The Child Murderer
In 1772, the child murderer Susanna Margaretha Brandt was the talk of the town in Frankfurt am Main, the birthplace…
The Fettmilch Uprising
Over 400 years ago, social tensions arose in Frankfurt am Main between the citizens and the city’s rulers, an event…
The Blameless Civil Servant and the Viennese Oyster
On March 9, 1931, at around 6:15 a.m., laborer Eduard Fuchs made a gruesome discovery at Krummgasse 2 in Vienna’s…
The Werewolf
In the 16th and 17th centuries, people were accused not only of witchcraft and sorcery, but also of being werewolves.…
The Telltale Fingerprints
The first murder case in Germany to be solved using dactyloscopy was the murder of Anna Marie Lehmann, the widow…
The Swindler
Countess Henkel von Kramschütz was a true femme fatale who instantly set every man’s heart aflutter. The attractive countess had…