French serial killer
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In the 15th century, one of the wealthiest men in France, Gilles de Rais, is said to have abducted, sexually assaulted and killed at least 100 children, mainly boys, whom he had abducted from the surrounding villages and taken to his castle.
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List of serial killers in France
- Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers – French poisoner; executed in 1676
- Pierre Chanal – serial killer who committed suicide in 2003
- Michel Fourniret – confessed to nine murders; allegedly killed 10 more
- Guy Georges – aka the "Beast of the Bastille"; serving a life sentence for 7 murders between 1991 and 1997
- Francis Heaulme – serving a life sentence for 20 murders between 1984 and 1992
- Hélène Jégado – domestic servant who poisoned at least 23 people between 1833 and 1851; executed in 1852
- Henri Désiré Landru – killed 11 people; inspired the character of Monsieur Verdoux played by Charlie Chaplin
- Émile Louis – preyed on young handicapped women
- Christine Malèvre – nurse sentenced for the murders of at least 30 terminally ill patients
- Thierry Paulin – aka the "Beast of Montmartre"; preyed on the elderly in the 1980s
- Marcel Petiot – doctor who killed 63 would-be refugees from the Nazis; executed in 1946
- Gilles de Rais – 15th century demonolator and child killer
- Joseph Vacher – aka "The French Ripper"; 19th century serial killer of 11 people
- Jeanne Weber – convicted of the murders of 10 children
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