…meanwhile, almost 20 kilometres away, the telephone at the Aigues-Mortes police station rang. The answering officer listened as a panicked male caller warned, “A guy who just left my place is about to kidnap a girl. He’s armed, and I think he’s about to do something horrific.”

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CREDITS

NARRATION:

Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host

EPISODE:

Episode researched and written by Milly Raso

Special thanks to Nicolas Deliez for his assistance

MUSIC:

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn 

OTHER:

Logo design by Paulina Szymanska

RESOURCES

VIDEO:

Trapped by the Internet: The Elodie Morel Case – Real Stories

ARTICLES:

The long and horrible agony of Elodie – La Depeche

Perpetuity for the murderer of a young woman trapped by an internet ad – Le Parisien

30 years in prison for sequestering, torturing and raping a woman trapped on the internet – Faits Divers

30 years on appeal for the murder of a woman trapped by the internet – Le Point

The trial of the murder of a Marseillaise – La Provence

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