Investigated blindly: Vienna crime thriller with mysterious kidnapping and danger!

Investigated blindly: Vienna crime thriller with mysterious kidnapping and danger!

Vienna is once again dominated by crime and mysterious twists, because on October 16, 2025 at 8:15 p.m. Das Erste will broadcast the latest part of the series “The Vienna Crime: Blindly Investigated”. The feature film entitled “Ghosts of the Past” promises to take viewers on an exciting journey.

At the center of the story is the blind investigator Alex Haller, played perfectly by Philipp Hochmair. The plot begins at a club night, from which Alex gets into a taxi. What initially looks like an ordinary walk home quickly turns into a nightmare: the taxi driver gives him drugged water while strange knocking noises can be heard from the trunk. Alex manages to free himself with the last of his strength and is haunted by terrible fragments of memories, including the mysterious statement “Freud's mistake” and the sentence “Justice is the right of the weaker!” These words lead him back to his former colleague Grischka Tanner, who is played by Ursula Strauss. Grischka has her own story because she had to spend time in prison because of a statement from Alex and now runs a psychoanalytic practice for female victims of violence.

The entanglements and secrets

The more Alex delves into the machinations, the more it becomes clear to him that Grischka and her new partner, Niko Falk (Andreas Guenther), are suspicious and have a possible connection to his kidnapping. This eerie feeling of being in danger forces Alex to seek help from Freud expert Anna Bernays (Dennenesch Zoudé). Amid all this intrigue and psychological games, it becomes clear that crime often has far-reaching roots. Criminal psychology, a branch of psychology, deals not only with the crimes themselves, but also with the psychological and social factors that can motivate people to commit crimes. The analysis of personality traits and life circumstances plays a central role here, as can be read on [Landsiedel-Seminare](https://www.landsiedel-seminare.de/psychologie/ criminalpsychologie.php).

With a script by Uli Brée and directed by Michaela Kezele, the film offers exciting insights into the depths of the human psyche. The perpetrator profiling techniques used and the investigation of criminal behavior patterns are not only important for the fictional investigation in the film, but were also used in reality to better understand and solve crimes.

What can viewers expect?

But what can viewers hope for from “Ghosts of the Past”? Tense twists, emotional depth and a gripping finale that will certainly test viewers' nerves. The cast with talented actors like Michael Edlinger and Claudia Kottal also ensures that tuning in on October 16th is definitely worth it.

For all those who don't want to miss the exciting story, there will be a repeat on October 17th at 12:30 a.m. on Das Erste. This gripping investigative story promises both an emotional and psychological insight into the mind of a blind investigator. Joy and terror are close together, as the events in Vienna's shadowy realms clearly show.

If you would like to find out more about the plot and the characters, we recommend taking a look at the detailed information at Das Erste and [ARD Media library](https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/der-wien-krimi-blind-ermittelt/geister-der-vergangenheit-der-wie n-krimi/ard/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2Rlci13aWVuLWtyaW1pLWJsaW5kLWVybWl0dGVsdC8yMDI1LTEwLTE2XzIwLTE1LU1FU1o).