Episode 4: The first French Serial Killer

For this 4th episode, we look at Landru, often considered the first French serial killer.

Landru is said to have killed at least 11 women, possibly 12, within a few years just after WWI.

Landru arrested
Landru’s victims
The cooker after a police drawing
The house at Gambais during police searches. These are police cars
Landru during his trial
Landru’s lawyer
The crowds waiting to go into the court room
Landru, provocking the tribunal
Landru’s lawyer
Landru’s sentence in the press
Landru’s execution outside the prison in Versailles
The preseident of the tribunal and Landru’s semi-anonymous grave

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