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CONFESSIONAL: A DARKER TALE

I am to be envied. Sitting under the trees in a garden in a village in the Vendée; the heat of the day has abated a little, and it's almost apéritif time. I have always loved the Vendée:

#audiodrama, #journalJill KornApril 29, 2020#bluebeard, #barbe-bleue, #tiffauges, #joanofarc, #audiodrama

THE BLUE BARB

In the old folk tales of the Vendée and beyond, the character of Bluebeard murdered successive wives in a gruesome chamber of his castle. Tiffauges, once the home of Gilles de Rais, is known widely as Bluebeard's castle, and the remains of a sinister double-walled keep are said to testify to his crimes of child murder.

#audiodrama, #journalJill KornApril 26, 2020#tiffauges, #bluebeard, #barbe-bleue, #gillesderais, #audiodrama