The Papin Sisters are responsible for one of the most gruesome murders in French history. Find out why their crime split French society into two camps: Those who believe they are monsters who brutally killed a mother and daughter and those who believe they represent class warfare of the time


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Music:

Title: Minimal Trap | Composer: Felipe Adorno Vassao

Title: The Goll | Composer: Vincent Vargo

Podcast Sources:

Article by Nicola Budanovic https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/

Article by Stefan Andrews https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/10/papin-afair/

Article by Gisely Ruiz “Insanity or Class Warfare? The Gruesome Case of the Papin Sisters” https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters

https://www.history101.com/papin-sisters/

Article by Lyn Gardner https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/feb/24/the-maids-jean-genet-new-version-jamie-lloyd-uzo-aduba-zawe-ashton-laura-carmichael

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/movies/film-why-were-the-maids-grisly-murderers.html

Book: “The Papin Sisters” by Rachel Edwards and Keith Reader 

http://papinsisters.tripod.com/crime.htm