Episode 9: Gilles de Rais, a 15th century nobleman from Britany that has everything going for him: he’s extremely rich, he owns large parts of France and Britany, he’s a brave knight, and he fights alongside Jeanne of Arc. But he’s accused of having killed hundreds of children and has become in the popular psyche the ogre “blue beard”.
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