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Henri Desiré Landru  

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  • Serial killer Henri Desiré Landru, often called the “20th-Century Bluebeard,” is considered by many to be the male version of the proverbial “Black Widow Killer.” During the early 1900s, Landru romanced and swindled more than 300 women out of their life savings; 10 of them also paid with their lives. Landru worked as a secondhand furniture dealer and automobile mechanic/garage owner. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Henri DesirÉ Landru]

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