Dr. Morphine
Morphine was invented in 1804 by pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner, who was able to extract the substance from opium,…
Cat with mashed potatoes
A cat with mashed potatoes. This dish was actually on the menu of 32-year-old metalworker Daniel S., who not only…
The Lunchtime Killer
Between 1960 and 1965, a series of robberies took place around the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, in which seven people…
The witch trial
One of the most famous witch trials in German history was the Pappenheimer case. It took place in Munich in…
Mannheim’s Chicago-style mail robbery
A movie-like mail robbery, which according to a US major from the Criminal Investigation Division in Heidelberg could only have…
The “Poison Affair”: The dark shadows at the court of France’s Sun King, Louis XIV.
In 17th-century Paris, where glamour and glitz were often overshadowed by dark secrets and intrigue, the so-called “poison affair” took…