The Papin Sisters

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Strange Matters presents a particularly disturbing crime that took place in the early 20th century, in France. The story involves two sisters who worked as maids for an upper class family. The Papin Sisters had been employed by the family for seven years, and had been described as idyllic workers. Things weren’t as perfect as it seemed, however. A sudden and gruesome act by the sisters would shock the country of France, and would be regarded as one of the worst crimes committed in the century. This episode will go over the history and background of the Papin Sisters, the details of their terrible crime, and the aftermath of the event that would quickly become the top story of its time.
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0:00.0	And the Oh, Hello and welcome to the Strange Matters podcast. Here at Strange Matters, we discuss everything that is bizarre, mysterious, and unexplained.
0:47.0	I am Sean, the host for this show.
0:50.0	In this episode of Strange Matters, I will be talking about a particularly disturbing crime that took place in the early 20th century in France.
1:00.0	The story involves to sisters working as maids for an upper-class family.
1:05.0	The Papine sisters have been employed by the family for seven years,
1:09.0	and they have been described as idyllic workers.
1:12.0	It is because of this fact that the eventual sudden and gruesome
1:16.1	act by the sisters would shock the country of France and would be regarded as one of the worst
1:21.0	crimes that took place in that country in the century.
1:24.0	In this episode I'll be going over the history and background of the Papine sisters,
1:29.0	the details of their terrible crime, and the aftermath of the event that would quickly become the top story of its time.
1:36.8	The topic for this episode was suggested by Laura L so thanks Laura for sending in this idea as well as being a Patreon supporter of Strange Matters.
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2:18.1	For this episode, I like to thank our newest patrons of the show, Laura, Angie, and George.
2:23.7	And now to discuss the bizarre and gruesome crime of the Papine Sisters.
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