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Gilles de Rais the real Bluebeard

In short Who: Gilles de Laval, Baron de Rais (Champtocé, c. 1405 – Nantes, 26 October 1440). Who he was:

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Lizzie Borden was a woman accused in 1892 of murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, and then

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In short Who: Vincenzo Verzeni (Bottanuco, 11 April 1849 – Bottanuco, 31 December 1918). Nicknames: “the Vampire of Bergamo” and

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In short Who: Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (Colombia, 25 January 1957 – Valledupar, 12 October 2023). Nicknames: “La Bestia” (The

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In short Who: Mariam Soulakiotis, née Marina Soulakiotou (Keratea, c. 1883 – Athens, 23 November 1954). Nickname: “Mother Rasputin”. Where:

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In short The victim: James Patrick Bulger, 2 (16 March 1990 – 12 February 1993). The killers: Robert Thompson and

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In short Who: a 14-year-old boy from Kobe, known as “Boy A” or by the alias Seito Sakakibara. Victims: Ayaka

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In short Who: Tsutomu Miyazaki (Itsukaichi, 21 August 1962 – Tokyo, 17 June 2008). Nickname: “the Otaku Murderer”. Victims: four

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In short Who: Jesse Harding Pomeroy (Charlestown, 29 November 1859 – Bridgewater, 29 September 1932). Nickname: “the boy torturer”. Crimes:

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In short Who: Eric M. Smith, born 22 January 1980 in Savona, New York. The victim: Derrick Robie, 4. When:

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In short The ship: the Mignonette, a 16-metre yacht built in 1867 and suited only to coastal sailing. The crew:

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In short Who: Leonarda Cianciulli (Montella, 18 April 1894 – Pozzuoli, 15 October 1970). Nickname: “the Soap-Maker of Correggio”. Victims:

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