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The Monster Leger - France's Dracula


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The Monster Leger - france's Dracula
News of the Times Episode 291 | 1824
1824 North Central France, and the villagers looking for a missing 12 year old girl find a horrific mangled corpse.  Some of the blood has been drained from the body and the heart has been taken out and partly consumed.  Unspeakable acts have been perpetrated to the girl after death.
The case of the “Monster Leger” fascinated the press and actually made the English press.  Reports of crimes in France being reported in the English press was far less common in 1824 than post 1840.
We take a look at the background, the crime, and the trial of Antoine Leger, the Monster, in today’s episode of Sinister Saturdays.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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