Episode #58: Germany's Coldest Case Ever Solved & the 1835 Zodiac Back
- youaintawoofin
- Feb 19
- 2 min read

2/19/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie presents the murder of Johann Heinrich Rieber, beloved mayor of Bönnigheim, Germany. Despite quick action by neighbors (by 1835 standards, that is), the case went cold. A chance conversation in Washington D.C. four decades later with a man who’d been accused of the crime, revealed the name of the killer - a war hero, praised by Robert E. Lee. Next, in Amy Jo’s 1835 Zodiac Back, we discuss the Feb/Mar 2025 astrology and the sign of Sagittarius. We peek at some interesting 1835 natal charts - one volatile person you know has some interesting asteroids in there! We dive into Neptune in Aquarius and cover some past predictions for the transit (no hoverboards!), as well as how it related to The Great Moon Hoax from last week. Lastly, Halley's Comet is back!
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Antique townview of Bönnigheim close to Ludwigsburg by M. Merian. From the 1643 edition of Topographia Sueviae by Matthaeus Merian printed and published in Frankfurt
Coat of arms of Bönnigheim
Kavaliersbau
Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee, Ann Marie Ackerman
Robert E. Lee, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Battle of Veracruz during the Mexican-American War
Birth Chart for Elizabeth Hely Walsh
Chart for the Great Moon Hoax publication August 21, 1835.
Notable comets of the period 1811 to 1910, 1910
Neptune Cycle Chart - April 1697 - April 1861
Neptune Cycle Chart - March 2025 - May 2188
Mark Twain
Halley's Comet Illustration
Sources/Photo Sources
Intro Sources:
Germany's Coldest Case Ever Solved Sources:
Ackerman, Ann Marie. Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee, Kent State University Press, 2017
https://www.annmarieackermann.com/robert-e-lees-mystery-letter/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6nnigheim
https://www.moongiant.com/phase/10/21/1835
https://www.annmarieackermann.com/murder-world-record-white-squirrel/
https://www.dw.com/en/long-overdue-reward-presented-in-historical-german-murder-case/a-43847741
Germany's Coldest Case Ever Solved Photo Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6nnigheim#/media/File:DEU_B%C3%B6nnigheim_COA.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6nnigheim#/media/File:Boennigheim-kavaliersbau.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6nnigheim#/media/File:BoennigheimGeorgsbrunnen.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Veracruz#/media/File:Battle_of_Veracruz.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/emergingcivilwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/death-of-an-assassin-cover.jpg
1835 Zodiac Back Sources:
https://www.thoughtco.com/ancestry-of-donald-trump-1421916
https://alexasteroidastrology.com/astrology-of-trump-racism/
https://astrologify.com/people/elizabeth-hely-walshe/
https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/neptune-retrograde-astrology-calendar-1835
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/moon-shot-race-a-hoax-and-the-birth-of-fake-news
http://www.phenomena.org.uk/comets/page80/page80.html
https://www.forrestastrology.com/blogs/astrology/neptune-in-aquarius-one-last-time
https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/solar-and-lunar-eclipses-1835
http://www.phenomena.org.uk/comets/page80/page80.html
https://cafeastrology.com/natal/neptune-pluto-signs.html
https://astroaz.com/events/uranus-in-signs-movement-through-the-zodiac-for-1800-2100/
https://patrickwatsonastrology.com/planets-in-signs/neptune-in-the-signs/
https://cayelincastell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Neptune-Generations-from-1901-to-2025.pdf
https://www.palden.co.uk/ephem/neptune-pluto-cycles.html
https://www.astrograph.com/learning-astrology/neptune.php
https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/retrograde-planets-astrology-calendar-1835
https://astrotrends.net/world/neptune-in-aquarius
https://www.thecrimson.com/column/star-signs/article/2021/12/6/xiao-neptune-in-aquarius-generation/
https://www.astro.com/astrology/faa_article230705_e.htm
1835 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b36266/
https://cdn.astrologify.com/tools/birth-chart-img/15062ffb-3e7c-458a-bf8b-37f65d4af922.svg




























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