The Lovers’ Killer
A heinous series of double murders targeting couples in love took place in Düsseldorf between 1953 and 1956. During this…
The Witch of the Super-Rich
As the “Witch of the Super-Rich,” Catherine Monvoisin—also known as “La Voisin”—made her mark on 17th-century French criminal history. She…
The Gripping Murder Trial of French Poisoner Marie Besnard
Marie Besnard went down in French criminal history as the “Poisoner of Loudon,” accused of poisoning 12 people with arsenic.…
The Pure Desire to Kill
The sadistic serial killer Werner Kniesek went down in criminal history as one of Austria’s most dangerous criminals. Werner went…
The Cage
Sometimes life writes the craziest scripts, which seem so unbelievable that they defy rational explanation. This was also the case…
When love turns to murder
Sometimes love turns to hate, or worse still, murder. This became a reality in the case of 22-year-old Franz Stockreiter.…