Public Enemy Number One

Detectives Don't Sleep

NOISER

True Crime, Fiction, History, Drama

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In May 1978, France’s Public Enemy Number One, Jacques Mesrine, escapes from the maximum-security prison, La Santé, in Paris. This marks the first ever escape from La Santé but it most certainly is not Mesrine's first prison break. In fact, it seems no prison in the world can hold him. Enter celebrated detective Maurice Bouvier. Bouvier knows that catching the prolific robber, violent killer, kidnapper and master of disguise will not be an easy task. After all, he's been playing this cat and mouse game with Mesrine for years. But this time it's different. You see, when the two men last met, the gangster vowed he would come out shooting. All Detective Bouvier can hope is that he gets his own shot in first. A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman For ad-free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the 8th of May, 1978, in Paris, France.
0:08.0	The high-security prison, La Sante, squats darkly in the heavy mist that shrouds the Rue de la Sante.
0:17.0	Sante, the French word for health, couldn't be a worse name for the prison.
0:22.6	There's nothing healthy about La Sante, home to criminals of the dangerous kind.
0:29.6	Conditions are harsh and violence rules.
0:33.6	It's a hell on earth, prone to riots, murder, assault, and deprivation.
0:42.1	The kind of place, even the most hardened criminal, would love to get away from.
0:47.8	But so far, no one has ever escaped the confines of this maximum security prison.
0:55.0	Today, Jacques Mareen plans to change that.
1:00.0	He has no intention of serving another day of the 20-year sentence that he's gotten for murder,
1:06.0	kidnapping, and armed robbery.
1:08.0	The five years he's already wasted in here
1:11.6	have been far too long.
1:13.6	Known as France's public enemy number one,
1:16.6	Maireen is a thief, a kidnapper,
1:19.6	a killer, and a serial escape artist.
1:23.6	If he wasn't already locked up in France,
1:26.6	he'd also be wanted by the forces of Canada, Spain,
1:30.3	and Switzerland.
1:35.3	Right now, this charming, notoriously violent, dark-haired Frenchman is following a guard through the corridor,
1:43.3	on his way to meet with his lawyer.
1:46.0	His heart is beating uncharacteristically fast, not because of the meeting, but because he's about to prove his worth again.
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