Gilles de Rais

S3E30 - Gilles de Rais

Published: June 26, 2025

Duration: 1:09:50

In this episode, Charlie Higson digs into the dark world of a man sometimes called the first serial killer.


Gilles de Rais was accused of, and eventually confessed to some awful, depraved crimes, and this was a man who was a companion in arms of Joan of Arc!


At his trial, he was hanged for the murder of 140 children, both young men and women, killed for sexual pleasure and to help him in satanic rituals.


So did he do it? There were confessions, many of which you can read even...