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House of Terror was without a doubt the best episode


Its imo the most horrific crime from the episodes so far, and i was just sitting there so entranced the entire episode, it was so interesting and dark and twisted.

Its just so eerie to think about how a guy with a beautiful family like he had, and how one day he just decided to kill all of them and bury them under the house and pack up leave and go start a new life somewhere. I just can't even imagine someone throwing such a beautiful family away like trash and dumping them under a porch and leaving to continue living your life.

I Truly hope if that scumbag is alive now that this show is becoming a hit and so many people are watching it he gets caught and pays for what he did.

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Ho yeah without a doubt, it was the big gun of these first 6 episodes, they should have had this one as the last episode because watching the episodes in order made the last three ones generic compared to it. They all are compelling cases (Except the ovni episodes) but the fact that this one is multiple murder, some of the victims were children and the murderer was the father made this case hard to wrap my head around. Also, there is NO WAY he killed himself, absolutely no way.He flew France for sure and he is now somewhere else. The fact that he got away with something so awful and that he could very well do that again send chills in my spines

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Yeah it should've been saved for last, why stick the one with the most heinous crime with so many murdered in the middle and then follow it up with a lame UFO episode and 2 other episodes that as you said felt generic in comparison cause they was just dealing with 1 person murdered, whereas House of Terror dealt with an entire family being murdered.

And yeah theres no way he killed himself, i feel like his body would've turned up by now if he had, that prick is living somewhere right now with a new life not feeling an ounce of regret about murdering his wife and beautiful children who all had bright futures ahead of them. It takes a truly evil human being to do what he did.

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I agree. Even when his friends are saying how loving he was as a father, I believe he was faking it. I read about people like that before who can put on false yet very convincing display of affection. For murdering his kids and wife like that and be caught by witnesses a few days later drinking and smiling in a bar, there is no way he genuinely loved his children. I mean the youngest one was just a little kid, 13!! Crazy, that guy is a devil.

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I agree. They made out like it was a mystery why he killed his family but this guy had Narcissistic Personality Disorder for sure. I have seen similar cases where heinous crimes are committed against loved ones rather than face the shame of their loved ones finding out about their "failure". Reminded me a lot of this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Romand and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blackwell#:~:text=the%20bank%20manager.-,Killings,repeatedly%20with%20a%20carving%20knife.

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While I agree there are similarities, I think there are also differences. Romand was a complete fraud who killed his family because he feared being exposed. In the case of Dupont de Ligonnès it seems his wife was aware of their financial troubles. The guy saw no way out and decided to end his life, but not without taking his family with him.

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Yeah I meant similar in terms of people that kill family members because of NPD rather than have their secret live exposed. The wife was aware of the financial problems but not that Romand had faked his whole career.

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I think that was the difference, though. I think Dupont de Ligonnès was not so much concerned about his secret life being exposed, but simply believed there was no way out of their financial problems. Not sure if he truly had NPD, although the idea that his family could not live without him is certainly egocentric.

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Have you seen the movie?

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You mean the one inspired by Romand? Yes.

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What did you think?

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I can't really remember what I thought of the movie itself. I saw it years ago and it was the first time I heard about the story, so I remember mostly being intrigued.

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The one I am thinking of is L´adversaire (2002). I knew about the story before I saw the movie and remember thinking the movie was very weak but probably because I had expectations going in.

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This case really reminds me of the List family murder of 71'. Both men seemed to have a big ego and were obsessed with status and committed the murders right before reaching the point of losing it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT6ac-LFklA

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I think it's more likely than not that this guy killed himself. He's definitely a scumbug, but it seems that after his father died he saw no way out of their financial troubles. He seemed to be the kind of guy who can't live without his family and believes they can't live without him either. His past remark about the family dying as a group is also telling.

Him visiting places from his past and contacting old friends really seemed like a farewell tour of someone who's expecting to die. And if he wanted to throw off the police, then why drive around for a week?

To say he isn't dead just because his body hasn't been found is rather shortsighted. The remains of Yves Godard, another Frenchman who murdered his family, weren't found until 7 years after his disappearance. One of his sons has never been found. The police just don't know where Xavier could've gone to kill himself, he could've chosen to hide himself like his family.

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