April 9, 2020

playing card E1: Donald Henry Gaskins (* 1933 – † 1991)

Donald Henry Gaskins alias Pee Wee was often raped by men in his youth. When Gaskins was raped again by a fellow inmate at the age of 20, he cut his throat - his first victim.
April 15, 2020

playing card D4: Goya: Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (1814)

Goya's painting “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington” was completed in 1814. It measures 52.4 x 64.3 cm and was stolen from the National Gallery in London in 1961.
April 11, 2020

playing card G1: Yang Xinhai (* 1968 – † 2004) monsterkiller

Yang Xinhai was born on July 29, 1968. As the son of a poor farming family, he was introverted and tenderly strung as the youngest child. At school he had to provide himself with food, which was always a challenge without money. When he was 17, he dropped out of school to join migrant workers.
April 13, 2020

playing card C4: Jean-Baptiste Oudry: Still life with white duck (1753)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry's painting “Still Life with a White Duck” was created in 1753. It measures 95.3 x 63.5 cm and was stolen from Houghton Hall, Norfolk in 1992.
April 12, 2020

playing card A3: John Wayne Gacy (* 1942 – † 1994)

"Kiss my ass.": Those were the last words of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He was sentenced to death twelve times for 33 murders of young men and children - world record. The actual number of murder victims was taken to his grave by one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. He died from a lethal injection on May 10, 1994 at the Stateville Correction Center.
April 14, 2020

playing card F2: J. M. W. Turner: Shade and Darkness – the Evening of the Deluge (1843)

J. M. W. Turner's painting “Shade and Darkness - the Evening of the Deluge” was created in 1843. It measures 78.7 x 78.1 cm and was stolen in 1994 at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt.
April 12, 2020

playing card H4: Joseph Vacher (* 1869 – † 1898)

The French serial killer Joseph Vacher lived from 1868 to 1898. The police assume that he had at least 11 people on his conscience. Vacher's victims were mostly young agricultural workers. It didn't matter whether they were female or male.
April 9, 2020

playing card B4: Juan Corona (* 1934 – † 2019)

Mexican-born Juan Corona employed seasonal workers on a California farm in the 1970s. He also gave them a place to sleep on the site where 25 bodies were later discovered. He was sentenced to 25 life sentences with no prospect of pardon.
April 14, 2020

playing card F1: Gainsborough: Portrait Lady Cavendish (1787)

Thomas Gainsborough's painting “Portrait of Lady Georgiana Cavendish” was created in 1787. It measures 127 x 101.5 cm and was stolen from the Agnew`s Gallery in London in 1876.
April 9, 2020

playing card A1: Jeffrey Dahmer (* 1960 – † 1994)

One of the most popular serial killers in post-war history was Jeffrey Dahmer. Born the eldest son of Joyce Annett and Lionel Herbert Dahmer, he started his first murder at the age of 18. In the summer of 1978, his parents' house was available to him alone. One day he brought hitchhiker Stephen Hicks home for a beer.
April 14, 2020

playing card A1: Da Vinci: Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) 1506

The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) is probably the most famous work of art in the world. The oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci has the dimensions 77cm x 53cm and was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911.