Case 129: The Dupont de Ligonnès Family

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🗓️ 2 November 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In early April 2011, several friends and relatives of Nante’s Dupont De Ligonnès family received an unexpected letter that read: “Hi everyone! Huge surprise: we have to leave urgently for the U.S due to a very particular set of circumstances that we will explain below. When you read this letter, we will no longer be in France and won’t be able to return for an as-yet-undetermined period of time.”

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Episode researched by Erin Munro

Episode written by Elsha McGill

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1:03.0	The city of Nantes is situated in the northwest of France, in the heart of the La Wa Valley wine region.
1:10.0	The La Wa River curves through the city, which is defined by its striking blend of heritage architecture,
1:16.0	18th century facades, and Mediterranean inspired dwellings.
1:22.0	The layout is typical of many French cities, a medieval town centre framed by densely packed historic suburban buildings,
1:30.0	before giving way to newer homes and public housing.
1:35.0	As the sixth largest city in France, Nantes has been praised by the European Commission for offering a higher quality of life.
1:44.0	The six member DuPont DeLeguiness family lived at 55 Robert Schumann Boulevard,
1:50.0	a narrow two-story residence in a wealthy residential area west of the city.
1:56.0	Their home was part of a row of matching terrorist buildings, overlooking a busy thoroughfare,
2:02.0	interspersed with petisseries, bars and other businesses.
2:06.0	The family lived a comfortable middle-class life.
2:10.0	50-year-old Patriarch Xavier DuPont DeLeguiness had aristocratic ties and noble ancestry.
2:18.0	He was raised in a devout Catholic household in the regal upper class city of Versailles, west of Paris.
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