Thursday, November 24, 2011

Doctor turned serial killer in World War II Paris

FILE - This March 17, 1946 file photo shows Dr. Marcel Petiot in Paris. The doctor, a serial killer who was convicted of 26 murders and guillotined as punishment for his crimes, regularly treated refugees, businessmen and Gestapo agents, but also had a predilection for killing wealthy Jews and burning their bodies in a basement furnace. He was one of the most unusual informers used by one of America's most secretive espionage agencies, known simply as the Pond. (AP Photo, File)


On this day, Thanksgiving, I keep thinking about the murders inflicted upon the Pequot nation in the 1600's. It came from somewhere this penchant for killing...



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