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Au bout de l'enquête, la fin du crime parfait ?

( Season 2023 )
They are all cases that were closed, considered unsolvable, sometimes resisting police efforts for decades until a forgotten clue, an unhoped-for witness or a forensic innovation finally made it possible to unmask the culprit. Alongside Marie Drucker, the criminologist Alain Bauer explains the technical, psychological, sociological or historical elements involved.

Presented by: Marie Drucker.

Episodes

Episode
15
Affaire Jean-Paul Zawadzki, affabulations meurtrières
Jean-Paul Zawadzki, deadly lies

Jean-Paul Zawadzki was a 39 year-old member of the armed forces, in the prime of his life. And yet, in early 1998, having just returned from a tour of duty in Gabon, he fell mysteriously ill and died just a few weeks later. An illness? Or a cleverly disguised murder?

Presented by: Marie Drucker.
With the criminologist Alain Bauer.
Episode
17
Affaire Jamila Belkacem, influence macabre
Jamila Belkacem, macabre influence

February 1999, Bourg-en-Bresse. A fire broke out in a flat, apparently caused by a candle. In the bedroom, Jacques Brunet, laboratory director, died asphyxiated. Accidental death? The insurance expert is unconvinced and carries out his own investigation, revealing that it was indeed a crime disguised to look like an accident.

Presented by: Marie Drucker.
With the criminologist Alain Bauer.
Episode
22
Affaire Jourdain, le carnaval de l'horreur
The Jourdain brothers and the carnival of horror

An eagerly-awaited celebration in the Pas-de-Calais: the Le Portel carnival. February 1997, four girls set off to enjoy the fun, but their families began to worry when they didn't return. The extent of the tragedy was revealed by the investigation, the girls had met a pair of particularly savage killers...

Presented by: Marie Drucker.
With the criminologist Alain Bauer