#Marcel Petiot

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In Nazi-occupied Paris, the deadliest predator wasn’t a soldier—it was a doctor.

Marcel Petiot promised desperate Jews an escape, only to turn Paris into his personal slaughterhouse.

This is the chilling story of “Doctor Satan” and his horrifying crimes: 🧵

In June 1940, German forces marched into Paris, marking the beginning of a brutal occupation.

Life for Parisians changed overnight.

For French Jews, life became even more perilous.

They faced registration, loss of employment, and eventual deportation to concentration camps.

While some chose to resist, others sought escape. 

Smuggling routes were established to help refugees cross into Spain or Switzerland.

But for those without connections, Marcel Petiot’s false promises became a deadly trap.

Marcel Petiot was no ordinary man.

He showed early signs of trouble.

As a child, he tortured animals and displayed disruptive behavior in school.

Despite his issues, Petiot was highly intelligent, completing medical school after serving briefly in World War I.

By 1941, Petiot devised a plan that would make him one of the most infamous figures in French criminal history. 

He posed as a member of the French Resistance, claiming to operate an escape network for Jews and political refugees.

Petiot promised his victims safe passage out of France—for a price.

Each individual paid him 25,000 francs (roughly $10,000 today) in exchange for false papers, vaccinations, and a route to freedom. 

Once they arrived at Petiot’s “safe house” at 21 Rue Le Sueur in Paris, the refugees were told they needed vaccinations before their journey.

Instead, Petiot injected them with cyanide, killing them instantly.

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He then dismembered their bodies and burned the remains in a furnace or dissolved them in quicklime.

Over time, Petiot’s operation expanded.

He used accomplices to find victims, often targeting those with no close family to report them missing.

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By the end of his spree, he had murdered at least 27 people, though some estimates suggest the true number could be as high as 60.

In March 1944, neighbors noticed foul-smelling smoke billowing from his property.

They alerted the police, who uncovered a gruesome scene: body parts, and pits of quicklime filled with human bones.

By the time police pieced together the evidence, Petiot had fled.

He remained at large for months, even joining the French Resistance under a fake name.

His luck ran out in October 1944, when he was recognized and arrested at a Paris Metro station.

During his trial in 1946, Petiot maintained his innocence. 

He claimed that the bodies found at his home were German collaborators and enemies of the Resistance.

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But the evidence against him was overwhelming. 

Suitcases filled with personal belongings of his victims were found in his possession, and witnesses testified to his fraudulent escape network.

The trial captivated post-war France, with Petiot playing to the gallery, portraying himself as a patriot and hero. 

The jury saw through his lies, and he was sentenced to death.

On May 25, 1946, Marcel Petiot was executed by guillotine.

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sweet litle marcel n me.......

(Theoretically, he is much shorter than me, but I wanted to draw myself lower.)

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Serial Killers listed by highest I.Q

1. Ted Kaczynski IQ:167

2. Charlene Gallego IQ:160

3. Rodney Alcala IQ:160

4. Carroll Edward Cole IQ:152

5. Edmund Kemper IQ:145

6. Robert Browne IQ: 140

7. Charles Albright IQ:140

8. Michael Bear Carson IQ:138

9. Lawrence Bittaker IQ:138

10. Ted Bundy IQ:136

11. Thomas Dillon IQ:134

12. Gerard John Schaefer IQ:130

13. Marcel Petiot IQ:130

14. Harvey Glatman IQ:130

15. Angel Maturino Resendiz IQ:130

16. Juan Vallejo Corona IQ:130

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I Am a Camera chapter 31

Sorry for the hiatus--bienvenue á Paris!

Sherlock searches for a serial killer in Occupied Paris; John waits.

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The Last Words of 30 Famous Serial Killers

Some killers have offered sincere apologies for the heinous offenses they committed. Others’ final words were filled with anger and resentment, while some seemed indifferent. A few of the most interesting final words are quizzically strange rantings.

What are the last words of some of the most famous serial slayers? The last words on this list come from the mouths of some of the most heinous, dangerous people in human history.

James French

“Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries.'” (August 10, 1966)

James French has the distinction of being the last person to be executed in Oklahoma, via electric chair

Carl Panzram

“Hurry up, you Hoosier bastard. I could kill 10 men while you’re fooling around.” (September 5, 1930)

Peter Kurten

“Tell me. After my head has been chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be a pleasure to end all pleasures.” (July 2, 1931)

Peter Kurten, AKA “The Vampire of Dusseldorf,” drank the blood of at least one person.

John Wayne Gacy

Kiss My Ass (May 10, 1994)

Thomas J. Grasso

“I did not get my Spaghetti O’s. I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.” (March 20, 1995)

Tom Ketchum

“I’ll be in Hell before you start breakfast, boys. Let her rip.” (April 26, 1901)

Jeffery Dahmer 

“I don’t care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me.” (Novemer 28, 1994)

H.H. Holmes 

“Take your time. Don’t bungle it.” (May 7, 1896)

Dr. H.H. Holmes was one of the first American serial killers.

Albert Fish 

“I don’t even know why I’m here.” (January 16, 1936)

In the 1920s, Albert Fish claimed that he had slain at least 100 children.

Ted Bundy

“I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends.” (January 24, 1989)

The exact number of women Ted Bundy offed or hurt in the 1970s is unknown, but some say the number is somewhere in the 100s.

Marcel Petiot 

“Gentleman, I have one last piece of advice: Look away. This will not be pretty to see.” (May 25, 1946)

Petiot was a French doctor who was only found out when the remains of 23 people were found in his Parisian home during WW2.

Steven Timothy Judy 

“I don’t hold any grudges. This is my doing. Sorry it happened.” (March 9, 1981)

Steven Judy slayed a woman and her three children in 1979.

William Bonin 

“I would suggest that when a person has a thought of doing anything serious against the law, that before they did that they should go to a quiet place and think about it seriously.” (February 23, 1996)

William Bonin’s habit of dumping cadavers near freeways earned him the nickname Freeway Killer.

Amelia Dyer

“I have nothing to say.” (June 10, 1896)

Dyer is believed to have slain 400 children during a 20-year period in Victorian England.

Peter Manuel

“Turn up the radio and I’ll go quietly.” (July 11, 1958)

Manuel was an American-born Scottish man who is believed to have slain from nine to 18 people during the 1950s.

Francis Crowley

“You sons of bitches. Give love to Mother.” (January 21, 1932)

Francis Crowley went on a three-month spree that ended when he was sent to the electric chair.

Angel Maturino Resendiz

“I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to. I know I allowed the Devil to rule my life. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me. I thank God for having patience in me. I don’t deserve to cause you pain. You do not deserve this. I deserve what I am getting.” (June 27, 2006)

Reséndiz left people’s cadavers near railroad tracks.

Fritz Haarmann

“I repent, but I do not fear death.” (April 15, 1925)

Fritz Haarmann of Germany, active in the years following WWI, became known as the Vampire of Hanover because he would bite through people’s throats.

Ned Kelly

“Such is life.” (November 11, 1880)

Ned Kelly was often considered a folk hero in Australia.

Donald Henry Gaskins

“I’ll let my lawyers talk for me. I’m ready to go.” (September 6, 1991)

Donald Henry Gaskins was known as the Meanest Man in America for slaying at least 100 people, most of them hitchhikers, from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Israel Keyes

“Okay, talk is over, words are placid and weak. Back it with action or it all comes off cheap. Watch close while I work now, feel the electric shock of my touch, open your trembling flower, or your petals I’ll crush.” (December 2, 2012) 

Israel Keyes took his own life; the words are from his final note.

John George Haigh

In a letter to his girlfriend, Barbara: “It is difficult to say farewell under these circumstances, but you will understand that you will always be in my thoughts. You know I have been proud of our association: it has always been an honourable one. I shall remember your great kindness and devotion. Now I must leave you.” (August 10, 1949)

In the 1940s, John George Haigh dissolved six women’s cadavers in acid.

Kenneth McDuff

 “I am ready to be released. Release me.” (November 17, 1998)

After his sentence was commuted in 1989, Kenneth McDuff killed again before being detained in 1992.

Carroll Cole

“It’s all right.” (December 6, 1985)

Carroll Cole possibly committed acts of cannibalism

Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck

“I wanna shout it out; I love Martha! What do the public know about love?” – Raymond Fernandez (March 8, 1951)

“My story is a love story. But only those tortured by love can know what I mean […] Imprisonment in the Death House has only strengthened my feeling for Raymond….” – Martha Beck (March 8, 1951)

In the 1940s, Fernandez and Beck would place personal ads in newspapers with the intent of taking money from the women who replied.

Aileen Wuornos

“I’d just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus, June 6th. Like the movie, big mother ship and all. I’ll be back.” (October 9, 2002)

From 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos terminated seven men, with the excuse that each of them tried to rape her.

James Allen Red Dog

“I’m going home, babe.” (October 9, 2002)

James Allen Red Dog had been connected to at least five murders

Myra Hindley

According to the Catholic priest who gave Hindley last rites, “The last conversation she had before she died concerned her mother. She just expressed concern for her mother – but I will not say exactly what she said.” (November 15, 2002)

Hindley, with her lover Ian Brady, shocked 1960s England when they killed five children.

Earle Nelson

“I am innocent. I stand innocent before God and man. I forgive those who have wronged me and ask forgiveness of those I have injured. God have mercy!” (January 13, 1928)

During a two-year period in the mid-1920s, Earle Nelson felled 22 women, most of whom were landladies he approached about rooms they wanted to rent.

Sean Flanagan

“I love you.”

Sean Flanagan terminated two gay men in Nevada, claiming he was doing “good for… society.” (June 23, 1989)

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Marcel Petiot aka "Dr. Satan" was a French serial killer who during WW2 pretended to aid Jewish people attempting to flee Nazi occupied France.

At his home he gave them a "vaccine" which he told them would protect them from disease.

But what he was actually giving them was a poison that promptly killed them. He burned the bodies of his victims in his basement furnace.

He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home.

He is suspected of the murder of about 60 to 200 victims during his lifetime, although the true number remains unknown.

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The Many Crimes of Marcel Petiot - Serial Killer 

News of the Times Episode 358 | 1946 

It is 1944 France, and a house in a better quarter of Paris has been chugging out a black acrid smoke with a terrible stench for days. Finally, neighbours go to the door to complain, only to find a note on the door stating that the owner of the house is away.  Neighbours phone the police. With the owner not arriving, the police contact the fire department who break in through a second floor window.  Making their way down, they are greeted by a horror array of bodies and body parts on every floor.  One of the firemen rushes out, vomiting. So unfolds the story of one of France’s recognised worst serial killers, Dr Marcel Petiot. We take a look at the history, the crimes, the capture and the execution of Marcel Petiot and his many crimes in today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays. 

Hosted by Robin Coles.   

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Poison poke

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After his crimes were discovered, French serial killer Marcel Petiot grew a beard and joined the local police force under the name “Captain Valeri”. Valeri was then assigned to catch a killer: Himself. His true identity was only discovered months later, after an officer recognised him.

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My last day of Halloweek!

Happy Halloween everyone!!

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sometimes I'm even ashamed of my fixation on Marcel Petiot, but my heart can't be ordered…

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Audiobook Review: Doctor Satan, by Ryan Green

Audiobook Review: Doctor Satan, by Ryan Green

Listening Length:4 hours and 1 minuteAuthor: Ryan GreenNarrator: Steve WhiteAudible.co.uk Release Date:14 December 2021Publisher:Ryan Green PublishingUnabridgedLanguage: English Blurb In March 1944, as the Nazis occupied Paris, the French Police and Fire Brigade were called to investigate a vile-smelling black smoke that had been pouring from the chimney of 21 Rue Le Sueur for days. Inside the…

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WIP game:

Rules: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP & tag as many people as there are words.

Thank you, @calaisreno, for the tag!

This line is from I Am a Camera, my current WIP which is woefully overdue for an update.

In the months leading up to the liberation of Paris, Sherlock was instrumental in bringing to justice another master of hiding in plain sight, a man my friend has described as the epitome of evil: the man known as the Butcher of Paris, the Scalper of the Ètoile, the Monster of rue Le Sueur—Dr Marcel Petiot.

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Marcel Petiot 

The Butcher of Paris

To most, Marcel Andre Henri Felix Petiot was a seen as a shining light during the time of the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II. He was a doctor who would provide cheap to free medical care for the poor, but on top of that he worked for the French Resistance and helped many of the persecuted Jewish people flee to safety.

He was doing so well for himself, with more than three thousand patients, that he was able to buy a grand house at 21 Rue Le Sueur, a rather affluent part of Paris. There he worked and created his laboratory, but little did people realize the horrors that were going on within.

On Saturday March 11, 1944, a neighbor finally complained about the foul stench that was coming from Petiots’ home and the large amounts of smoke coming from the chimney. It had been noted before but many were trying to go about their own lives as best as they could with an enemy occupying their city and country.

However, on this day the smoke and stench was particularly noxious. One neighbor went to the house to complain and found a note saying Petiot would be away for a month, so the police were summoned.

On arrival the officers learnt that Petiot lived in another house and quickly sent for him, but as the smoke worsened they feared there was an internal fire, maybe one of the fireplaces had gone out of control, and firemen were summoned.

The firemen entered the house and tracked the source of the smoke to the basement where a coal stove was burning hot and thick, a human arm sticking out of its open door. Mixed in with the coal heap were more human remains, bones, limbs, and other parts too small to be identified then and there.

When Petiot arrived he explained they were the remains of Germans, Nazi collaborators, and traitors, that he was the head of a resistance group and that the Germans would have his head for this. This seemed good enough for the sergeant, who let Petiot go.

An investigation was carried out, and more remains were found. At the bottom of a staircase was a sack containing the headless left side of a human body, and in the garage was a lime pit filled with corpses at various stages of decomposition. In the stable another death pit was located.

Back in the house the basement sinks were discovered to be where the corpses had been drained of blood. Various bins were located about the property containing charred bones, fleshy pieces, scalps, and hair.

A soundproof hexagonal chamber was also located, complete with shackles and a peep-hole. Here Petiot could chain up victims and watch their anguish as they languished within the chamber.

The sergeant soon began to regret his decision to let Petiot go, as a telegram was received saying to apprehend Petiot immediately, that he was a dangerous lunatic!

It took about seven months to finally track down the killer. He hid with family and friends, stating that the Gestapo would kill him if he was captured. He adopted several aliases, allowed his hair and beard to grow, and enjoyed a sort of freedom, even if he was constantly looking over his shoulder.

He was finally recognized and apprehended in a Paris metro station. On his possession was a pistol, large sums of money, and fifty different sets of identity papers.

He was imprisoned while awaiting trial, and all the while he claimed the bodies were of traitors to the French. Then he changed his story, claiming he found the bodies, but yes they were Germans. However, the trial would find him guilty and that the murders were for profit.

Remembering that before this time Petiot was seen as working for the resistance and helped many people wanted by the Germans to escape to South America where they would be safe. The cost was twenty-five thousand francs per person. A good sum of money in those days but worth it if you wanted to keep your life.

People would learn of Dr. Eugene, Petiots’ alias, when helping the underground, and through several accomplices would find their way to him. Once in his laboratory he would tell the escapees that Argentine officials required them to be inoculated against various illnesses. However, rather than an inoculation, Dr. Eugene would inject them with cyanide.

From here he would take their money, steal their belongings, and get rid of the bodies. In the beginning the bodies were dumped in the Seine, and bags containing human remains were thrown onto passing trucks, but when that got too hard he destroyed them by dismembering them and submerging them in quicklime.

It was at this time people knew there was a murderer on the loose as one of the drivers of these trucks found the grisly contents of one bag containing two severed heads, two feet, the skin from two legs, and three scalps.

Later, after he purchased the house on Rue Le Sueur, he also had the option to dismember and incinerate them.

At his trial he refused to name his Resistance associates. As part of the evidence against him was forty-seven suitcases belonging to those who had paid him to escape the Germans, only to be killed. In the end he was found guilty of twenty-four murders, but it is believed he killed as many as 160 men, women, and children.

On May 25, 1946, Marcel Petiot went to the guillotine. He accepted a cigarette but refused the traditional glass of rum. He approached the device of his death as if he were comfortable with his destiny. His final words were, “Gentlemen, I ask you not to look. This will not be very pretty.”

Witnesses say his face still carried a smile as his head dropped into the awaiting basket.

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