Episode 43: The Chevaline murders 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. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for photos.
Episode 42: The Crazy, Nasty life of Michel Fourniret Michel Fourniret is a rapist, paedophile, and serial killer that acted in France and Belgium in the 80s and 90s. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 41: The strange criminal life of Violette Nozière Violette Nozière is a unique case in French criminal history. Her crimes and her life in prison put her apart from most criminals. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for photos.
Episode 40: The Antoinette Sierri Affair 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. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for more information.
Rachel Galtié is a good looking 20 year old who has aspirations. She will stop at nothing to obtain what she wants. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for more.
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). Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for more.
Episode 36: The Omar Raddad Affair Part 2 This is the second and final part of the Omar Raddad Affair. If you haven't already, listen to part 1 first. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for more information.
Episode 36: The Omar Raddad Affair Part 1 On the 24th June 1991, Ghislaine Marchal, an old lady living in the South-East of France near the Mediterranean coast, is found dead with an inscription in blood naming her killer. This is part 1 or 2. Visit our website, https://crimemostfrench.com , for photos and more.
Episode 35: The Canaby Affair In 1905, in Bordeaux, Henriette Canaby is accused of poisoning her husband so that she could live with her lover. Is any of it true? Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for images and more episodes.
Episode 34: The Papillaud Murders On the 2nd September 1916, Julien Papillaud and his sister Germaine, are found dead in their house. The gendarmerie suspects a robbery gone wrong and will need luck to solve the case. Visit our webside, http://crimemostfrench.com , for more information.
Episode 33: The Gang des Tractions Avant After WWI, an unlikely gang of gangsters is created in France. They rob high profile places and pocket large amounts of money. Their particularity: they escape in front wheel drive Citroens, hence their name: the gang des tractions avant, aka the front wheel drive gang. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 32: The Crazy life of René Belbenoît René Belbenoît was a petty thief sentenced to prison on Devil's Island in French Guyana. Twice. He escaped. 5 times. And died of old age. This is his crazy story. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for photos and maps.
Episode 31: The Assassination of President Doumer On the 6th May 1932, Paul Doumer, 13th president of the French 3rd Republic, is assassinated by the Russian Pavel Gorguloff from 2 bullets, one having hit the president to the head. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
The Fualdès Affair On the 20 March 1817, a lifeless body is found on the banks of the Aveyron river near Rodez. The throat was cut, making an obvious murder. The victim is well known: it’s Bernardin Fualdès, a retired prosecutor. This affair is one of the most infamous of the 19th century and will be followed avidly all over Europe, marking the start of true crime, crime magazines, and the crime-obsessed press. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for lithographs and images....
Episode 29: The Truphème Affair Truphème, jewellery dealer, wrapped in a blanket and on fire. Legendary affair with a someone that will become a legendary fictional character. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for photos.
In 1986, a young girl is killed in a building basement in Paris. Some witnesses describe the suspect as having chickenpox scars on his face. He becomes "the pockmarked man" or "the Pockmarked". The case will take 35 years to come to a conclusion in September 2021. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for photos.
What made an Italian painter decorator think it was a good idea to steal the world's most famous painting? And how did some "Half wit" slip through the Surete's fingers? Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for photos.
Episode 26: The Janet Marshall Murder On the Sunday 28th August 1955, a bunch of teenagers from Belloy-sur-Somme, in the North of France, discover the lifeless body of Janet Marshall in the bushes. The search for the killer will go on for months. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 25: The Mingrat Affair In 1822. in the South East of France, Marie Gerin, a field labourer's wife, disappears without a trace. The whole village searches for her in vain. She is eventually found in pieces and suspicions turn toward the local priest. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com, for images.
On the 25th September 1933, Oscar Dufrenne, a theatre manager, if found dead in his office at The Palace. For those who discovered the body there is no doubt: he was assassinated. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 23: Eugene Weidmann Eugene Weidmann is a petty criminal born in Germany. In the 30s, in Paris, his activities turn to murder. He is caught in 1939 and charged with 6 murders. This case has historical significance and a celebrity connection. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for photos.
In 1985, a TV game show runner, Philippe de Dieuleveult, the Anneka Rice of France, goes on a raft expedition in Africa. He never comes back and his disappearance is surrounded in mystery and intrigue. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for maps and photos.
To avoid going back to the front after an injury during WWI, Paul Grappe becomes a deserter To avoid being caught by the authorities, instead fo disappearing like most deserters, he has a new idea: he'll live as a woman, hiding in plain sight. The plan will work, but will eventually cost him his life. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/, for photos.
Episode 20: Marie Besnard This week's episode takes us to the the mid-20th century in Loudun, a small town in the West of France. Marie Besnard is accused of as many as 11 murders by poisining. Visit our website: http://crimemostfrench.com/, for photos and documents
Episode 19: Dr Pierre Laget In the late 1920s, Dr Pierre Laget is surrounded by several suspicious deaths, all of them in his close family. It takes many years before the authorities catch up with him. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos and additional infromation.
Episode 18: The Monster of Montmartre This week we’re in the City of Lights in the 1980s. There’s a habit needed fuelled and an ambition to be a drag queen mogul to be fulfilled. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 17: The Boody Box On the 4th August 1920, the police discovers in the train station in Nancy (East of France) a large box shipped from Paris containing the body of Georges Bassarabo, killed with a gun shot. In a weird case strangely connected to the Landru affair (see episode 4), everybody lies, and the consequences are a matter of life and death. Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
In Fench, anonymous letters are said to come from “the crow”. This week’s episode will look into the affair that is at the origin of that expression: a small countryside city, Tulle, the capital of the Corrèze department, is terrorised for 4 years by anonymous letters telling people’s secrets and insulting even the local priest. Visit our web site, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos and images.
On the morning of the 21st May 1936, the body of Albert Bodit is found in a field near Bresdon, Charente-Maritime. He’s been shot to death. Who killed him and why? Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com , for photos.
Episode 14: The Dominici Affair As it’s the height of summer, in Episode 14 we’ll be looking at the murder of a high profile, English Chemist and his family whilst on holiday. Was it a spur of the moment act, or a pre-planned mission masterminded from behind the iron curtain? Visit our website, http://crimemostfrench.com/ , for photos and maps.
