The murders shocked the quiet provincial city and left investigators chasing one of the most disturbing unsolved serial murder cases in Belgian history. Decades later, questions still linger: Who was the Butcher of Mons, and why did he choose to scatter his victims’ remains along roads with names that translated to words like Hate, Fear, and Anxiety?
Listen now to uncover the story of Belgium’s most haunting cold case.
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Resources
Documentaries
YouTube – Le mystère du dépeceur de Mons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2APBsJv01Q&utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Web
Wikipedia – Dépeceur de Mons (French) (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9peceur_de_Mons?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Wikipedia – Butcher of Mons (English) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_of_Mons?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Articles
L’Avenir – Le dépeceur de Mons: 20 ans après (https://markup.lavenir.net/extra/content/depeceur-de-mons/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Le Monde – Morgan Vanlerberghe, l’enquêteur amateur qui veut confondre le dépeceur de Mons (https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2024/09/26/morgan-vanlerberghe-l-enqueteur-amateur-qui-veut-confondre-le-depeceur-de-mons_6334234_4500055.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
TeleMB – Il est moins cinq… Enquête sur le dépeceur de Mons (https://www.telemb.be/actu/il-est-moins-cinq-le-rapport-denquete-sur-le-depeceur-de-mons-disponible-en-librairie/30325?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
TeleMB – Vers un nouveau souffle dans l’enquête du dépeceur de Mons ? (https://www.telemb.be/actu/vers-un-nouveau-souffle-dans-lenquete-du-depeceur-de-mons/37476?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Fifty-One Mons-Levant – RS893 : L’affaire du dépeceur de Mons (https://fifty-one-mons-levant.be/?p=6265&utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.