101: Bad Blood: The Papin Sisters

This week we bring you the story of the Papin sisters whose crimes inspired great debate in France. In 1933, the sisters brutally murdered their employer's wife and daughter in a gruesome, long lived attack. Because of the gore involved, many argued that they must be mentally ill. However, many saw it as a sure sign of the struggle between the rich and the poor, and felt the sisters were heroes.

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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"

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"Coal Miners"

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Sources:
●https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_L%C3%A9a_Papin
●https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/
●https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters
●https://www.historicmysteries.com/papin-sisters/
●https://www.ranker.com/list/crimes-of-the-papin-sisters/melissa-sartore
●From newspapers.com – The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review, December 17, 1933 – “Can France Go Through with the Guillotine for the Most Brutal Murderess? (By a “staff correspondent”)
●From newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph – Jan 6, 1935 – “After Seven Years of Ill Treatment They Abruptly Turn on Their Mistress, Kill Her, and Her Daughter and then calmly Await the Police
●From newspapers.com – The Detroit Free Press – Dec 17, 1933 “Such a Horrible Crime that the Jury Said ‘Off With Her Head’” by Morris Gilbert