraft Act did not c...
A sex murder that remained unsolved for 20 years became one of the greatest mysteries in German criminal history. In the early morning of July 13, 1983, a firefighter discovered the body of 25-year-ol...
Countess Henkel von Kramschütz was a true femme fatale who instantly set every man’s heart aflutter. The attractive countess had many admirers who financed her extremely lavish lifestyle. In December ...
