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What Makes a Killer

S3 Ep7: Marc Dutroux

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1996, all of Belgium was in shock when two young girls who had been kidnapped, raped, and tortured were rescued from a makeshift dungeon below a house in Marcinelle. As the weeks passed, the bodies of four other young girls were found buried at properties linked to the same man. It was the beginning of a terrible nightmare for the entire nation. With the help of his wife, Michelle Martin, convicted pedophile Marc Dutroux's unhealthy desire for young girls had turned deadly.

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What makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended

0:35.2

for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

0:45.5

It's November 1995 in Jumet, Belgium.

0:50.2

Two men and a woman are being held and interrogated about a stolen van.

0:55.5

The van was supposed to have been hidden to later be sold.

0:59.2

But the captors believe they have been betrayed.

1:02.7

But the woman is not bound and manages to escape while the two captors are searching for evidence.

1:09.2

She goes to a neighbor and calls the police.

1:12.5

This doesn't bode well for either of the captors.

1:15.6

One of them has been in trouble with the law before and can't afford to be caught again.

1:21.0

So he decides the best move is to take care of the other one.

1:25.2

He drugs his accomplice and varies him alive.

1:33.7

In December, the second captor is recognized and arrested.

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