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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

44: The Kinck Family Murders in 1869 France w/ G.S. Johnston - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, Education, History

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the outskirts of France in 1869, an entire family is found dead after being stabbed and then buried alive. G.S. Johnston, author of "The Cast of a Hand", talks about France in the 1860s under Napoleon III, and the events that led up to the terrible, tragic murders of Jean and Hortense Kinck and their six children by Jean-Baptiste Troppmann and possible accomplices. The author's website: http://gsjohnston.com/ Become a Most Notorious patron: https://www.patreon.com/mostnotorious Most Notorious website: https://www.mostnotorious.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Most Notorious Podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes.

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I'm very glad to have as my guest today, G.S. Johnston.

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He is the author of three historical novels, consumption, the skin of water and the cast of the hand.

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And it's the history that he researched for the cast of the hand that we'll be talking about today.

1:26.0

Great book, by the way, and he's joining us from Sydney, Australia.

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Thank you for your time.

1:32.0

I'm at some pleasure to just wait to hear.

1:34.0

I hope my accent is understandable.

1:38.0

Yes, of course, no problem there.

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So I've written my own series of novels based on true life historical crime events.

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