Le Monstre Trailer

25 years ago a psychopath terrorized the country of Belgium. A serial killer and kidnapper preyed on the most vulnerable, abducting children in broad daylight. The crimes and conspiracy that followed are known as The Dutroux Affair, and it nearly brought the country of Belgium to civil war. From Tenderfoot TV and iHeartRadio, this is Le Monstre.

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Episode Transcript

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On June two young girls went missing in the province
of Liege in Belgium. It was twenty five years ago,
right here on this overpass that they disappeared. A local
man explains that eight year old Julie le John and
Melissa Russo lived less than five hundred meters away, and

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said they came to this overpast to wave at the
cars passing on the highway below, and we're never seen
again alive. In the nine eighties and nineties, a psychopath
terrorized the country of Belgium. A serial killer and kidnapper

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was abducting children in the bright light of day. Julie
and Melissa weren't his first or his last victims. His
unspeakable crimes and the incompetence or unwillingness of the police
to stop him brought the entire country of Belgium to
the brink of revolution. From Tenderfoot TV and I Heart Radio,

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I'm your host Matt Graves and this is La Monstra.
The unbelievable story about Mark to True and his accomplices.
They're horrific crimes are almost beyond belief, yet some look
free today. A story of abomination and conspiracy that led
to the demise of the entire institution of Belgian federal

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police and rattled the foundations of its government. The story
about the man who's simply become known as La Monster.
The first two episodes are available on August. Listen for
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