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Who was Bluebeard, and why did he murder so many women?
And what of the eerie parallels to a 20th-century murder investigation?
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Bluebeard is perhaps not the best known of fairy tales, but it's certainly one of the most sinister. Written in 1697 by French author Charles Perrault, the story concerns a brutal and cunning individual who's implicated in the disappearances of several women. But could fiction have foreshadowed a real-life crime?
In the early 20th century, the trial of a man accused of murdering a similar number of women drew eerie parallels with the fictional Bluebeard. So, who exactly is Perrault's character and why, 200 years later, was an alleged serial killer nicknamed Bluebeard of Gambais?
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