Almost Perfect Crimes: The Millery Bloody Truck

This series investigates the most notorious, infamous and terrifying crimes in French history. Cases that – in may cases – inspired films and novels. Join Danielle Thiéry, the first female chief superintendent, on a journey to the dark side of human nature.

In 1889, the year of Paris’ universal exhibition (for which the Eiffel Tower was built) the public is easily swept into a frenzy over the sinister case of a prostitute who disappears from the streets and is found dead in a truck in Lyon.

Then in Millery, a town near Lyon Mr Gouffé, a well to do widower with three daughters also disappears. No-one has heard from him and his staff are starting to worry.

Let’s unveil the mystery of both deaths in the case of the Millery bloody truck.