Henri desire landru nicknamed bluebeard, bluebeard of gambais he put notes in the lonely hearts section of newspapers unde killer. A century later, henri desire landru remains the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer in french criminal history, a riddle at the heart of an unsolved murder puzzle. Frances lonely hearts serial killer and the strange case of. Two entries have previously appeared on listverse but in a different context and long ago. Henri desire landru remains one of the most notorious serial killers in. The chart below puts the books in an order that presents one with the future history and standalone books the green and gray rectangles before reading the worldasmyth books they lead into the red rectangles. Criminal intent that have been ripped from the headlines. Many of the books were about poisons or strangulation. Henri s story is filled with love, action, suspense and adventure. The life of landru, the french bluebeard chronicles of crime bardens, dennis on. Below is a list of sue henrys books in order of when they were originally published. During world war i, henridesire landru, a furniture dealer, finds it extremely difficult to support his wife and four children. After leaving school, he spent four years in the french army from 1887 to 1891 and afterward had a sexual relationship with his. The nook book ebook of the landru, precurseur du feminisme.
Henri desire landru 12 april 1869 25 february 1922 french pronunciation. The case also featured in one of the episodes of the 1976 bbc series second verdict. Landru s secret the deadly seductions of frances lonely hearts serial killer book. Henri landru targeted the lonely and vulnerable women left behind by the war.
Section on books basically, april henrys books revolve around girls in dilemmas. This serial killer was active in the following countries. Books, landrus secret, by richard tomlinson books hampstead. It was published in 2017 by the ipso books publication after its initial release in 1988. The case of serial killer henri desire landru and how police misinterpreted. Dean jobbs next true crime book chronicles the hunt for dr. Sue henry became a published author in 1991 with the novel murder on the iditarod trail. He was never caught, but people claimed to have seen him in various. Inside youll find the stories of the worlds thirtyfive most notorious murderers, including an indepth look at their crimes. Henri landru was born in a rundown part of paris in 1869. Henri desire landru bluebeard, bluebeard of gambais killed at least 11 victims between 1915 and 1919. In his homeland of france, however, landru is most commonly associated with a sinister folktale figure named bluebeard.
Bluebeard is a 1963 french motion picture drama directed by claude chabrol. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Bluebeards ten honeymoons dvd 1960 movie buffs forever. His scheme was to find a rich, lonely war widow through a singles ad, seduce her into signing over her fortune, then kill her and dispose of. Order of inspector erlendur books inspector erlunder is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by icelandic novelist arnaldur indridason.
Widower with two children, aged 43, with comfortable income, serious and moving in good society, desires to meet widow with a. Henri desire landru bluebeard, bluebeard of gambais. Order within the next 8 hours to get your order processed the next. New book lifts the lid on the life of henri desire landru before he was guillotined in front of a star. Inside youll find the stories of the worlds thirtyfive most notorious murderers, including an in depth look at their crimes and the lives that turned them into monsters. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year. Buy a cheap copy of serial killers book by brian innes.
Henri landru combined the worst characteristics of the most terrible type of criminal. Henri desire landru, the blubeard active 1914 to 1919 the trial. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Perhaps this is not that significant, except that charlies press people collected any and all press cuttings in which his name appeared, and one such instance was a new york times article dated november 28, 1921 on the landru trial, entitled demands extreme penalty for landru. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Henri landru project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Thomas neill cream, a victorianera serial killer as callous as landru. Landru also killed at least three other women, plus a young man, at a house he rented from december 1914 to august 1915 in the town of vernouillet, 35 km northwest of paris. It also alternates easier books with more challenging ones. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Hidden for 100 years, the untold story of serial killer.
Mar 23, 2016 henri desire landru never cut an imposing figure. On 12 april 1919, the paris police arrested a bald, short, 50yearold swindler at his apartment near the gare du nord, acting on a lead from a humble housemaid. Christophe chaboute is a french author and illustrator. In effect, landru created a different classification of multiple killer. Delivered sealed in case with artwork as shown on our website. As the legend goes, bluebeard and his wife lived in a castle in the french countryside. Casemate publishingon 12 april 1919, the paris police arrested a bald, short, 50yearold swindler at his apartment near the gare du nord, acting on a lead from a humble housemaid. Landru had used a series of aliases with each woman he had seduced and murdered and had meticulously recorded each alias he used in his. A brief declaration that he was a gentleman of means who was looking for a partner was enough to attract some hundred women over a twoyear period.
Read an article by radio france internationale on landru s secret including a video featuring richard tomlinson and important sites from the book. In french folklore, there is a character named bluebeard. In the past we have had lists of serial killers and murderous monsters men, women, and children. Oct 10, 2018 henri desire landru, one of frances most infamous serial killers, found his future victims by the simple means of putting lonelyhearts adverts in newspapers. This killer suitor lured numerous victims into sham marriages, then murdered the women and burned their bodies in his fireplace. This list looks at murderers who are less well known but equally evil in their psychopathic lust for blood. Frances lonely hearts serial killer and the strange case. Henri desire landru by christophe chaboute goodreads. Picture a bald bearded swindler on a sexual rampage across paris during the first world war.
The new european, 6th december 2018 by charlie connelly. Click to read more about henri desire landru by chaboute. A century later, henri desire landru remains the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer in french. A list of all harmony rainess series in reading order. The spear counterpart of the black widow, the bluebeard is a man who appears charming but hides a nefarious secret. Henrys debut novel, which is the first one in the claire montrose series, has five editions. A mind blowing book of the henri castang series written by author nicolas freeling is entitled lady macbeth. Serial killer henri desire landru the reallife bluebeard. Read an article by radio france internationale on landrus secret including a video featuring richard tomlinson and important sites from the book. Reallife bluebeard hendi landru killed 11 wealthy widows. Starting from the end of the middle ages, the bodies of those condemned to death were commonly used for anatomical dissections. This should be a csi show set in paris in the early 20th century. He seduced them with promises of marriage and lured them to houses outside paris where the women vanished. Often, he just does it for kicks or as the epitome of domestic abuse.
As peaceful as he was trained to be, trouble always seems to finds him. The book features the main characters as arlette davidson, guy lebfebvre, henri castang, and sibille lebfebvre. Fashionable women with lunch baskets and dogs flocked to the trial, fighting for seats in the courtroom. Frances lonely hearts serial killer and the strange case of the. Jan 19, 2019 the untold story of a serial killer who preyed on ten lonely war widows in postwar france. The official version of landru s lethal rampage was so shocking that it almost defied belief. Henri landru may have murdered, again and again, for money, but mulholland and merriman show that revolutionary zeal and political ideology can be just as potent reasons to kill. Recidivist swindler of soldiers and pensioners, henri landru became famous for a series of murders committed during the first world war. If there are other psychopathic killers you think should be on this list be sure to mention it in. Henrie o is a series of novels from american author carolyn hart, following the adventures of a retired newswoman, henrie odwyer collins and the various mysteries she encounters.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. When he is finally arrested in april 1919, the police conclude that henri desire landru has killed 10 women who have vanished without trace at two country houses near the city. Start by marking henri desire landru as want to read. New book lifts the lid on the life of henri desire landru before he was. Here, author richard tomlinson breaks open this intriguing case. In the beginning landru was the hunter, at large in a wartime paris stripped bare of eligible men. Wikimedia commons henri landru, the bluebeard killer. A 2005 french movie named desire landru is another adaptation of this. A century later, henri d sir landru remains the most notorious and. Accounts in english include dennis bardens the ladykiller.
About henri desire landru aka bluebeard who murdered at least 9 french women for their money, history of the crime, the trial and verdict. New evidence shines light on frances most notorious. Henri desire landru 12 april 1869 25 february 1922 was a french serial killer. Henry, who has cowritten two series of books with lawyercum author lis wiehl, debuted in the late 1990s.
Erlendur sveinsson is a detective in reykjavik, iceland and works alongside elinborg and sigurdur oli. A guide to cozy mystery and other favorite books, movies, and tv. As i was drawn into the nightmare story of this serial killer from a century ago, i marveled at tomlinsons reporting. Henri desire landru was bluebeard in the flesh, a man without remorse, a villainous and greedy creature who murdered his wives and stalked the streets of paris with an air of undeserved dignity.
The first book, featuring the character henry huggins illustrated by louis darling, was clearys first written book in 1950 which won her fame as a childrens author and was among her greatest early works as an accomplished author. Landru, the father of four children, contacts parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family. He preyed on women via lonely hearts adverts and matrimonial agencies, on trams, buses and metro trains, in public parks and at the apartments and houses he rented in the city and nearby countryside. The author also reveals how authorities ignored the key victim who. The story of henri landru, frances charming bluebeard. A century later, henri d sir landru remains the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer in french criminal history, a riddle at the heart of an unsolved murder puzzle.
His father was a fireman, his mother stayed at home. In the early twentieth century, france met the new bluebeard, a man that was not depicted in worn and tattered childrens books. Kiss was found recuperating in a hospital in serbia, but he escaped by putting a dead soldiers body in his bed. When i came back he was gone, but there was a note for me. The killer book of serial killers is the complete resource for any true crime fan or student of the lurid, fascinating world of serial killers. With the police uninterested in investigating the disappearances, two women took it upon themselves to pursue landru.
Paris antiques dealer landru george sanders woos, weds and kills a lot. Social security administration public data, the first name landru was not present. Henri landru murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. The case of henri desire landru remains one of the most baffling in the annals of crime, for no satisfactory traces of his victims have ever been uncovered and noone, not even his devoted mistress, has ever revealed the nature of this modern bluebeards lethal charm. Bluebeards wives in 1914, the following advertisement appeared in the paris newspapers. Reading order for heinleins world as myth books science. Directed by octavian o with eli jeffree zen, eric roberts, robert lasardo, burt reynolds. The novel won both the macavity and anthony awards for best first novel the following year. A tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the ivy league elite. He was nicknamed the bluebeard of gambais by the french press, after the mythical medieval nobleman who murdered his wives and the village of gambais, near paris, where landru killed at least seven women between december 1915 and january 1919. The untold story of a serial killer who preyed on ten. Henri was raised in a monastery in the far east and now he lives in america in the deep south where his story begins.
Based on the true story of the serial killer, henri landru. Read landru, roman policier by arthur bernede available from rakuten kobo. He was in and out of prison for the next decade, during this period, landrus wife and four children lived in a series of cheap rented apartments in. The life of landru, the french bluebeard 3 and william bolithos murder for profit. A new book by a belsize park author sheds fresh light on the crimes of world war i french serial killer henri desire landru.