Charlotte Corday, born on July 27, 1768, in the French commune of Les Ligneries, is one of the most colorful figures of the French Revolution. Her name is forever linked to the murder of the radical j...
One of the most exciting criminal cases in the state of New Jersey after the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby is the case of mass murderer John List. In 1971, he wiped out his entire family...
The story of Hannah Brown is one of the most gruesome murder stories London has ever seen. In 1837, the citizens of the capital were shaken by a crime so gruesome that it both fascinated and disgusted...
The last execution in the baroque city of Fulda took place on November 21, 1856, carried out by master executioner Johann Conrad Lucas. He was practically born into the profession, as his family had h...
In 1912, in the sleepy town of Villisca, Iowa, with a population of 2,000, a crime occurred that shook the nation and remains unsolved to this day. On the fateful night of June 9-10, a family of six a...
One of the most spectacular cases in French criminal history was the Gouffé case. Toussaint-Agustin Gouffé was a 49-year-old widowed court clerk who had two daughters and lived in Paris. This respecta...
