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Tuesday 12 June 2007

An Historical Serial Killer

A Serial Killer From the 1700s:

In the year of the Lord 1786, the Austrian surgeon Franz Xaver Wegartshofner put an end to a most bizarre killing spree. For a long time, there had been rumours concerning the wealthy farmer Bartholomäus Rainer of Großlobming (Styria). He was now sixty-eight years of age, seemingly a rather odd man who never cut his fingernails, and people whispered he was a sorcerer dealing with occult powers. Yet he was never in want of a wife, which is to say that whenever a wife of his went to the churchyard for good, he had no problems in finding one to replace her.

However, when his sixth wife died on July 4th of that year, rumours got so intense and minds so upset that the authorities could no longer ignore it.

Via Bourgeois Nerd.

Posted by Amy as Crime, History at 1:52 AM EDT

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Tuesday 5 June 2007

The History of Poisoning

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Wednesday 18 April 2007

No Nonsense Self-Defense

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Monday 26 March 2007

Undercover Police Work

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Friday 16 February 2007

Are You Being Influenced By The CSI Effect?

Posted by Amy as Popular Culture, Crime, Psychology at 7:38 AM EST

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Monday 19 June 2006

Some New Analysis of the Kitty Genovese Case

Posted by Amy as Crime, Psychology at 3:35 AM EDT

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Sunday 28 May 2006

A Story About White-Collar Crime

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