The Landru of Val-d’Oise: Bernard Pesquet’s Buried Secrets
In the quiet French suburb of Pierrelaye, a mild-mannered house painter raised peacocks and lived above the bodies of his victims.
Bernard Pesquet killed at least six people across three decades—starting with a brutal murder during the German occupation in 1941, then returning to violence in the 1970s by shooting his wife, a real-estate agent, and a wealthy couple along with their maid. He buried two of the bodies beneath the floor of his own home.
Host Alexander Lawson unravels the full story of the man France called the Landru of the Val-d’Oise: the crimes, the cold confessions, the decades…
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