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Posted on 11 July 20219 November 2022

Episode 10: Murder at Langon

Our 10th episode takes us to a small town South of Bordeaux called Langon. In 1907, Jean-Théodore Monget, an insurance company employee with a quiet life and a family, disappears without a trace whilst running an errand for his employer. The police considers all possibilities: suicide, voluntary disappearance, accident. Or is it murder?

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Posted on 4 July 20219 November 2022

Episode 9: Gilles de Rais

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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Posted on 27 June 20219 November 2022

Episode 8: the disappearance of Louis Le Prince

Our 8th episode, researched by Melanie, looks at the vanishing on the 16th September 1890 of one of the most important, but not very well known, people in the history of cinema: Louis Le Prince, the inventor of the movie camera.

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Posted on 20 June 20219 November 2022

Episode7: The Papin Sisters

Lea and Christine, two sisters, murdered their employers in the most grusome and sadistic way. In this episode we’re looking at the murder and the sisters’ trial.

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Posted on 13 June 20219 November 2022

Episode 6: the Seznec affair

In 1923, Pierre Quéméneur disappears on a trip to Paris with Guillaume Seznec to sell Cadillac cars left by the Americans after WWI to the USSR. His body is never found and follows a century of intrigue.

Hairy hands, Cadillacs, and murder.

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Posted on 6 June 20219 November 2022

Episode 5: La Bande a Bonnot

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.

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Posted on 30 May 20219 November 2022

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.

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Posted on 23 May 20219 November 2022

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.

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Posted on 19 May 20219 November 2022

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.

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Posted on 18 May 20219 November 2022

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.

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