It was a murder mystery that gripped 19th century France and changed crime investigation forever.
Who was the body in the trunk? What were the groundbreaking techniques used in the forensics investigation? And how did the murder case unfold from there?
Taking Anthony and Maddy back to France in 1889 and through this story is historian and author Dr. Cat Byers.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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