Rachel Galtié is a good looking 20 year old who has aspirations. She will stop at nothing to obtain what she wants.
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A gang attacks a company to steal pay money. But things go bad for everybody. This affair has hints of the Bande a Bonnot (Episode 5).
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This is the second and final part of the Omar Raddad Affair. If you haven’t already, listen to part 1 first.
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On the 24th June 1991, Ghislaine Marchal, an old lady living in the South-East of France near the Mediterranean coast, is found dead with an inscription in blood naming her killer. This is part 1 of 2.
Continue reading “Episode 36: The Omar Raddad Affair Part 1”Episode 35: The Canaby’s Affair
In 1905, in Bordeaux, Henriette Canaby is accused of poisoning her husband so that she could live with her lover. Is any of it true?
Continue reading “Episode 35: The Canaby’s Affair”Episode 34: The Papillaud Murders
On the 2nd September 1916, Julien Papillaud and his sister Germaine, are found dead in their house. The gendarmerie suspects a robbery gone wrong and will need luck to solve the case.
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After WWI, an unlikely gang of gangsters is created in France. They rob high profile places and pocket large amounts of money. Their particularity: they escape in front wheel drive Citroens, hence their name: the gang des tractions avant, aka the front wheel drive gang.
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Dur to work commitments and lack of spare time, we’ll switch to an episode every 2 weeks for a while.
Episode 32: The Crazy life of René Belbenoît
René Belbenoît was a petty thief sentenced to prison on Devil’s Island in French Guyana. Twice. He escaped. 5 times. And died of old age. This is his crazy story.
Continue reading “Episode 32: The Crazy life of René Belbenoît”Episode 31: The Assassination of French President Doumer
On the 6th May 1932, Paul Doumer, 13th president of the French 3rd Republic, is assassinated by the Russian Pavel Gorguloff from 2 bullets, one having hit the president to the head.
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