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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais. [1] [2] He murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais between December 1915 and January 1919.
Nov 30, 2017 · Today, his severed head of Henri Landru is displayed at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, Calif., as a lasting tribute to the Bluebeard Killer. Now that you’ve read about Henri Landru, learn about the John Haigh, also known as the acid bath killer.
Sep 25, 2018 · Three months later, Landru was guillotined in Versailles. In a macabre after note, Landru’s severed head is on display in The Museum of Death in Hollywood. Stranger still, is the story behind Landru’s namesake, Gilles de Rais, the most infamous of French murderers, the original Bluebeard. Or was he?
- Marilyn Brouwer
Nov 26, 2018 · The facts: Henri Désiré Landru, was convicted of swindling in July 1914 and sentenced to four years hard labor with exile for life in the French prison facility on New Caledonia in the...
- Jan Van Der Made
Nov 4, 2021 · In a cautionary tale for the Tinder generation, Henri-Desire Landru -- nicknamed "Bluebeard" for bringing to life the folk story about a killer who prayed on lovelorn women -- lured his...
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He was a little man, shorter than most, with a bald head and thick, brownish-red beard. His eyebrows were thick and bushy and arched above his dark eyes, giving the impression that he was always astonished or surprised.
Sep 19, 2013 · English: Presumed severed head of Henri Désiré Landru (1869-1922), French serial killer known as the Bluebeard of Gambais, presented at Museum of Death in Hollywood, Los Angeles
