Blood and Shadows: France’s Darkest Crimes and Tragedies
Robert J Dornan
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
France is a land of beauty, revolution, and enlightenment—but beneath its splendor lies a history soaked in blood and haunted by shadows. Blood and Shadows: France’s Darkest Crimes and Tragedies takes readers on an unflinching journey into the nation’s most harrowing moments, from infamous murders and deadly conspiracies to forgotten catastrophes that reshaped its people and culture.
Spanning centuries, this gripping volume uncovers both well-known horrors—the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, the Affair of the Poisons, the Bataclan attacks—and lesser-known tragedies like the Courrières Mine Disaster and the enigmatic Phantom of the Elderly. With meticulous research and evocative storytelling, it explores how these dark events have left scars on France’s identity, shaping its resilience and its reckoning with justice and loss.
For readers of true crime, history, and the macabre, Blood and Shadows is not just a collection of grim tales—it is a tribute to those lost and a confrontation with the shadows that history often leaves behind.
Duration - 5h 1m.
Author - Robert J Dornan.
Narrator - Digital Voice Archie G.
Published Date - Friday, 03 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Robert J Dornan ©.
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United States
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Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. France is a land of beauty, revolution, and enlightenment—but beneath its splendor lies a history soaked in blood and haunted by shadows. Blood and Shadows: France’s Darkest Crimes and Tragedies takes readers on an unflinching journey into the nation’s most harrowing moments, from infamous murders and deadly conspiracies to forgotten catastrophes that reshaped its people and culture. Spanning centuries, this gripping volume uncovers both well-known horrors—the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, the Affair of the Poisons, the Bataclan attacks—and lesser-known tragedies like the Courrières Mine Disaster and the enigmatic Phantom of the Elderly. With meticulous research and evocative storytelling, it explores how these dark events have left scars on France’s identity, shaping its resilience and its reckoning with justice and loss. For readers of true crime, history, and the macabre, Blood and Shadows is not just a collection of grim tales—it is a tribute to those lost and a confrontation with the shadows that history often leaves behind. Duration - 5h 1m. Author - Robert J Dornan. Narrator - Digital Voice Archie G. Published Date - Friday, 03 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Robert J Dornan ©.
Language:
English
Blood and Shadows: France’s Darkest Crimes and Tragedies
Duration:00:03:21
Preface
Duration:00:03:16
1.The Black Death
Duration:00:04:22
2.The Shadow of Terror
Duration:00:05:28
3.The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Duration:00:07:23
4.Courrières Mine Disaster
Duration:00:05:28
5.1986 Rue de Rennes Bombing
Duration:00:06:41
6.Gilles de Rais
Duration:00:06:19
7.The Great Frost
Duration:00:04:50
8.La Bête du Gévaudan
Duration:00:05:58
9.The Vendée Revolt
Duration:00:06:43
10.Paris Air Show
Duration:00:06:02
11.1910 Great Flood of Paris
Duration:00:05:47
12.The 2015 Bataclan Massacre
Duration:00:06:46
13.Turkish Airlines Flight 981
Duration:00:06:31
14.Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre
Duration:00:06:32
15.The Cholera Plague of 1832
Duration:00:05:36
16.The "French Ripper"
Duration:00:05:22
17.Alexia Daval Murder
Duration:00:05:38
18.Merah Killings
Duration:00:06:39
19.Pierre Chanal
Duration:00:06:21
20.Ashes of Gambais
Duration:00:05:37
21.The Silent Poisoner
Duration:00:06:18
22.Ajaccio DC-9 Crash
Duration:00:06:10
23.The Angel of Death of Mantes-la-Jolie
Duration:00:05:54
24.Affair of the Poisons
Duration:00:05:22
25.The Phantom of the Elderly
Duration:00:04:47
26.Doctor Death
Duration:00:05:22
27.Gare de Lyon
Duration:00:06:52
28.The Ogress of the Goutte d'Or
Duration:00:04:06
29.Henri IV Stabbed by François Ravaillac
Duration:00:05:51
30.Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne Derailment
Duration:00:04:54
31.The Pockmarked Man
Duration:00:05:19
32.The Malpasset Dam
Duration:00:04:16
33.The Little Ghost of the Vologne
Duration:00:04:49
34.September Massacres
Duration:00:05:28
35.The Margarine Tragedy
Duration:00:05:25
36.The Twin Tempests
Duration:00:05:47
37.The Bloody Week
Duration:00:08:10
38.The Stavisky Affair
Duration:00:06:05
39.The Murder of Stefan Marković
Duration:00:04:35
40.The Spanish Flu
Duration:00:06:08
41.1961 Paris Massacre
Duration:00:06:29
42.The Fireball Over Gonesse
Duration:00:05:29
43.The Traveling Killer
Duration:00:05:51
44.The 2003 Heat Wave
Duration:00:05:41
45.Rue des Rosiers
Duration:00:06:23
46.The Inferno of Saint-Michel
Duration:00:08:26
47.Charlie Hebdo
Duration:00:07:19
48.Bastille Day, 2016
Duration:00:07:03
49.A Monster in Plain Sight
Duration:00:05:52
50.I Killed One Man to Save a Hundred Thousand
Duration:00:05:02