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1. www.thevintagenews.com › 2017/05/12 › the-papinThe Papin Sisters and the murder case that still haunts ...

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   May 12, 2017 · Papin sisters, diagram of scene of crime. In the service room, the two girls were lying naked on the bed. They immediately confessed to the murders, very calmly and without a trace of remorse. Soon, the murder weapons were collected as evidence: a kitchen knife, a hammer, and a pewter pot.

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3. www.historicmysteries.com › major-crimes › papinPapin Sisters: Shocking Housemaids’ Crime That Shook France

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   Jun 23, 2017 · The home of the Lancelin family in Le Mans, France, became the scene of a savage double-murder by the quiet housemaid duo, the Papin sisters.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Christine_and_Léa_PapinChristine and Léa Papin - Wikipedia

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   Christine Papin (8 March 1905 – 18 May 1937) and Léa Papin (15 September 1911 – 24 July 2001) were two French sisters who, as live-in maids, were convicted of murdering their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans on February 2, 1933.

5. www.thevintagenews.com › 2018/08/10 › papin-afairThe Brutal Case of the Papin Sisters: The Senseless Crime ...

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   Aug 10, 2018 · Two sisters, by the names of Christine and Léa Papin, carried out a gruesome murder on the eve of February 2, 1933. On that cold winter day, the siblings killed a mother and daughter. The victims were unrecognizable: defaced, with their eyes ripped from the sockets, their bodies horrifically mutilated.

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   Christine Papin (8 March 1905 - 18 May 1937) and Léa Papin (15 September 1911 - 2001) were two French maids who murdered their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France, on 2 February 1933. This incident had a significant influence on French intellectuals Jean Genet, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Lacan, who sought to analyse it, and it ...

7. allthatsinteresting.com › papin-sistersInsanity Or Class Warfare? The Gruesome Case Of The Papin Sisters

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   Oct 31, 2021 · Christine Papin was sentenced to be put to death by guillotine in the public square at Le Mans on September 30, 1933. Lea Papin was considered an accomplice and given a lighter sentence of ten years of hard labor.

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   Did Christine and Léa Papin commit a crime?

   • Nearly a century later, their grisly crime remains as mystifying as ever. On February 2, 1933, Christine and Léa Papin committed a gruesome crime. But were they motivated by madness, blood lust, or class warfare?

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   How did Lea & Christine feel while in prison?

   • Even while in prison awaiting their trial, the sisters managed to provide more food for thought. The elder sister, Christine, spent much of her time crying out for Lea and begging to be reunited with her. She rolled around on the floor in apparent paroxysms of sexual agony and sometimes expressed herself in sexually explicit language.

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   Why did Christine and Léa get a death sentence?

   • The two girls were inevitably found guilty and Christine was sentenced to death. Léa was given a sentence of ten years imprisonment because she had been so dominated by Christine. Christine's death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment, which was common in the case of women.

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   What happened between Christine and Léa?

   • The court was having none of it, however, and decided that the two sisters were guilty after only 40 minutes of deliberation. Christine was sentenced to death by guillotine, while Léa, who was the meeker of the two and was considered to have been in the thrall of her dominant older sister, was sentenced to ten years of hard labor. Related:

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   What happened to Christine on the guillotine?

   • Naturally enough, the girls denied having had a sexual relationship, but never made any attempt to deny the murders. Not surprisingly, they were found guilty of murder and Christine was sentenced to death on the guillotine. As the sentence was pronounced, she fell to her knees and had to be assisted by her solicitor.

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   Why did Gustave take Clémence away from Le Mans?

   • Baby Emilia Papin arrived in February 1902. But, Gustave had always wondered if Clémence was still having an affair. He decided he would get a job in another town to take Clémence away from Le Mans. Léa and Christine Papin were quiet housemaids in the small city of Le Mans, France. Source: squarepegtheatre.co.uk.

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9. the-line-up.com › papin-sistersPapin Sisters: The Shocking 1933 Murder Case That Horrified ...

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   Apr 20, 2020 · On February 2, 1933, Christine and Léa Papin committed a gruesome crime against their employers. Were they motivated by madness, blood lust, or class warfare? Nearly a century later, their grisly crime remains as mystifying as ever.