Disclaimer: I do not speak French.

Gilles de Rais was a liberator of France during the Hundred Years War, but it was also possible that he was history's first serial killer. Join us as we dive into the Halloween history of Gilles de Rais.

CW: Incest, SA (esp. against minors), blood, gore, death, war
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Sources:
Gilles de Rais: History’s First Serial Killer? | Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/story/gilles-de-rais-historys-first-serial-killer?msclkid=a3ed0bdaadda11ec8a9d02a6ba524388
Gilles De Rais, The Serial Killer Who Slaughtered 100 Children (allthatsinteresting.com)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/gilles-de-rais?msclkid=a3ed2606adda11ecabeb048305bb50d0
Gilles de Rais: A Medieval Killer (prisonersofeternity.com)
https://www.prisonersofeternity.com/blog/gilles-de-rais-a-medieval-killer/?msclkid=a3ef18c6adda11ec879d4d3a338287af
Gilles de Rais, ogre or serial killer? | lhistoire.fr
https://www.lhistoire.fr/gilles-de-rais-ogre-ou-serial-killer (Translated via Google Translate, so subject to error.)
"Bluebeard": why "we can't count on the innocence of Gilles de Rais" (rtl.fr)
https://www.rtl.fr/culture/culture-generale/barbe-bleue-pourquoi-on-ne-peut-pas-tabler-sur-l-innocence-de-gilles-de-rais-7900066098
From prestigious noble to child serial killer: Gilles de Rais – StMU Research Scholars (stmuscholars.org)
https://stmuscholars.org/from-prestigious-noble-to-child-serial-killer-gilles-de-rais/
Arthur Bourdeaut (1924). 'Chantocé, Gilles de Rays et les ducs de Bretagne, Mémoires de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne.' (Translated via Google Translate, so subject to error.)
Matei Cazacu. 'Gilles de Rais.' | lhistoire.fr
https://www.lhistoire.fr/gilles-de-rais (Translated via Google Translate, so subject to error.)
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Music:
Music: Lasting Hope by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3970-lasting-hope
License (CC BY 4.0)
Artist website: https://incompetech.com

"Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Chapters:
00:00 - Prologue
01:40 - I. House of Rais
07:40 - II. War!
14:38 - III. Liquid Funds
19:02 - IV. Has Anyone Seen Jeudon?
20:23 - V. Trial and Execution
23:06 - VI. Redemption?
25:37 - VII. The End (and other sources)
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