Serial killer, Eugen Weidmann publicly executed by guillotine, june 17 1939. Unknown to authorities, film of the execution was shot from a private apartment adjacent to the prison. The "hysterical behaviour" by spectators was so scandalous that the French

Serial killer, Eugen Weidmann publicly executed by guillotine, june 17 1939. Unknown to authorities, film of the execution was shot from a private apartment adjacent to the prison. The "hysterical behaviour" by spectators was so scandalous that the French