The hitchhiker with the chopped-off arms
A true crime story that reads like the script of a horror film took place in the autumn of 1978…
John Worboys: The grim story of the rapist in the black cab
In the bustling metropolis of London in the late 1990s, a serial rapist was on the loose who drugged women…
The Shoe Fetish Killer of Salem: The Dark Legacy of Jerry Brudos
The name Jerome Henry “Jerry” Brudos is still synonymous with horror and revulsion today. He was an American serial killer…
The man with nerves of steel
One of the most spectacular criminal cases in Berlin in the 1930s was the murder on January 20, 1931, at…
The calls of terror
Berlin-Marzahn, a district in eastern Berlin, was terrorized by a series of shocking phone calls between 1985 and 1987. These…
The cat-and-mouse game
A nerve-wracking criminal case occurred on Pentecost 2012. Maria Baumer, 26, had been missing since May 26. She was about…