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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais between December 1915 and January 1919.
Art dealer Henri Landru becomes infatuated with burlesque performer, Odette, who already has a lover and is only interested in Landru for money. She tricks Landru into thinking her mother is sick and needs money for an important operation. Landru vows to raise the money to fund the operation. Landru attempts to find furniture that he can sell.
Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer during the First World War and nicknamed the "Bluebeard of Gambais". His story was lampooned in the Charlie Chaplin black comedy film Monsieur Verdoux (1947). An eponymous dramatic film, Landru, was released in France in 1963.
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In 1922, while traveling in France, Miller saw Henri Désiré Landru (known as "Bluebeard") guillotined in a Versailles street for murdering 10 women and a boy. Miller began timing the execution. The executioners threw Landru onto the upper platform of the guillotine which such force that the deck partially collapsed.
In 1941, Welles intended to write and direct a "dramatized documentary", provisionally entitled Lady Killer, based on the story of French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. He pitched the idea to Charlie Chaplin , who initially agreed to star in it, but later changed his mind.
Four people are in custody as French police hunt for the killer of an 11-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed on her way home.. A murder investigation was launched after Louise Lasalle’s body was ...
Henri Désiré Landru, 52, French serial killer who had murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais, was beheaded by the guillotine at the grounds of the Prison Saint-Pierre in Versailles. [103] Samuel A. Derieux, 40, popular American short story writer and three-time O. Henry Award winner, from a ruptured appendix