The original Paris needle-attack panic
Disturbing stories were circulating in Paris about a madman randomly assaulting young women in the street. His method of attack was bizarre: he would approach...
Disturbing stories were circu...
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Femme fatale: the Lafarge poisoning scandal
In the summer of 1840 Marie Lafarge was the most famous woman in France. She was such a celebrity that everything she did, said and...
In the summer of 1840 Marie L...
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The kiss that caused a riot
She was an aristocrat who dressed as a man and had affairs with some of the most beautiful and famous women of her day. ...
She was an aristocrat who dres...
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