Death by Fellatio - Marguerite Steinheil 1899

What a way to go!

It was one of the most famous scandals of Belle Époque France involving the famous courtesan Marguerite Steinheil and the president Félix Faure. 
French society was shocked and the legal dramas of the infamous trial became notorious around the world. 

• Did the French president die while having a "sex act" performed on him by his mistress?
• Did that mistress then go on to murder her husband and her own mother?
• What did the newspapers have to say?
• What do the French call having an orgasm?

Study the clues of this rude true crime mystery  in Episode 12 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.

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