Marcel Petiot
March 11, 1944
The neighbors of Marcel Petiot awoke on the morning of March 11, 1944 to a foul smell a large amount of smoke billowing from Petiot’s home. The doctor and mayor was a well regarded socialite who was secretly known to some by the name “Dr. Eugene”. Under this pseudonym Petiot would help those wanted by the German government escape from Nazi occupied France.
Concerned about Petiots home, the neighbors quickly called the police. Once they had arrived the police attempted to make contact with Petiot who told them to wait for his arrival before entering the smoking building. After an hour of delay, the police decided to go into the home anyway, not knowing that they were about to stumble upon a nightmarish scene…
Vats of burned and dissolving bodies
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