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Welcome , dear listeners , to another episode

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of the Real Crime Diary . I'm

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your host , delving into the darkest corners

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of criminal history , uncovering stories

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that shock the conscience , illuminate

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the past and challenge what we think

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we know about the human psyche . In

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the labyrinth of history's most dastardly

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villains , some names sound a chilling

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echo that reverberates through time . Today

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, we unravel the macabre tale

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of murder and deception that cast

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a shadow over France in the late 1850s

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. This is the story of Martin Dumoulard , a

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name that may not be as infamous as other

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figures in the annals of crime , but

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whose brutal acts left an indelible

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mark on the era . Journey back

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with me to 19th century Lyon , where

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a predator lurked , hunting the most vulnerable

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. Women sought work , stability

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and hope , but for some , their trust

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in a stranger paved a grim path to tragedy

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. Who was this French serial

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killer , and how did his heinous crimes

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terrorize the maids of Lyon ? All

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answers will emerge as we explore together

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the dark depths of real crime . Stay

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with me for a story that is both a gruesome

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reflection of one man and a haunting portrait

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of an era . Welcome to the

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Real Crime Diary . The

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tangled web of Martin D Mollard's early years

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is as ominous as the crimes he would later commit

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. Born in the bucolic town of Dagneux

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in 1810 , dumoulard

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entered a world troubled from the start . His

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father , pierre Dumoulard , a native of Hungary

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, was a man already marked by infamy

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, harboring a criminal past that

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he could not escape . It

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was a legacy that would ultimately cast a grim

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shadow over the younger Dumoulard's life

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. The Dumoulard family , constantly

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on the move between Dagnou and Tramoy

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, struggled under the weight of this dark

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inheritance . When the Austro-Hungarian

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forces arrived in Aisne in 1814

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, pierre's past caught up with him , his

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fear of recognition driving him to flee , only

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to meet a gruesome fate executed

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by dismemberment . Martin

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, a mere child of four , witnessed

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this horrifying event alongside his

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mother , marie-joseph Theré

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. It's the kind of trauma

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that ripples through time , the kind

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that shapes a person in profound and

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often disturbing ways , as

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if in a tragic echo of his father's flight

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, martin too , found himself escaping

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to Lyon to evade the consequences of

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theft , leaving his impoverished

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mother behind in Dagneux , where

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she would later die alone . The

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young Dumoulard sought refuge in shepherd

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work , and it was during this pastoral

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existence that he crossed paths with Marie-Anne

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Martinet . It was a fateful

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encounter , as she would later become both

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his wife and accomplice in the string of unspeakable

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acts that terrified France . Working

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as a shepherd under Guichard at the Shure Castle

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, martin's seemingly mundane life

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belied the sinister urges growing within

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him . The couple married in 1840

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and settled in Le Montelier , but

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the semblance of a quiet rural life could not

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quell the darkness lurking in Dumoulard's

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heart . The stage was set

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for a transformation that baffles and horrifies

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us to this day . How did this

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shepherd , this seemingly ordinary man

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, twist into one of France's first recorded

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serial killers ? As we delve deeper

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into the life of Martin Dumoulard , it's

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clear that the scars of his youth never faded

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. The shadows of his father's malevolent

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legacy loomed large , creating

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an inescapable chasm between the man

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and the monster he was to become . In

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the loneliness of those wooded expanses and

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rural highways of Cotillers , amid

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the shepherd's fields and quiet villages , a

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predator was born , a predator

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who would come to be known as the Terror of

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Lyon . Let's peel back the layers

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of deception that Martin Dumoulard masterfully

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crafted in his terrible spree Picture

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a man who roamed the bustling streets of Lyon

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. This man had a tactic , a

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sinister hook the promise of employment

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. A job to most represents

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opportunity , a fresh start , and

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Dumoulard knew exactly how to exploit such

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hope . He presented himself as

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an employer offering domestic work

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with attractive wages to young girls fresh

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from the countryside , eager to support

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their families . Imagine the

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relief and excitement these women must have

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felt , securing what sounded

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like a dream position in a nicer house

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up in Cotillere . Most would jump

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at such a chance , oblivious to the nightmare

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that awaited them . Now let's delve into

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how Dumoulard executed his treacherous plots

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. Envision a scene where a

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young girl is approached , her mind

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brimming with dreams of a better future , her

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heart filled with naive trust . As

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she journeys with Dumoulard , the landscape

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shifts . The city's edge gives way

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to rural isolation , the path

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to opportunity narrowing into a dangerous

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trap . The true horror lay in what

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unfolded next assaults of extreme

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violence . Dumoulard wasn't satisfied

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with merely luring his victims . His intent

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was to obliterate their very existence . They

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were brutalized , their

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dignity stripped away and , for some , their final breaths were taken in the most unimaginable

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circumstances . Reflect upon the case of Marie-Eulalie

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Boussaud , whose story epitomizes

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the depth of Dumoulard's depravity . Believing

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she was embarking on a journey to stable

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employment , she instead met with a

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fate so vile , one that shook

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the core of the local community . Listeners

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, what chills me the most is the routine

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nature of his deceit . Like a predator

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perfecting his technique , d'amalard

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repeated his method with a chilling precision

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. Over and over again

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, he cast his deadly net , waiting

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for his next victim to take the bait . This

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reflection brings forth a grim reality

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. The very structures of society

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, ones that should have been safe havens

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, became tools of entrapment . The

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concept of work , a noble pursuit

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, was perverted into a lethal lure

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. Dumoulard turned the mundane

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act of seeking employment into a convoluted

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game of life and death . By

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dissecting Dumoulard's modus operandi

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, we see the cold calculation of

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a man who was not merely content with violence

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, but was driven by it . He

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drew his victims away from the safety of public

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eyes , walking them towards

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their doom with the promise of a better life

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that was never to be theirs . Through

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this , we gain not just insight into the mind

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of a serial killer , but

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also a stark reminder . Appearances often mask the darkest truths , and trust can sometimes

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be the most dangerous offering of all . Stay with me as we continue

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to unlock the harrowing chapters of Martin

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Dumoulard's legacy . As we peel

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back the layers of Martin Dumoulard's grisly

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crimes , there's one case that

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casts a particularly haunting shadow the

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specter of death in the Montmain woods

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. The darkness of

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these woods became the final resting place

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for a woman whose identity eluded capture

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, just as she did in life . The

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story unfolds like a ghastly jigsaw

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puzzle , beginning with Marie-Anne Martinet's

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disturbing testimony . It

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was during one of her interrogations on a stifling

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July day that Martinet

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, dumoulard's wife and accomplice

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, recounted a bone-chilling tale . She

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spoke of an evening four years prior

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when Dumoulard returned home

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with a grim trophy , gold

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earrings from a victim . But that wasn't

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all . He went back into the night , back

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to Montmain , to bury what he had done . It's

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one thing to hear of murder , but the

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cold realization that a body has been concealed

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so close , so secretly , stirs

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a sense of dread that chills to the bone

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. Judge Gennad , armed

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with this specter of a clue , led

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a team into the depths of Montmain Woods

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. Armed with this specter of

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a clue , led a team into the depths of Montmain Woods , their

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ominous quest to uncover what Dumoulard tried to erasi . On . That July 31st , as Gnud and his team

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skewered the woods , reality proved more horrifying than fiction . The

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earth gave up its gruesome secret the

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decomposed body of a woman disposed

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of in the very woods that Dumoulard knew so

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well . Imagine for a moment being the

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townspeople of Pizay , learning

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that a young woman met such a cruel fate amidst

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the familiar trees . Picture

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the impact , the pained need to

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engrave her memory into the landscape itself

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. Marie-oulalie

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Boussod's name would be immortalized on

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two crosses , one upon the very

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place where her life was so violently taken

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, bearing the heart-wrenching plea De

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profundis . But what of the other women

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, those who vanished into the void

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without a name ? How many fell

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prey to Dumoulard ? Their fates embodied

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in the silent witness of the Montmain woods

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, the specter of death that lingered

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? There was not just a single entity

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, but a multitude of lost souls

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, each with their own untold stories

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of horror and despair . This

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case , enshrouded in the musty

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mist of the woodlands , reveals

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more than just the depravity of one man

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. It echoes the silent

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screams of the nameless , the forgotten , whose

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only testament to existence might just

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be a whispered tale of terror on the wind

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. And so we're left wondering , haunted

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by the specter that is the Montmain Woods . How

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many more innocently walked alongside Dumoulard

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, oblivious that their footsteps were

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being etched into his grim chronicle of death

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? Among the eerie tales of Martin Dumoulard's

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sinister spree stands a series

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of narrow escapes , testimonies

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from women who teetered on the brink of death , yet

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lived to tell their harrowing stories . These

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accounts are more than just chilling . They

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were the breadcrumbs that eventually led to

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Dumoulard's capture . One woman , julie

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Farjeet , was approached by Dumoulard in Lyon

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. A mixture of desperation and

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hope led her to accept his offer of employment

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. But as darkness cloaked the sky

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on their journey , dumoulard's intentions

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became alarmingly clear . He

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attacked greedily , grabbing at Farjeet's

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belongings , her last bit of savings

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. But Farjeet was not going silently

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into that cold night . She screamed

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with such vigor that Dumoulard fled into the

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shadows . From whence he came . Her

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cries of distress captured the attention of

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nearby villagers who came to her

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aid . Then there was Victorine Perrin

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, who fell for Dumoulard's deceitful

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tongue and followed him , anticipating a better

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life ahead . Dumoulard

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carried her most precious items in a small trunk that soon vanished along with him into the woods of

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Néron . Perrin was left with nothing but her life , which

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she narrowly held on to . Another

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tale of survival came from Louise Michel

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, who found herself at the mercy

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of Dumoulard's violent tendencies . With

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threat looming close and Dumoulard

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demanding whatever meager funds she possessed

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, michel managed an escape under

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what must have felt like divine intervention

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. She found sanctuary in the care

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of Claude Amond , a farmer whose

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land she stumbled onto , shaken but safe

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. It was not just the testimonies

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themselves that were critical , but the

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connections between them . Simon

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and Louis Mallet were a father and son duo

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who unwittingly thrice stumbled upon

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Dumoulard's trail of terror the

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first during the flight of Julie Fargeat , again

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when Louise Michel appeared on their land , and

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once more when they confronted a defiant

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Dumoulard after Michel's escape . It

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was these three stories , woven together

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by survival and coincidence , that

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began to form a net around the predator

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of Léon . Jeanne-marie Bourgeois , suspecting

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her journey with Dumoulard was leading to disaster

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, fled to the first signs of refuge

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. She saw the Poletin farm

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and Olympe Allubert ,

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assaulted in the isolated stretches

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around Mionet , managed to slip

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from Dumoulard's grasp and find help with

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the Barbet family . Each story

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, a piece of a sinister puzzle that law

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enforcement painstakingly pieced together

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, step by bloody step toward

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Dumoulard's capture . These

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survivors , these courageous women

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, not only saved themselves but contributed

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to saving countless others from the same fate

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. Their

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stories , etched into the annals of criminal history , became key testimony

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in the trial against the man whose name resounded terror across Lyon

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Martin Dumoulard . In today's bone-chilling segment , we're peeling

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back the layers of one of the most harrowing murders

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at the hands of Martin Dumoulard the

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death of Marie-Uulalie Boussod . It

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was early 1861 when three worried sisters stepped into

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the light to report the vanishing of their sibling , marie-eulalie , described as diligent

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and trusting , never would have guessed her hunt for employment

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was a trap set by a predator . Picture

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the era no social media , no

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smartphones , just word of mouth

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and the hopeful innocence of a job opportunity

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. That's exactly what led Boussod

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into Dumoulard's sinister snare . It

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was a classic ruse a respectable

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job offer , a journey to commence work , and

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then the abrupt plummet into darkness . For

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precious Marie Eulalie , the nightmare

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began with a man visiting her home , a

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conversation that promised a future and

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a departure that would , tragically , be her last

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. The investigation unfolded

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like a macabre jigsaw puzzle . Judge

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Guénod , tasking himself with the

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pursuit of the truth , unfolded

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testimonies and examined evidence that led

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him to a heart-rending discovery . The

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shocks came one after the other

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, on a summer's day when the words of

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Marie Dumoulard's own wife revealed a gruesome

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act . As the team scoured

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the Pizai woods , anticipation

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hung heavy like the summer heat , and

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there , beneath the earth , lay

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the proof they needed Marie Eulalie

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buried by the murderous hands that

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lured her with lies , her fate

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sealed with violence and deceit . Now

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, what grips the soul is not just the inhumanity

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of the act , but the response it

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stirred in the hearts of the public . The

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community was outraged . The horror

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too close to breathe . Driven

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by an eruption of collective emotion , two

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simple wooden crosses were erected , silent

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sentinels to a life snuffed out too early

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. The first , a devout de profundis

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, stood in the woods of the dead , marking

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the spot where innocence was stolen and

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a villainous deed was done . The

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second rested in the solemn solitude

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of a Pisae cemetery , its inscription

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a testament to the indelible scar left

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on the fabric of society . Herein lies

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the question , though why do we raise

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monuments to remember such calamity ? Perhaps

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it's a silent pledge , a communal declaration

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that , while we cannot rewrite the past , we

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stand watchful against the dark tales that

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remind us . Evil walks among

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us , but can be overcome by the light

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of justice and memory . This

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story , it isn't just about the chill

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that traces your spine or the gasp of horror

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that escapes your lips . It's

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a wound in our history , a stark

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reminder that once , under the guise

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of a guardian , a ghoul prowled through the Montmain

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Woods , turning hope into horror . This

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is a story we must not forget , for

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the shadow of Martin Dumoulard should forever be

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a beacon , an ever-burning torch

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reminding us to hold tight

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to our compassion and our vigilance , so

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that the lives of innocents like Marie-Hulalie

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Boussod are forever honored and

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never forsaken . Imagine , if you will

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, the quiet , unsuspecting streets of Lyon

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in the spring of 1861 . It

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was here that Marie Pichon , a

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woman whose name would soon be etched into the

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annals of criminal history , met

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Martin Dumoulard . He presented

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himself as a beacon of hope , offering

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a job with a good pay that seemed too good

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to pass up in those times of hardship . Marie's

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story is one of grave dangers and remarkable

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courage , a testament to the resilience

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of the human spirit . It all began

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on the fateful day of May 28 . Pichon

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, perhaps hopeful for the future , gathered her

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few belongings with dreams of a new beginning

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. As a maid in the quiet village

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of Dagnou , she accompanied Dumoulard

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to Montlouel , not knowing that the

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path she walked would lead to a terrifying

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ordeal . As darkness

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engulfed the woods to the heights of Dagnou , dumoulard's

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sinister intentions unfurled . In

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a horrifying turn of events , an assault was launched

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. Dumoulard attempted to strangle Marie

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with a lariat , his instrument to

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silence the life out of her . But Marie

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Pichon wasn't just any unsuspecting victim

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. She was a fighter . With

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every last ounce of her being she fought against

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the Reaper's grip and broke free from the looming

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shadow of death . Marie's

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heart pounded as she ran her every

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breath laden with the terror of being pursued

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, she stumbled upon the Jolie

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farm in Balan , where she found

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a haven and a sympathetic ear in Mr

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Jolie . It was her detailed

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recount of the harrowing attack and the vivid

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description of her assailant that rang the

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alarm bells . The echoes of her description

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reverberated through the local authorities , a

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reminder of another similar account . With

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each word that Marie expressed , the realization

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dawned they were facing a

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repeat offender . The

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investigators turned their attention to Martin

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deoulard , known in the village of

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Dagneux as simply Raymond . A swift

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visit to Dumoulard's dwelling followed and the pieces

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of the puzzle began to fall into place . The

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investigative trail was hot and

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on June 2 , 1861

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, dumoulard's fate was sealed with the click of

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his arresting shackles . In the

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annals of crime . There are moments that

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pivot the course of history . Marie

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Pichon's brave escape was one such moment . Her willingness to confront and identify

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Dumoulard not only brought an end to his reign of terror , but also saved countless

18:51

others from a tragic fate . This

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dark reminder stands heroes can emerge

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even in the darkest of times , their bravery

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lighting a candle in the pitch-black night

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. Marie Pichon , I assert , is

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not merely a survivor of a wicked intent , but a beacon of courage in the face of pure

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evil . Her story is a poignant

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chapter in the fight against inhumanity and

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her name a testament to the steely

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resolve in us all to overcome darkness

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with light . The Martin Dumoulin trial

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was a spectacle of justice that drew the eyes

19:21

of not only the local townsfolk . It

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was January 29 , 1862

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, and the Bourg-en-Bresse court

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brimmed with anticipation as the

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whispers of a crowded assembly of 4,000

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to 5,000 souls murmured anxiously

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. The communal appetite for justice

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was palpable . Ladies and gentlemen

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, picture this a courtroom

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that has become the stage for a harrowing narrative

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, where the grim chapter of Dumoulard's

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reign of terror would finally be closed

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. Curiosity mingled with horror

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as journalists from prominent periodicals

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took their positions , pens at the

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ready . The only thing louder than the

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clattering of horse carriages , bringing in the

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throngs of onlookers , were the pounding

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hearts of an outraged public . The

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prosecution was poised as a triumvirate

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of avengers Louis Golot , prandier

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, joachim Jandet . These

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men , on behalf of an aching society

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, demanded accountability . They

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burned with the fervor to see Dumoulard

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and his accomplice , wife Marie-Anne

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Martinet , face the music of

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their morbid duet . Two defense attorneys

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, marius Lardiere and Mr Villeneuve

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, represented Dumoulard . Now let's

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set the scene . The couple , intertwined

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by vows and vicious acts , stood

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to confront their fate . They were interrogated

20:40

in succession , each detail etching

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deeper the tragedy of their crimes into the

20:44

annals of French criminal history . As

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prosecutor Louis Gallot towered before the

20:49

crowd , you could almost feel the collective

20:51

breath of the courtroom hold . He

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painted a picture not of an isolated criminal

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, but of a killer within a community

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who once moved amongst them . Cloaked

20:59

by the veil of everyday life , the

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prosecution's voice , steady and daunting

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, recounted the narrative each victim

21:06

would never tell . It was a

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tapestry of terror woven with

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every recounted assault , every stolen

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breath of the innocents whom Dumoulard

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and his wife had ensnared in their diabolical

21:17

web . Then came the personal belongings

21:19

, hundreds of victims' items seizing

21:21

the air from the room with their silent stories

21:23

. As the jury

21:26

absorbed the sea of artifacts , the garters

21:28

, the stockings , the petticoats , the

21:30

reality of Dumoulard's macabre collection

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struck a chilling chord . These weren't

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just mementos , they were remnants , shadows

21:37

of lives cut grievously short . The

21:40

days of the trial wore heavy on the hearts

21:42

of the townspeople . Can you imagine

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it ? The heavy mood , the somber

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understanding that justice was not just about

21:49

punishment , but a testament , an

21:56

atonement for every unspoken dream , dreams that had been

21:58

brutally stolen away . After

22:01

the evidentiary hearings , after the indictment and pleadings ceased echoing through the

22:03

chamber . The jury was left to deliberate the legacy of Martin Dumoulard

22:05

. And as dusk approached , on February

22:08

1st , the court reconvened to

22:10

finally heed the answers to a litany of

22:12

charges , a chorus affirming

22:14

guilt and sealing destinies . The

22:17

crowd erupted as the punishment was declared

22:19

. D'amelard would meet his end

22:21

by the blade , the same guillotine

22:23

that had been ominously awaiting its cue

22:25

since the trial's beginning . His

22:27

wife , though not sentenced to death , would

22:30

not walk away unscathed . Twenty

22:32

years of penal labor awaited her , yet

22:35

what resounded within the courtroom and beyond

22:37

its walls was not triumph

22:39

but a sober relief . A

22:42

killer had been thwarted , justice

22:44

served , yet the cost was etched

22:46

into history , and the wounds of a community

22:49

would take more than a verdict to heal . With

22:51

the sentence handed down , martin

22:53

Dumoulard's days were numbered . The

22:55

man who wrought terror upon the unsuspecting

22:57

maids of Lyon faced the ultimate

23:00

retribution for his crimes . The

23:02

guillotine , this device

23:04

synonymous with swift and egalitarian

23:07

justice during the French Revolution , would

23:09

now draw a bloody curtain on this sordid chapter

23:12

of crime . Incarcerated

23:14

in Bourg-en-Bresse , dumoulard's

23:17

cell would become the unlikely intersection

23:19

of religion and morbidity . Visits

23:22

from lawyers became a prelude to the spiritual

23:24

ministrations of Father Baroud . Even

23:27

the Bishop of Belly set foot in this grim abode

23:29

, extending a sanctioned salvation

23:31

to a soul that had wandered so far from redemption

23:34

. Yet amid

23:36

the prayers and blessings , dumoulard

23:38

maintained a detached disinterest

23:41

, offering defiance to the end

23:43

. As his final

23:45

moments inched closer , an eerie

23:47

detail emerged that arrested the public's

23:49

attention almost as much as the heinous

23:51

nature of his crimes—the disappearance

23:54

of his head . Following

23:56

the execution , dumoulard's body

23:58

was laid to rest at an undisclosed location

24:01

, presumably by the St Bartholomew's

24:03

Chapel . Yet his head embarked

24:05

on a morbid journey of its own . Dispatched

24:08

to Lyon Medical School , it became

24:10

an artifact of forensic fascination

24:13

, subjected to the scrutiny of cast

24:15

plasters and eventually a resurgence

24:17

of interest that peeled back yet another

24:19

layer of this complex man . The angioma

24:22

on his lip , once a mere identifying

24:24

feature , gained a new dark significance

24:26

, as it was linked to the man behind the myth . What

24:28

did the examination of this one man's skull

24:31

reveal about the nature of serial killers

24:33

? Did the cold calculus of

24:35

phrenology hold the key , or

24:37

did it merely sharpen the questions about

24:39

what drives such individuals to commit

24:41

their unspeakable acts ? Dumullard

24:44

, even in death , continued to puzzle

24:46

and provoke discussions around the definition

24:49

and understanding of serial killers in Europe

24:51

. This grim finale

24:53

played out in early dawn's silence , punctuated

24:56

only by the ominous construction of the

24:58

scaffold in Place . Carnot Dumoulard

25:01

met his end as crowds of onlookers bore

25:03

witness to the cold , mechanical justice

25:05

of the guillotine . The sharp blade's fall

25:07

was not just the end of a man , but

25:10

an uncompromising statement against serial

25:12

murder , clarifying the collective

25:14

revulsion and absolute denouncement

25:16

of such acts . Dumoulard's

25:18

story had sown terror and turmoil

25:20

, but in his death there

25:22

was a solemn hope for peace and a fervent prayer

25:24

that such evils would not visit again . His

25:27

crimes became the dark shadows from which

25:29

society would strive to emerge , illuminated

25:32

, however grimly , by the untiring

25:34

efforts to understand the minds that perpetrate

25:37

such darkness . And

25:39

as the guillotine's blade settled , the

25:41

world whispered a hope May

25:44

justice keep us safe from such horror and

25:46

may we learn from this never to let such a terror

25:48

rise again . As our journey into

25:50

the grim tale of Martin Dumoulin draws

25:52

to a close , it's critical to

25:54

reflect on the deeper implications his story

25:56

has on our current understanding of

25:59

the dark undercurrents of human nature . This

26:02

case , soaked in blood and shadowed

26:04

by the gallows , reaches beyond

26:06

the realm of historical crime and into the heart

26:08

of the very forces that drive individuals

26:10

to become serial killers . Dumoulard's

26:14

life , a tapestry woven with threads

26:16

of neglect , familial criminality

26:18

and societal estrangement stands

26:21

as a stark reminder of the complex interplay

26:23

between psychological disposition and

26:26

social environment . Psychologists

26:28

today delve into the fabric of killers

26:30

like Dumoulard , searching for the

26:32

twisted fibers of their psyche . Was

26:34

it the traumatic spectacle of his father's brutal

26:37

execution that set young Martin

26:39

on a path of violence , or did

26:41

the pronounced alienation and poverty sculpt

26:44

his heart into that of a ruthless predator ? Sociologically

26:47

, martin Dumoulard emerged in a time where

26:49

the mechanisms of law enforcement and forensic

26:51

science were yet primitive . His

26:53

ability to evade capture for years

26:55

highlights the difficulties faced by societies

26:58

in identifying and apprehending those

27:00

who dwell in their midst with malicious intent

27:02

. It calls into question the safety

27:04

nets of our current society . Even

27:06

now , with our advancements , how many

27:09

Dumoulards walk amongst us unseen

27:11

, slipping through the cracks of overburdened

27:13

legal institutions and allocating their

27:15

crimes to the cold case files ? Importantly

27:18

, dumoulard's narrative imposes

27:20

upon us the chilling reality that evil

27:22

need not be the work of some distant other . It

27:25

can emerge from within our communities , wearing

27:27

a familiar face , speaking with a known accent

27:30

. Within our communities , wearing a familiar face , speaking with a known accent . His crimes feed into an age-long

27:32

societal fear that there is

27:34

no surefire defense against those who harbor

27:36

darkness within , for they cannot

27:38

always be readily seen or understood . Furthermore

27:42

, the notoriety of Martin du Maillard seeps

27:44

into the cultural consciousness , becoming

27:47

a touchstone for the macabre fascination

27:49

that society holds for the morbid

27:51

and grotesque . His tale

27:53

is a testament to the eternal human quest

27:55

to grapple with the concept of evil

27:58

, to define it , contain

28:00

it and , perhaps foolishly , to

28:03

control it . As

28:05

we contemplate the story of Martin de Mollard

28:08

, the so-called predator of Lyon

28:10

, we ask ourselves what

28:13

drives a human being to repeat acts

28:15

of supreme violence ? How do we

28:17

reconcile the existence of such individuals

28:19

with our own sense of morality and justice

28:21

? These questions linger , haunting

28:24

our consciousness , echoing through the

28:26

chambers of our minds , long after the tales

28:28

of their deeds have been told . The

28:31

complex webs woven by the likes of

28:33

Dumoulard remain subjects of fascination

28:36

and horror well into our present

28:38

day , not merely as historical

28:40

accounts but as caverns of human experience

28:42

yet to be fully understood . They

28:44

challenge us to look closer , to decipher

28:47

the signs , to extend our empathy

28:49

even to those who cannot reciprocate it

28:52

all in the pursuit of preventing future

28:54

tragedies from unfolding in the quiet

28:56

shadows of our societies . And just

28:58

like the dimly lit alleyways that once echoed

29:00

with the hurried footsteps of the hapless victims

29:03

of Martin Dumoulard , we find

29:05

ourselves at a crossroad , at the end of another

29:07

dark narrative . This tale of

29:09

deceit , murder and a chilling

29:11

glimpse into the nature of human depravity

29:14

raises the inevitable , unsettling

29:16

question what is the essence

29:18

of evil ? Is it birthed in

29:20

the shadows of one's upbringing or

29:22

does it slither its way into a person's

29:24

soul through the experiences they

29:27

endure ? I invite you to share

29:29

your insights , your theories or any inklings

29:31

you might have regarding this macabre story

29:33

and what molds a monster of such

29:35

nature . Let our conversation ignite

29:37

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29:39

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29:48

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30:00

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30:02

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