The insidious poisoner Irmgard Swinka: Germany’s last death penalty
The last death penalty in Germany was imposed on April 21, 1949, in Cologne, and it was handed down to…
The sinister doctor: The sinister legacy of Thomas Neill Cream, one of the first serial killers
Thomas Neill Cream, better known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Canadian doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims…
The alleged female Jack the Ripper: Mary Eleanor Wheeler
Mary Eleanor Wheeler was a cold-blooded murderer. She was born in 1866 to Mary Eleanor Wheeler and Thomas Wheeler, but…
The world’s worst teenage serial killer
It was news that shocked even the most hardened investigators in August 2009: a 17-year-old schoolgirl from São Paulo confessed…