On October 1, 1913, the small commune of Le Landreau in the Loire-Atlantique region was rocked by a crime of rare brutality. Six members of a wealthy farming family, the Mabits, were found massacred on their farm. A carnage beyond comprehension.

Faced with the stupor and extreme violence of the act, the gendarmes remained doubtful.

It didn't take them long to discover who was really behind the crimes: a young servant, barely fifteen, named Marcel Redureau.

How did this obedient, shy, unremarkable teenager come to commit such a barbaric act?

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Just before dawn, a fire broke out 🔥 in the middle of a road in the small commune of Quarouble. A car in flames, abandoned in the middle of nowhere...

The firefighters arrive in a hurry to bring the blaze under control. And then they discovered the horror! In the trunk, they made the macabre discovery of a completely charred body, almost unrecognizable... a real stiff.

Who was this person? What was she doing in that car, and why did it end so tragically?

Today, we delve into the chilling case of Alexandre Dubrunfaut.

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Lübeck, Germany, March 6, 1981. Silence reigns in the courtroom. The benches are full. A man takes the stand, handcuffed. A few feet away, 30-year-old Marianne Bachmeier stares at him. In her bag: a small pistol. In a split second, she stands up, takes aim and fires.

From that moment on, Marianne Bachmeier became a national figure, splitting the country in two, between those who supported her and those who condemned what she had done. But what was the reason behind her actions?

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Sasebo, southwest Japan...

At 12:20 p.m., in an empty classroom, a drama unfolds behind closed doors. A 12-year-old girl lies on the floor, her throat cut, bathed in a pool of blood. She doesn't know it yet, but the killer is still on the scene. And it's an 11-year-old girl! It's one of the most baffling crimes in contemporary Japan. A case that has shaken an entire country and sparked a national debate on juvenile violence. What you're about to hear may well make your blood run cold!

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In 1988, in Sacramento, California, authorities received a report of the disappearance of a homeless man, Alvaro Montoya. The police discovered that the missing man was staying in a foster home run by an adorable granny: Dorothea Puente.

The investigation that follows, however, will lift the veil on one of the most terrifying criminal cases in the United States. One thing's for sure: appearances are deceiving.

What if the answer lies at the bottom of Madame Puente's garden?

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