The Backpacker Rapist: Jean-Luc Blanche and the Roads of France
In the dead of night, a stranger enters a woman’s home, binds her hands, and forces her into his car. What follows is a calculated nightmare — and then, chillingly, he drives her home.
Jean-Luc Blanche, known as “le routard du viol,” terrorized women and adolescents across France in the 1990s and early 2000s. Released from prison despite clear psychiatric warnings, he resumed his attacks, moving freely between departments while the justice system failed to stop him.
In this episode, Alexander Lawson examines the crimes of the man whose case helped create France’s national sex-offender…
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