Case file · Folklore / legend
Störtebeker's headless walk
Pirate Klaus Störtebeker was beheaded in Hamburg in 1401; legend says he walked headless past eleven of his men, who were to be spared, before the executioner tripped him.
1401 CE · 53.54, 9.99 · status: legend
The account
A skull long shown as his in Hamburg's museum was stolen in 2010 and recovered.