We've all heard of serial killers like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Modern monsters who brutally murdered a string of victims for their own self gratification.

But have you heard of any serial killers in Ancient Rome? China? Greece? The Middle East? Medieval England?

Gilles de Rais, a famed companion in arms of Joan of Arc, is famed as being one of the oldest and worst serial killers of all time. But is the story actually true? Or was his tortured confession an act of political assassination?

Let's have a look at him in this short together - with a full video detailing historic serial killers in ancient history coming later this week!

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