Richard Speck
In short On the night of 13-14 July 1966, in Chicago, Richard Speck broke into a townhouse used as a
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Leopold and Loeb, the “perfect crime” that shocked America
In short On 21 May 1924, in Chicago, two rich and brilliant students, Nathan Leopold, 19, and Richard Loeb, 18,
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The rat king: between zoology and folklore
In short A “rat king” is a group of rats whose tails are tangled and stuck together, for example by
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The true story of Edward Mordake, the man with two faces
In short Edward Mordake, the 19th-century English nobleman with a second “evil” face on the back of his head who
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Eliza Samudio, the brutal murder that shocked Brazil
In short In June 2010 Eliza Samudio, 25, vanished after going with her baby son to the home of Bruno
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Maria Ilenia Politanò, when superstition kills
In short On 12 September 1994 Maria Ilenia Politanò, a 50-day-old baby, arrived dead at the hospital in Reggio Calabria.
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Sawney Bean, the Scottish cannibal
In short According to legend, in the 16th century Alexander “Sawney” Bean and his 48-strong clan, born of incest, lived
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The Devils of Loudun, one of Europe’s most famous witch trials
In short Between 1632 and 1634, in Loudun, in Poitou, the Ursuline nuns led by Mother Superior Jeanne des Anges
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The Exorcism of Nicole Aubry
In short In November 1565, in Vervins, Picardy, Nicole Obry, or Aubry, a girl of 15 or 16, began to
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Angela Cavallo, the mother who lifted a car to save her son
In 1982, in Georgia, Angela Cavallo lifted a Chevrolet Impala to save her son trapped underneath. The true story, the details often told wrong, and what science says about “hysterical strength”.
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The woman forgotten by time, the mystery of Hedviga Golik
In short Hedviga Golik, a former nurse born in 1924, died alone around 1966 in her 18-square-metre attic flat in
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Jacob Nufer, the man who defied the impossible
In short Around 1500, in Switzerland, Jacob Nufer, a pig gelder, is said to have performed on his wife Elisabeth
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