In the post-war period, Cologne was considered a hotspot for crime – the "Chicago on the Rhine," as the media called it. However, it wasn't always the conflicts in the red-light district that made headlines. In 1981, 8-year-old Nina von Gallwitz was kidnapped. She spent 149 days in the hands of her abductors. While her case remained unsolved, it was a clock radio in 1986 that led investigators on the right track: the attack on the Lufthansa headquarters at the Deutzer Bridge was carried out by the terrorist group Revolutionary Cells. And sometimes, the "good" and the "bad" even worked together. Just think of the incident involving Cardinal Meisner's favorite cross. This book brings together well-known and lesser-known criminal cases after 1945. It sheds light on the crimes and their social backgrounds. The criminal Cologne – the other side of the coin.