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Gilles de Rais | Something Wicked #7
In this week's Bonus Episode, Martin and Eleanor explore the life of the knight thought to have inspired the Bluebeard fairytale, also known as "the first serial killer."
Part of the "Something Wicked" series about folkloric true crimes, we start by discussing the state of France when Gilles de Rais was born, from the reign of 'Charles the Mad' and the Hundred Years War to the specifics of de Rais' brutal childhood.
Next we explore how he ascended to and within the French court, becoming an ally of Joan of Arc, Marshal of the French Army, and then how his post-war life descended into crime…
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