Our 5th episode takes us to Paris before WWI. A gang, “La bande a Bonnot” terrorises Paris with their violent, often deadly, robberies.
Bonus this episode: a Sherlock Holmes connection.
Episode 5: La Bande a Bonnot
Episode 5 announcement
Our 5th episode will take us to Paris where an infamous gang, “la bande à Bonnot”, aka Bonnot’s gang, murders and pillages the streets of Paris for a couple of years.
The gang is significant because they are the first ones to use cars in their crimes.
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.
Episode 4 announcement
For that episode, we look at an infamous case in France: the Landru affair. Landru is considered the first French serial killer and is synonymous of pure Evil. Everybody has heard of it, but not many know what it really is about.
Episode 3: The Red Inn
For this episoode, we go back to the area where our first episode took place. We relate the story of an inn where possibly up to 53 murders took place and how real and imaginary crimes and political schemes play a role in the trial.
Episode 3 announcement
Our third episode will relate the story of the Red Inn, where up to 53 murders might have been committed in the first part of the 19th century.
Episode 2: “The Perfect Murder” – the murder of Laetitia Toureaux
This is our second episode. It covers the murder of Laetitia Toureaux, a 29 year old girl without any troubles, in the Paris subway in 1937.
Episode 2 announcement
Episode 2 will cover the murder in the Paris metro of Laetitia Toureaux. The crime is often dubbed “the perfect crime”.
Episode 1: “Les Chauffeurs de la Drome”
Our first episode takes us to the Drome area, South of Lyon in the south East of France. A gang of rubbers-murderers terrorises the area. Their modus operandi: making people talk by burning their feet and legs in their own fireplace.
First episode announcement
Welcome to the Crime Most French podcast.
Our first case will be “Les Chauffeurs de la Drôme”, so called because they used to cook their victims’ feet to make them admit where their money was hidden.
