Stéphane Bourgoin was a leading serial killer expert in France. He claimed to be motivated by a gruesome personal tragedy. Then, the truth came out.
In this episode, The Murder Sheet interviews journalist Lauren Collins who exposed Bourgoin's deceptions in a piece for The New Yorker. Her reporting was the basis for the National Geographic's three-part docu-series Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man.
Stream Killer Lies on Hulu.
Read Lauren's article for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/11/the-unravelling-of-an-expert-on-serial-killers
Check out Lauren's newsletter Lettre Recommandée here: https://lettrerecommandee.substack.com/
Support your local bookstore! Buy Lauren's book When in French: Love in a Second Language here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-in-french-love-in-a-second-language-lauren-collins/9697588?ean=9780143110736
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