DeepSummary
In this episode, Meg discusses the gruesome case of Victor Artisan, also known as the 'Vampire of Le Muy.' In 1901, neighbors of Honore Artisan complained about a strange smell coming from his home in the small French commune of Le Muy. When Honore investigated the attic, he discovered the corpse of a young girl, along with various body parts and stolen religious items. His son Victor confessed to sexually abusing the corpses of women and children, digging them up from local graveyards and keeping their body parts.
Victor's disturbing behavior, including public masturbation and drinking urine, had earned him a reputation as the village pervert from a young age. Despite exhibiting signs of mental illness and trauma, Victor showed little remorse for his actions during his trial. Multiple psychiatrists examined him, deeming him a degenerate necrophile suffering from infantilism and low intelligence.
Ultimately, Victor was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to a psychiatric hospital for life. The case gained notoriety for its shocking details and Victor's candid confessions, becoming a subject of study for prominent psychiatrists at the time.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Victor Artisan, the 'Vampire of Le Muy,' confessed to digging up and sexually abusing the corpses of women and children in early 1900s France.
- Despite exhibiting disturbing behavior and showing little remorse, Victor was deemed insane by multiple psychiatrists and institutionalized for life.
- The case gained notoriety for its shocking details and became a subject of study for prominent psychiatrists at the time.
- Victor's childhood trauma, including abuse and head injuries, may have contributed to his mental illness and deviant behavior.
- The small French village of Le Muy was deeply impacted by the discovery of Victor's crimes, with families left traumatized.
- The episode serves as a content warning for graphic descriptions of necrophilia and disturbing behavior.
- Meg expresses regret for choosing such a disturbing case but finds it fascinating from a psychological perspective.
- The case highlights the importance of mental health treatment and understanding the potential impact of trauma on behavior.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “He confessed that after he finished, he would conceal traces of his activities and just never return to that grave again. He had already. If he had already violated one grave, he was just gone. He would never even walk by it again. And he was doing it so frequently that by the time he was caught, even he was unsure of exactly how many bodies he had dug up over time.“ by Meg
- “Victor also claimed that he regularly ate cats and rats and that he earned most of his money via local men soliciting him for sex work. They were like, well, these things might be more plausible than the mom thing. But again, if we recall the lapping up pee thing from earlier, artisan also drank his own bodily fluids, claiming that it was a pity to let it go to waste.“ by Meg
- “And Victor Artisan was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a psychiatric hospital, and he was deemed not guilty by reason of insanity, which I buy.“ by Meg
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Gruesome: Horrific True Crime
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