Gilles de Rais

For the video game character named after Rais, see Gilles de Rais (Castlevania). Gilles de Rais (also spelled Retz) (September 10, 1404 –  October 26, 1440) was a French noble, soldier, and one time brother-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He was later accused and ultimately convicted of torturing, raping and murdering dozens, if not hundreds, of young children, mainly boys. Along with Erzsébet Báthory, another sadistic aristocrat acting more than a century later, he is considered by some historians to be a precursor of the modern serial killer.
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