The Fettmilch Uprising
Over 400 years ago, social tensions arose in Frankfurt am Main between the citizens and…
The Blameless Civil Servant and the Viennese Oyster
On March 9, 1931, at around 6:15 a.m., laborer Eduard Fuchs made a gruesome discovery…
The Werewolf
In the 16th and 17th centuries, people were accused not only of witchcraft and sorcery,…
The Telltale Fingerprints
The first murder case in Germany to be solved using dactyloscopy was the murder of…
The Swindler
Countess Henkel von Kramschütz was a true femme fatale who instantly set every man’s heart…
In the wrong place at the wrong time
On his day off, February 20, 1995, 44-year-old detective Christian Gillinger was up early to…