92. Sounds Like A Bad Boy Gone Good - Eugene Vidocq And The Invention Of Criminology

Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast · Jul 23, 2019 · 1h 8m

Back around the turn of the century...no not 2001....no, no, not 1901...the turn of the century before THAT, in the late 1700s and early 1800s...a young man raised in a good family in France was very busy being a very very bad boy, all over France as well as a good chunk of Europe. His name was Eugene Francois Vidocq, and his penchant for getting into trouble with the law was matched only by his way with the ladies - he was such a rounder that he married no fewer than three times during his 82 years and was never far from romantic...er...adventure. His criminal behavior was legendary - Vidocq…