A horrific series of murders targeting defenceless elderly women took place in Russia between 2002 and 2010. During this period, no fewer than 17 elderly women aged between 61 and 89 were bludgeoned t...
A series of gruesome murders of five young female hitchhikers, three of whom had been raped before being strangled to death, took place between 1983 and 1990 in the Aachen area, which is why the media...
A crime that shocked the world because it was so heinous and yet fascinating at the same time took place in 1981 in France’s capital, Paris. It was June 11 when Dutch student Renée Hartevelt was invit...
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...
