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How does a woman get acquitted of murdering children—twice—only to be caught strangling another boy in a stranger's inn? The Extraordinary and Horrifying Case of Jeanne Weber takes us to Belle Époque France, where a Breton laundress became known as "L'Ogresse de la Goutte-d'Or" after a trail of dead children followed her from Paris to the countryside. In 1905, two of her nieces and her own son died in her care, their throats bruised, but medical experts insisted the deaths were natural. She was acquitted in 1906. She changed her name, found new children to watch, and the bodies kept piling up. By the time she was finally caught in 1908 with her hands around ten-year-old Marcel Poirot's throat, the public had turned on the experts who let her walk free. Declared insane, she died in an asylum a decade later. Press play, and don't listen alone. New episode every week—subscribe and leave your review. 🎧
