Henri Désiré Landru
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Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais and a prolific marriage fraudster. He is confirmed to have murdered at least ten women and the teenage son of his fir
Landru photographed 17 April 1919
Henri Désiré Landru during his military service (circa 1889–1893)
Landru Police Mugshot 22 December 1909
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Bluebeard
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"Bluebeard" is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Claude Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passé
Henri Désiré Landru
…aged 52) Versailles, France Cause of death Execution by guillotine Resting place Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles (unmarked grave) Other names The Bluebeard of Gambais; The Lady Killer; The Red Man of Gambais; many pseudonyms, including "Monsieur Diard", "Dupont", "Georges Frémyet", "Lucien Guillet" Occupations…
Bluebeard, his wife, and the key in a 1921 illustration by W. Heath Robinson
The Wife is given the keys of the house. Illustration by Walter Crane
Bluebeard is slain in a woodcut by Walter Crane
Edmund Dulac illustration, 1910