The mystery of the missing Joan Carolyn Risch
An unexplained disappearance shook the whole of America in 1961. Joan Carolyn Risch, then 31 years old, a mother of…
Vienna’s first serial killer
The year was 1870 when a series of murders of female servants terrorized the population of Vienna. The first victim…
The gay police officer
A police officer, of all people, became a victim of his own legal system. On April 16, 1968, 24-year-old police…
The Poisoning Mystery
A murder that made criminal history, as it has not yet been possible to determine how a lethal amount of…
The Immortal
A woman who survived her own execution and thus immortalized herself in criminal history was the young Frenchwoman Helene Gillet.…
Wilde Wanda: Vienna’s only female Strizzi
Vienna’s only female pimp, known in Austria as a Strizzi, was Wanda Gertrude Kuchwalek, better known as “Wild Wanda.” This…