{"id":2714,"date":"2018-10-29T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.frenchlanguagesalon.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2020-01-21T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:38:00","slug":"halloween-the-worst-french-serial-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/french-stories-en\/halloween-the-worst-french-serial-killers\/","title":{"rendered":"HALLOWEEN: The Worst French Serial Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this years <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Halloween<\/strong><\/span>, we won&#8217;t speak about ghosts or mythical creatures but about the true monsters of our society, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>serial killers<\/strong><\/span>. France had their own batch of serial killers but some of them became infamous for their crimes. Here are, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>the worst French serial killers<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gilles de Rais<\/strong><\/span>: One of the oldest serial killers (1440) is also one of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>the most frightening<\/strong><\/span>. This anti-ecclesiastical nobleman, in addition to being accused of murders and rapes, was suspected of taking part in satanic rituals, demon invocations and pacts with the devil. In the end, he had been responsible for multiple massacres including the one in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte<\/strong><\/span> and of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>more than 150 murders<\/strong><\/span>. One weird thing to add, he was also a fellow soldier of Joan D&#8217;Arc.<br \/>\n.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<strong>Henri D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Landru, &#8220;The Blue-Beard of Gambais&#8221;<\/strong>: <strong>The infamous Landru<\/strong><\/span> was from a modest background who started his criminal career as con artist. Later, he was arrested for<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> the murder of 11 women<\/strong><\/span>. By making them believe that he had a lot of money, he invited them to a villa outside of Paris. There, he was gouging them to get their bank account access&#8230; Then he was killing his victims, cutting them in pieces and burning their body to leave no trace. We will later discover that he was suffering from schizophrenia and pathological mythomania.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Patrice All\u00e8gre<\/strong><\/span>: Born in 1968, he was the child of a complicated family. He will fall quickly into delinquency. In the streets at 13 years old, he commited his first sexual assault at 16. Later, he identifies his victims though his line of work as barman in the bars of Toulouse. Following his arrest in 1997, the trial will be long and complicated after discovering his implication in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>a huge criminal ring<\/strong><\/span>. The number of his victims is really hard to determine and goes from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>5 to&#8230; 191 victims<\/strong><\/span> according to a former officer of Gendarmerie.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Francis Heaulme, &#8220;the backpacker of crime&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>: Born in 1959, he sees his alcoholic father as a monster and his mother as a saint. Affected by the syndrome of Klinefelter which physically and intellectually handicaps him. The death of his mother is the trigger of his murderous intent. He commits his first murder 3 weeks after her death. Later on, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>he hits the road<\/strong><\/span> on foot and travels throughout France <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>committing multiple murders<\/strong><\/span>. Because he can&#8217;t drive, he often brings others with him, them sexually assaulting the victim and him killing her. Arrested on January 7, 1992, he will acknowledge his crimes but will mix up the crimes and dates to cover his tracks. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He killed at least 11 people<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Ludivine Chambet, &#8220;the poisoner of Chambery&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>: A more recent story (2012-2013) that drew a lot of attention. A 34 year old healthcare assistant had been found guilty of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>murders of 10 people and guilty of attempted murder on 3 more<\/strong><\/span>. She quickly confessed that she wanted to &#8220;alleviate them, ease them&#8221;. To help solve this investigation, 2 colleges of psychiatrists tried to discover the motives of the young woman but the case is complex. Ludivine Chambet does not have any mental illness but suffers from a post-traumatic shock after the death of her mother. Projecting the image of her dying mother on her victims, she was trying to help her again and again. Finally, she was sentenced to 25 years of prison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Serial killers are insignificant number of people in the world but all of them marked history. They are the source of numerous horrific stories and horror movies like <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday the 13th, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Halloween<\/span> or the famous Hannibal Lecter<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this years Halloween, we won&#8217;t speak about ghosts or mythical creatures but about the true monsters of our society, serial killers. France had their own batch of serial killers but some of them became infamous for their crimes. Here are, the worst French serial killers: Gilles de Rais: One of the oldest serial killers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[72,82,83],"tags":[420,593,621],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/102918-serialkiller.jpg?fit=2000%2C1038&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kt18-HM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1795,"url":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/halloween-en\/halloween-top-10-haunted-places-in-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":2714,"position":0},"title":"HALLOWEEN: TOP 10 Haunted places in France","date":"October 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The month of October is synonymous with Halloween. 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