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Le Monstre Trailer

Aug 16, 20222 min
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Summary

25 years ago, Belgium was terrorized by a psychopath abducting children, including Julie le John and Melissa Russo. Known as The Dutroux Affair, these unspeakable crimes and the police's failings brought the nation to the brink of revolution. This podcast explores Mark Dutroux's horrific actions and the subsequent conspiracy that rattled Belgium's government and federal police institution.

Episode description

25 years ago a psychopath terrorized the country of Belgium. A serial killer and kidnapper preyed on the most vulnerable, abducting children in broad daylight. The crimes and conspiracy that followed are known as The Dutroux Affair, and it nearly brought the country of Belgium to civil war. From Tenderfoot TV and iHeartRadio, this is Le Monstre.

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Transcript

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On June two young girls went missing in the province of Liege in Belgium. It was twenty five years ago, right here on this overpass that they disappeared. A local man explains that eight year old Julie le John and Melissa Russo lived less than five hundred meters away, and said they came to this overpast to wave at the cars passing on the highway below, and we're never seen again alive. In the nine eighties and nineties, a psychopath

terrorized the country of Belgium. A serial killer and kidnapper was abducting children in the bright light of day. Julie and Melissa weren't his first or his last victims. His unspeakable crimes and the incompetence or unwillingness of the police to stop him brought the entire country of Belgium to the brink of revolution. From Tenderfoot TV and I Heart Radio, I'm your host Matt Graves and this is La Monstra. The unbelievable story about Mark to True and his accomplices.

They're horrific crimes are almost beyond belief, yet some look free today. A story of abomination and conspiracy that led to the demise of the entire institution of Belgian federal police and rattled the foundations of its government. The story about the man who's simply become known as La Monster. The first two episodes are available on August. Listen for free on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your part. Guests

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