The Poitiers Affair
A faithful and sensitive portrayal of a case that made headlines in the French legal world.
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Bibliographies
Complete profile on True Stories.
Viviane Janouin-Benanti
Novels
Shadows over Alsace
Nazi Spies, Separatist Traitors, and the Jewish Resistance in Alsace-Lorraine Before World War II.
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Poison Flowers
A Bordeaux Housewife’s Murderous Secret…
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The Paris Train Killer
A tense true crime story of trains, terror and a near-perfect killer.
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Beneath the Moor - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
A deep dive into the psychology of a couple where love becomes a weapon, and murder, a proof of loyalty.
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The Ogre of Hannover Station - Fritz Haarmann
He looked like authority. The monster no one saw…
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The Infamous Dandy - Henri Pranzini
Glamour, evidence, and a dawn that shocked France.
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Crime & History
Crimes in the Bible - Volume II: SAUL, DAVID, SOLOMON - 1,100 to 930 BC
An engaging and original retelling of stories from the Bible.
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Crimes in the Bible - Volume I: GENESIS, EXODUS, JUDGES - 4,000 to 1,100 BC
Accessible, rigorously grounded in the text and disturbingly compelling.
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Killer Doctors
The True Crimes of Dr. Petiot & Other Murderous Physicians - How physicians turned expertise into murder.
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If These Are Men…
The Doctors of Struthof - History told like a thriller—so we don’t look away.
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Poisoners
13 Criminal Cases of Poisonings from around France.
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