Category: 20th century

On the 6th December 1928, the bodies of the Richaud family are discovered at their farm in the South-East of France. They had been beaten to death and their skulls crushed beyond recognition. The Marseille gendarmerie takes on the case, and there is a link to episode 14.

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Christian Ranucci was accused of abducting and killing Maria-Dolores Rambla in 1974. He will be the second last person to be executed in France, and doubts exist on his guilt.

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Until 1972, Boutiers-Saint-Trojan was an anonymous village without any happening out of the ordinary. On Christmas day 1972 that changed forever: a whole family disappeared without a trace.

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On the 5th September 2012, in a remote location in the French Alps near the Swiss border, a family of 4 and a cyclist are gunned down on rest stop.

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Violette Nozière is a unique case in French criminal history. Her crimes and her life in prison put her apart from most criminals.

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Antoinette Sierri find herself in the middle of a number of murders. Not since Landru (see episode 4) has France been that fascinated by a murder case.

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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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