Episode 18: Gisèle Pelicot, Shame Must Change Sides

Murder, Murder on the Wall

Trigger Warning: *This episode covers sexual assault*

Welcome to MMOTW 2025! It’s a new year, but it’s a tale as old as time of horrible people doing horrible things. Stacey and Kelly are kicking off the year covering an unimaginable crime from the South of France - one that has been reported on far and wide. Picture-perfect Provence is home to boulangeries, boutiques, cheese, lavender and more cheese - and a very strong woman whose life was shattered in 2020 at the age of 70 by her husband of 50 years. Madame Pelicot lived through a decade of the most gruesome, unimaginable crimes at the hands of her husband, and over 80 strangers. Somehow, she and her adult children have found the strength to turn their personal tragedy into a beacon for change.

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Time Person Of the Year

NYTimes The Dark Side of France

BBC Gisele Pelicot

The Guardian: A Rapist Can Live in the Family

NYTimes A Timeline of Dominique Pelicot's Rape Trial

CNN How Dominque Pelicot Organized France's Worst Sex Crime Ring

France Info: At the Mazan rape trial, the investigating judge details the "colossal" investigative work carried out in the Pelicot case

CBS News: Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband, dozens of others found guilty in rape and drugging trial in France
Strasbourg Observer: French Privacy Laws
El Pais: Beatrice Zavarro
The Guardian: French Woman’s Life Falls Apart
Le Monde: Who are the 51 Men Convicted in the Historic Pelicot Trial?
Caroline Darian: I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again
NY Times: A Devastated Family