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On October 1, 1913, the small commune of Le Landreau in the Loire-Atlantique region was rocked by a crime of rare brutality. Six members of a wealthy farming family, the Mabits, were found massacred on their farm. A carnage beyond comprehension.Faced with the stupor and extreme violence of the act, the gendarmes remained doubtful. It didn't take them long to discover who was really behind the crimes: a young servant, barely fifteen, named Marcel Redureau.How did this obedient, shy, unremarkable teenager come to commit such a barbaric act?

In 1999 in New Mexico, the police receive a strange testimony from a woman who tells of her narrow escape from her kidnapper. But what appears to be the umpteenth sinister kidnapping case is about to reveal a much more sordid, disturbing, nightmarish affair. This is the terrible and frightening case of “The Toy Box”, considered to be one of the most horrific sex crime cases America has ever seen.

When Fred West meets young Rosemary Letts in the late 1960s, their shared dream is to marry and start a family. Yet behind their perfectly ordinary, socially integrated exterior, the couple are about to lead a sordid double life of sexual deviance, kidnapping, torture and crime. The police would spend almost two decades before finally unearthing their criminal past. This is the story of Fred and Rose West, whom the English press dubbed “The Devilish Ones”.

Between 1998 and 2001, in northern Chile, a disturbing wave of disappearances began to spread panic. The missing were all schoolgirls, quiet and unremarkable, aged between 12 and 17. It would take three long years for a name to emerge from the shadows: Julio Alberto Pérez Silva, a shared taxi driver. A man with no history at least on the surface. The story of this predator with an ordinary face, who became one of the most terrifying criminals in the country’s modern history.

Just before dawn, a fire broke out 🔥 in the middle of a road in the small commune of Quarouble. A car in flames, abandoned in the middle of nowhere...The firefighters arrive in a hurry to bring the blaze under control. And then they discovered the horror! In the trunk, they made the macabre discovery of a completely charred body, almost unrecognizable... a real stiff. Who was this person? What was she doing in that car, and why did it end so tragically?Today, we delve into the chilling case of Alexandre Dubrunfaut.

Lübeck, Germany, March 6, 1981. Silence reigns in the courtroom. The benches are full. A man takes the stand, handcuffed. A few feet away, 30-year-old Marianne Bachmeier stares at him. In her bag: a small pistol. In a split second, she stands up, takes aim and fires.From that moment on, Marianne Bachmeier became a national figure, splitting the country in two, between those who supported her and those who condemned what she had done. But what was the reason behind her actions?

Sasebo, southwest Japan...At 12:20 p.m., in an empty classroom, a drama unfolds behind closed doors. A 12-year-old girl lies on the floor, her throat cut, bathed in a pool of blood. She doesn't know it yet, but the killer is still on the scene. And it's an 11-year-old girl! It's one of the most baffling crimes in contemporary Japan. A case that has shaken an entire country and sparked a national debate on juvenile violence. What you're about to hear may well make your blood run cold!

In 1988, in Sacramento, California, authorities received a report of the disappearance of a homeless man, Alvaro Montoya. The police discovered that the missing man was staying in a foster home run by an adorable granny: Dorothea Puente.The investigation that follows, however, will lift the veil on one of the most terrifying criminal cases in the United States. One thing's for sure: appearances are deceiving.What if the answer lies at the bottom of Madame Puente's garden?