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Sword and Scale
It was discussed as a French folktale about a violent nobleman who murdered his wives, and the attempts of one wife to escape this fate, it was first published in 1659.
Now you may have heard of the term Black Widow, which refers to women who kill their husbands, but a lot of people don't realize that there is a male counterpart to that. And that's the term Bluebeard...
— Episode: Episode 29
Episode: Episode 29
It was discussed as a French folktale about a violent nobleman who murdered his wives, and the attempts of one wife to escape this fate, it was first published in 1659.
Now you may have heard of the term Black Widow, which refers to women who kill their husbands, but a lot of people don't realize that there is a male counterpart to that. And that's the term Bluebeard. It comes from a French folktale written by Charles Peralta. It tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.