Christman Genipperteinga is perhaps Germany's most prolific serial killer of the 16th century. Whether he existed or not, though, is up for debate. There isn't much credible historical evidence that ...

One of the most famous figures in history to carry such a reputation was a 16th-century German farmer named Peter Stumpp, who was accused of killing and consuming more than a dozen victims ...

In this Tuesday, March 4, 2014 photo is an illustration from a manual by 16th century artillery master Franz Helm at the University of Pennsylvania library in Philadelphia. The manual on artillery ...

An international team of disease detectives has shed new light on a virus that kills almost a million people around the world each year by probing an unusual source — the mummified remains of a ...

Silesia, once a part of Germany, has undergone a dramatic transformation over the centuries, shifting from a region deeply ...

Stumpp was a farmer who lived in Bedbur, Germany during the late 1500s, according to the British Library, which has one of the 16th Century pamphlets that were handed out about his alleged crimes ...