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What if one of France's most celebrated feminist writers was also a murderer—and the evidence arrived at a train station in a bloodstained trunk? The Dark and Disturbing Case of Marie Grouès takes us to August 1920, when railway workers in Nancy opened an unclaimed piece of luggage and found the body of Georges Bassarabo, a wealthy speculator, shot through the head. His wife, Louise Grouès—known to readers as Héra Mirtel, a poet, novelist, and fierce advocate for women's rights—was arrested within days. She had already buried one husband under suspicious circumstances years earlier. What followed was one of the most scandalous trials of the era, where the press branded her the "Red Amazon" and asked whether a radical feminist had taken her ideology literally. She was convicted and sentenced to twenty years, dying in prison while still proclaiming her innocence. Press play, and don't listen alone. New episode every week—subscribe and leave your review. 🎧
