Thursday, July 01, 2004
XOOM.it: "1949 Poisened poisoner exhumed ^top^
The body of L�on Besnard is exhumed in Loudon, France, by authorities searching for evidence of poison. For years, local residents had been suspicious of his wife Marie, as they watched nearly her entire family die untimely and mysterious deaths. Law enforcement officials finally began investigating Marie after the death of her mother earlier in the year. Marie married L�on in August 1929. The couple resented the fact that they lived relatively modestly while their families were so well off. When two of L�on's great aunts perished unexpectedly, most of their money was left to L�on's parents. Consequently, the Besnards invited L�on's parents to live with them. Shortly after moving in, L�on's father died, ostensibly from eating a bad mushroom. Three months later, his widow also died and neighbors began chatting about a Besnard family jinx. The inheritance was split between L�on and his sister, Lucie. Not so surprisingly, the newly rich Lucie died shortly thereafter, supposedly taking her own life. Becoming increasingly greedy, the Besnards began looking outside the family for their next victim. They took in the Rivets as boarders, who, under the Besnards' care, also died abruptly. No one was too surprised when the Rivets' will indicated Marie as the sole beneficiary. Pauline and Virginie Lallerone, cousins of the Besnards, were next in line. When Pauline died, Marie explained that she had mistakenly eaten a bowl of lye. Apparently, her sister Virginie didn't learn her lesson about carelessness, because when she died a week later, Marie told everyone that she too had inadvertently eaten lye.
When Marie fell in love with another man in 1947, L�on fell victim to her poisoning as well. Traces of arsenic were found in his exhumed body, as we"
The body of L�on Besnard is exhumed in Loudon, France, by authorities searching for evidence of poison. For years, local residents had been suspicious of his wife Marie, as they watched nearly her entire family die untimely and mysterious deaths. Law enforcement officials finally began investigating Marie after the death of her mother earlier in the year. Marie married L�on in August 1929. The couple resented the fact that they lived relatively modestly while their families were so well off. When two of L�on's great aunts perished unexpectedly, most of their money was left to L�on's parents. Consequently, the Besnards invited L�on's parents to live with them. Shortly after moving in, L�on's father died, ostensibly from eating a bad mushroom. Three months later, his widow also died and neighbors began chatting about a Besnard family jinx. The inheritance was split between L�on and his sister, Lucie. Not so surprisingly, the newly rich Lucie died shortly thereafter, supposedly taking her own life. Becoming increasingly greedy, the Besnards began looking outside the family for their next victim. They took in the Rivets as boarders, who, under the Besnards' care, also died abruptly. No one was too surprised when the Rivets' will indicated Marie as the sole beneficiary. Pauline and Virginie Lallerone, cousins of the Besnards, were next in line. When Pauline died, Marie explained that she had mistakenly eaten a bowl of lye. Apparently, her sister Virginie didn't learn her lesson about carelessness, because when she died a week later, Marie told everyone that she too had inadvertently eaten lye.
When Marie fell in love with another man in 1947, L�on fell victim to her poisoning as well. Traces of arsenic were found in his exhumed body, as we"
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