Gilles de Rais: Inspiring Murderous French Folktales Since the 1400s

Join us as we cover the world's first recorded Serial Killer: Gilles de Rais. Part French Nobleman, part child torturer and murderer, he is believed to have killed up to 200 children during his criminal career. But wait, there's more! Did I mention...

An episode of the Terrible People Doing Terrible Things podcast, hosted by Laura Berni and Amanda Hannon, titled "Gilles de Rais: Inspiring Murderous French Folktales Since the 1400s" was published on August 3, 2020 and runs 40 minutes.

August 3, 2020 ·40m · Terrible People Doing Terrible Things

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Join us as we cover the world's first recorded Serial Killer: Gilles de Rais. Part French Nobleman, part child torturer and murderer, he is believed to have killed up to 200 children during his criminal career. But wait, there's more! Did I mention that he was also friends with Joan of Arc? Yep. That's right, the teenage saint who was deemed a heretic and burned at the stake. Apologies in advance for the audio quality issues. We are new at this, and we are working on it. Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe/rate/review and why not go ahead and satisfy your curiosity and check out our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/terriblepeopledoingterriblethings. We appreciate the continued support! Music adapted from Rafael Krux (https://filmmusic.io/artists/rafael-krux) is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Join us as we cover the world's first recorded Serial Killer: Gilles de Rais. Part French Nobleman, part child torturer and murderer, he is believed to have killed up to 200 children during his criminal career. But wait, there's more! Did I mention that he was also friends with Joan of Arc? Yep. That's right, the teenage saint who was deemed a heretic and burned at the stake. Apologies in advance for the audio quality issues. We are new at this, and we are working on it. Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe/rate/review and why not go ahead and satisfy your curiosity and check out our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/terriblepeopledoingterriblethings. We appreciate the continued support! Music adapted from Rafael Krux (https://filmmusic.io/artists/rafael-krux) is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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