S5 Ep. 2 Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès - The House of Terror

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of our current series, Around the World, where we take some of the most intriguing cases from all over the world to delve into, discuss and attempt to make sense of.In episode 2 we cover the case of the family annihilation (isn't it heart-breaking there is terminology for this) of French aristocrat, Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès. To their friends, family and everyone who knew them, the de Ligonnès family were a loving and close-knit unit. Consisting of the father, Xavier who had recently inherited the ancient family title of Count, his wife, Agnes who was a teaching assistant at the local Catholic school, and their four lovely children, Arthur, the eldest at age 20 who was studying at University, Thomas who was an 18-year-old student, Anne a beautiful and bright 16-year-old schoolgirl and finally, Benoit aged 14.That was until one day, after the whole family, who had been missing for almost three weeks were discovered buried under the back garden patio. When we say the whole family, there was actually one person missing - the patriarch - Xavier.When the police began their search they soon discovered that a couple of weeks earlier, Xavier had left his suburban home to take a trip down memory lane, revisiting his old haunts in the South of France, before ensuring he was seen entering a vast forest and mountain range, never to be seen again.After appearing in an episode of Netfilx's Unsolved Mysteries, it prompted the question, did he die out there or did he have a plan to get away and begin a new life somewhere far away? Let us know what you think?If you are enjoying the Pod, please leave us a review wherever you listen - L&Chttps://linktr.ee/bluemurderclubSupport BMC on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/BluemurderclubFollow BMC on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bluemurderclubFollow BMC on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/BlueMClubFollow BMC on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/BluemurderClubWritten and Presented by Lauren Strutt and Carol WhiffenContact us at [email protected] by Jessica GeorgeArtwork by Stu Whiffen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.