About this podcast
Between January 1996 and July 1997, five women went missing in and around the city of Mons in Belgium. Their disappearances weren’t linked until gruesome discoveries were made across the city. Fifteen trash bags containing thirty-seven body parts were found at strategic dump sites seemingly designed to taunt authorities and spark fear in the public. These women fell victim to a sadistic serial killer. His identity remains unknown, but his name still sparks fear… The Butcher of Mons. In this new season of Le Monstre, Host Matt Graves and a team of investigators and journalists reinvestigate this terrifying case, unearthing new evidence, new witnesses, and new suspects.
Season 1 of Le Monstre covers The Dutroux Affair. Serial killer Marc Dutroux and his accomplices terrorized the country of Belgium. These unspeakable crimes and the incompetence or unwillingness of law enforcement agencies to stop them brought the entire country of Belgium to the brink of revolution.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 26 episodes
- Face to Face [8] · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 8The investigation leads to the doorstep of a compelling person of interest. Confronted face to face with the mountains of circumstantial evidence, he opens up during a revealing…
- The Butcher [6] · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 6As the sprawling investigation reaches its peak, the killer strikes again. Another young woman is found brutally murdered and dismembered — the first killing since the original…
- The Wrong Man [5] · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 5When a fourth murdered woman is identified, pressure on investigators reaches a breaking point. A victim’s boyfriend, nicknamed “The Gypsy,” is arrested, giving the public a…
- Inside Le Monstre (with Dennis Cooper and Matt Graves) · 35 min · Season 2Host Matt Graves sits down with Dennis Cooper (Culpable) for a wide-open conversation about what it really took to bring this latest season to life. From unpacking the dangers of…
- The River of Hate [4] · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 4Police realize that a previously unsolved murder was carried out by the same perpetrator. A third victim makes it official; a serial killer is on the loose in Mons. He's been…
- Full-Blown Panic [3] · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 3A week after the disappearance of Nathalie Godart, a mounted police officer stumbles upon a gruesome scene in a ditch near the center of Mons. Over the next two days, more…
- Breakthrough [7] · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 7Matt and the team make a breakthrough in case, nearly 30 years after it began. They identify two persons of interest previously unknown to the public. As new evidence comes to…
- Beneath the Surface [2] · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 2Less than 3 months after Jacqueline disappeared, another young woman, Natalie Godart, vanishes from a busy area near the Mons train station. At the time, the two disappearances…
- A Cold Dark Night [1] · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 1December 22, 1996, Jacqueline Leclercq vanishes from her apartment in the city of Mons in Belgium. Despite suspicious circumstances, her disappearance garners little media…
- Le Monstre Trailer [Season 2] · 2 min · Season 2Nearly 30 years ago, five women went missing in and around the city of Mons in Belgium. Their dismembered bodies would later be discovered, discarded in trash bags and…
- The Butcher of Mons [Teaser] · 2 min · Season 2Le Monstre returns with a new investigation. On January 21st 1996, in the North of France, the mutilated torso of a female body was discovered. Five women in total disappeared…
- Inside The Monster Series [bonus] · 1 h 4 minExecutive Producers Matt Frederick and Trevor Young sit down for an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation about the makings of the Monster series. Get the scoop from the…
- Loose Ends [12] · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 12A potentially related case from 1993 brings the Dutroux Affair back into the spotlight, renewing interest in DNA testing. Host Matt Graves searches three countries in an attempt…
- The Aftermath [11] · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 11Much has happened in the aftermath of Belgium's trial of the century. 17 years have passed and questions surrounding the Dutroux Affair still remain. Host Matt Graves speaks with…
- Trial & Tribulations [10] · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 10Belgian shame is on full display for the world to see. The incompetence and accusations of conspiracy play out in court as Dutroux and his accomplices stand trial. Surviving…
- X Files [9] · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 9The recent arrest of a Dutroux accomplice brings into question additional crimes as a new witness and potential victim comes forward. According to the courts and the majority of…
- Incompetence or Conspiracy? [8] · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 8As more details are made public, the level of incompetence by the Gendarmerie becomes incomprehensible, furthering the theory that Dutroux was part of a larger sex trafficking…
- La Marche Blanche [7] · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 7A search is underway for An and Eefje as new evidence points to a possible location. Unsettling details emerge about the handling of the investigation and a possible cover up…
- Silence [6] · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 6Arrested for his role in the kidnapping of Sabine Dardenne and Laëtitia Delhez, Marc Dutroux again cracks and admits to involvement in the kidnappings of Julie & Melissa. Carine…
- The Perfect Psychopath [5] · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 5Marc Dutroux was a child of the 60's. Not the flowery 60's of peace and love, but a much darker existence in the grimy working class region of Charleroi. His violent childhood…
