MYSTERY: The Beast of Gévaudan, Man or Monster?
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 766 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Murder: True Crime Stories, Carter Roy investigates the Beast of Gévaudan, one of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in true crime history. Between 1764 and 1767, a series of brutal attacks terrorized the rural French province of Gévaudan, leaving dozens of men, women, and children dead. Witnesses described a massive wolf-like creature with unusual features, sparking panic, superstition, and a nationwide manhunt ordered by King Louis XV. Professional hunters, local militias, and royal forces all attempted to track and kill the beast, turning the case into an international sensation. When a hunter named Jean Chastel claimed to have finally slain the creature, the killings stopped, but the mystery only deepened. Was the Beast of Gévaudan a rogue wolf, multiple animals, a serial killer, or something else entirely?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Carter. If you're enjoying murder, true crime stories, there's a new crime house show for you to check out. |
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| 0:12.7 | Sarah is an advocate for missing and murdered victims whose own sister disappeared in 2001. |
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| 0:23.2 | crime can change a family forever. Together, they bring lived experience to every case, examining |
| 0:30.6 | the moments just before a person disappears, the routines, the small details that often get overlooked, |
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| 1:03.9 | This is Crime House. |
| 1:23.3 | Yellow eyes, huge fangs, razor-sharp claws, and a killer who seemed to vanish into thin air. |
| 1:29.1 | We've all heard the saying, better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Well, that's not always the case. |
| 1:33.1 | From 1764 to 1767, a strange creature terrorized the French province of Jevodon. |
| 1:43.5 | It attacked at a moment's notice and left no evidence behind, |
| 1:48.1 | except the brutalized bodies of its victims. The people of Gvadon spent three years hunting the |
| 1:55.9 | beast. A few managed to escape its clutches. Even the King of France got involved. |
| 2:02.6 | But taking down the beast was easier said than done. |
| 2:06.6 | No one could agree on what it looked like or where to find it. |
| 2:11.6 | The only thing they knew for sure was that it was massive and deadly. In the centuries since, this terrifying creature has turned |
| 2:22.4 | into a legend. The spooky story you tell around the campfire. But I can tell you one thing for certain. |
| 2:30.3 | The beast was very real, and no one was off limits. |
| 2:37.0 | This is the beast, Ojevodon. |
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