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The Last Public Execution in French History - February 5 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com When we tell some of these more dated stories, a lot of them end with public executions to large crowds of onlookers. On February 5th 1908 a man was born who would, a little over 30 years later, be the last person to ever be publicly executed in France. Eugen Weidmann Born (1908) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

1:02.8

When we survived by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion. When we tell some of these more dated stories, a lot of them end with a public execution to large crowds of onlookers.

1:19.6

On February 5th, 1908, a man was born who would, a little over 30 years later, be the last person to ever be publicly executed in France.

1:30.2

So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

1:35.2

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1:40.0

Oigand Weidman was born on February 5, 1908, in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

1:46.7

After the beginning of World War I, Oiggen went to live with his grandparents.

1:51.5

It was after this relocation that he began his life of petty robberies,

1:55.9

even spending five years in jail in his 20s.

1:59.6

It was while he was in jail that he met two men who would become

2:03.5

his accomplices, Roger Million and Jean Blanc. The deadly trio came up with a plan to, once released,

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