Pražské mordy - Skutečné kriminální případy z let první republiky (1918–1938) – Hrubý Dan (2021)

Prague Murders, True Criminal Cases from the First Republic (1918–1938) serves as a natural continuation of the previous volume Prague Murders, True Criminal Cases from the Monarchy (1880-1918). The book describes not only forgotten cases but also events that have become part of collective memory, albeit distorted by layers of myths and fictional narratives. Among them is the story of the Smíchov murderer with a golden smile, the murder of the bookseller Tyl in Malá Strana (especially the strange journey of his body through old Prague), and the tragic fate of the innkeeper's family from Karlova Street. The reader will discover a chronology of never-solved deaths of Prague prostitutes (from Anna Kočová through the well-known case of Otýlie Vranské to Helena Kindlová), which repeatedly brought the press and detectives to consider that a serial predator roamed Prague, striking every few years. The first republic and its real and feigned elegance also included marriage swindlers. The first one to be mentioned was named Karel Čapek and was born in the same year as the famous writer, whom he liked to impersonate. The second spoke English, claimed to be a large-scale manufacturer of washing machines, and seduced a renowned Prague...