Explore published stories from Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen, Alemanha and nearby.
After Bernd Brandes died following an online-arranged meeting in Rotenburg, German courts reached two different verdicts. Why did claimed consent not settle the case? Follow the investigation, the evidence and the final murder conviction.
140 km · Klingenberg am Main
In Klingenberg, a student with a history of seizures underwent months of exorcism and died of malnutrition in 1976. This dossier traces interrupted care, the trial of her parents and priests, the exhumation legend, and the later use of recordings while separating evidence from belief.
303 km · Estrasburgo
In the summer of 1518, people in Strasbourg began dancing in a way that alarmed the city. Its council recorded medical consultations, pilgrimages and a public ban. Centuries later an unnamed woman acquired the name “Frau Troffea”, and reports of many deaths appeared. This dossier follows the sources to separate the documented episode from the legend.
519 km · Kuřim
A baby monitor accidentally captured a scene inside a neighboring house in the Czech Republic. The ensuing investigation exposed prolonged abuse of two brothers, an adult posing as a child, and failures of protection that persisted beyond the discovery.