In late 19th century France, a modern-day Bluebeard emerged, Henri Landru, a fraudster who ensnared eleven women and killed them, selling their possessions and cashing in their savings.He was born in Paris in 1869, the son of a fireman at a local ironworks. He studied at the School of Mechanical Engineering before enlisting in the army where he achieved the rank of sergeant.In 1893, he married a cousin with whom he already had a daughter and in 1894 he left the army and returned to civilian life. He was then convicted of fraud, being sent to prison for the first of seven times, reportedly attempting to commit suicide during his incarceration. By the beginning of World War I he and his first wife had separated although they remained married. This, however, did not prevent Landru from embarking on a series of liaisons with generally vulnerable women which resulted in their disappearances and his own personal enrichment. Although not a handsome man, he seemed capable of sweeping women off their feet with his intelligence, quick wit and silver tongue.
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