Even in the midst of the seemingly peaceful landscape of the Lüneburg Heath, greed, jealousy, and envy often triggered terrible crimes that still send shivers down people's spines today. The renowned author Tino Wagner has delved into local newspapers, church records, old prison books, and investigation files in search of sensational crimes from the period between 1580 and 1945. The contemporary reports document bloody murders, horrific assaults, cunning thefts, and numerous other crimes that sometimes instilled fear and terror throughout the entire region. These include accounts of a baker from Suhlendorf who used a jug of beer as a murder weapon, the murder of a sleeping carpenter's apprentice with a shovel, and a poisoning attempt with a buttered bread. Over 90 largely unpublished documents atmospherically complement the narratives.