The Ghost of Kehl: Jacques Plumain’s Reign of Terror on the Franco-German Border
In the dead of night along the Rhine, women vanished without a trace. Throats cut. Clothing disturbed. No DNA. No fingerprints. Locals called him the Ghost of Kehl — a phantom who crossed between France and Germany, killing and disappearing into the dark.
Between 1999 and 2000, Jacques Plumain left a trail of fear from Kehl to Strasbourg. A newspaper carrier. A teacher on her bicycle. A survivor who lived to tell the tale. Then one ordinary parking-lot fight with a samurai sword finally dragged the ghost into the light.
In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson unravels…
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