Some say that Marie Besnard was cursed. However, it really seemed that luck was on her side in the end.
Tag: french true crime
The Beast of Bastille
In the span of 7 years, one man terrorized an entire neighbourhood of Paris, France. Guy Georges was so notorious, and so unremorseful, he was given the moniker: The Beast of Bastille.
La Diabolique de Nancy
In just over a year, I’ve read about some truly horrendous behaviour. But the woman who earned the moniker La Diabolique de Nancy is a person who I believe to be truly heartless and soulless.
Les Diaboliques
A pair of sisters would devastate the entirety of France with their actions. On the one hand, they were called Les Diaboliques. On the other, they opened up the discussion of class oppression.
Beware the Red Armchair
In 1944, Paris was occupied by German forces. One man tried to take advantage of that. He succeeded, for a while. And then it all came crashing down on his head. Almost literally.
The Seznec Affair
Joseph Marie Guillaume Seznec was born in 1878, in Plomodiem in Finistère, France. He was the head of a sawmill at Morlaix. He was also at the centre of one of France’s greatest controversies and most mysterious cases.