Cold Case History

In this heinous crime, a supposed friend of the Medici plans to kill two of their offspring in order to seize control over Florence. On April 26th 1478, Lorenzo and Guiliano Medici are brutally attacked in the duomo of Florence. While Lorenzo survives, Guiliano bleeds to death on the floor of the cathedral. The attacker flees. Who stabbed Guiliano Medici?

It is one of the oldest missing person cases in history: Did Richard III kill his nephews in order to seize the throne? In 1483, the sons of King Edward IV of England - Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury - disappear. The boys shall never be seen again. What happened to them?

The murder of Rosemarie Nitribitt is one of the most mysterious murders in recent German history. Did the real murderer belong to the high society of Germany? On November 1, 1957 the prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt is found strangled in her apartment. The case has been unsolved for decades.

The death of the actress Norma Jean Mortonson, who under her stage name Marilyn Monroe is undisputedly one of the megastars of the 20th century, still puzzles journalists and criminologists all over the world. Did the mentally fragile star really take her own life? Or was she not rather the victim of a high level conspiracy involving President Kennedy? On August 5, 1962, Monroe is found dead in her apartment. The result, later described by critics as a “remarkably sloppy postmortem”, reads: “Probably suicide by taking an overdose”. And yet there are strong indications that someone took advantage of the Hollywood icon’s reputation for having episodes of depression.

In this 3,000-year-old cold case, Pharaoh Ramses III is brutally murdered by his own kin. In the late 19th century, an archaeological expedition discovers an ancient Egyptian tomb. Here they find the mummy of Ramses III who reigned and lived in turbulent times. But how did the Pharaoh die? • Our investigator deals with the research of the Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and visits (virtually) the tomb KV11, where the Mummy was buried. On the outside, there is no indication of how Ramses III died.

A young would-be cowboy shoots Vincent van Gogh – but for more than 100 years the world believes that the artist took his own life. After a day of painting out in the field’s, Van Gogh arrives at his inn, bleeding from his stomach. The day after, he dies of what turns out to be a gunshot wound. Who shot him?