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100 years after his execution, Landru still fascinates as much. 17,000 documents concerning him have been digitized and put online.
He is considered the first French serial killer, and one of the most famous. 100 years after his executionLandru is still thrilling. Press clippings, investigation reports, trials, all the archives of this affair have been preserved. 17,000 documents are now accessible to everyone online.
The thousands of pages of the famous killer’s trial have been digitized at the Yvelines archives center. Internet users can therefore now have access to all the trial documents, press clippings and private collections. Landru was nicknamed the blue beard Gambais (Yvelines). The serial killer cut into pieces and burned in a boiler seven of his eleven victims, mostly women. He will be arrested in Montmartre (Paris)by the Tiger Brigades. He will be executed a few years later. 100 years later, it still fascinates as much.