The Last Woman to face the Guillotine - Germaine Godefroy

[@WellINever]

Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/WELLINEVER - Enter promo code WELLINEVER for 83% off and 3 extra months for free!

[@addie_is_me]

I don't love this thing generally, but I'm looking into it, I hope that benefits you more than a tiny bit.

[@marthayniguez793]

Hahaha 😄

[@RustFox]

You know what, I'm not entirely sure that yelling:"My money!" after your husband has been violently murdered is the best way to showcase your complete and utter innocence...

[@addie_is_me]

Yay, that was weird, A woman with no money or husband hard a very hard time, but it was still a very oddly time utterance. And it was her story, she didn't have to include it.

[@jameshogan6142]

She probably threw that in to suggest that the motive for the supposed attack by the two men was theft, hoping that would deflect suspicion from her.

[@jstringfellow1961]

Well, the courts did find her unintelligent and of questionable morality.

[@ew4932]

She certainly looks way older than 31.

[@johncox2865]

Probably the most believable, in character thing she could have uttered. 🤪

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Fear not Paul, interlopers won't hack your channel without us knowing...no one can impersonate our favorite Scotsman! ❤

[@GunnerRDS]

Mel Gibson did a pretty good job

[@victoriahoward8244]

@@GunnerRDS He’s not a real Scot; he’s an actor.

[@GunnerRDS]

@@victoriahoward8244 Key word - impersonate, ie what actors do.

[@LathropLdST]

AI can

[@Ironclockwork]

It is interesting to note that the mentioned "Monsieur de Paris" in this video was at the time Jules-Henri Desfourneaux. Desfourneaux came from a long line of executioners who rendered their services to the French justice system for centuries. One execution he'd performed in 1939 (Which would end up becoming France's last public execution) was witnessed by 17 year-old Christopher Lee, who would go on to become a very distinguished actor.

[@paulaunger3061]

Love this channel. Simple, well-told accounts with no sensationalism or judgement. Those last few sentences give me a real chill.

[@addie_is_me]

Qh, that is a very good description of the channel. 🌈

[@michaelwhite2823]

I agree with all and the judgment is reserved for me.

[@amykat75]

“Well, I never” heard of this one before. Thanks for the great video as always.

[@OnceUponaCrimes]

I really love finding out about these obscure but fascinating murders, thank you for sharing this story, Paul

[@addie_is_me]

ikr And it must take a lot of research.

[@vampcat260]

Yay! My favorite story teller is right on time! Just getting ready to fall asleep to the dulcet tones of this kind man.

[@carolynhague7199]

Don't fall asleep😲. You'll miss thé end🤭😘

[@terereynolds698]

Even while telling rather chilling stories, his voice is very soothing

[@shereesmazik5030]

@@carolynhague7199 I fall asleep to the second or third listening.

[@tyke666]

You have the perfect story telling voice Paul. Love your videos. :)

[@addie_is_me]

He has a special countenance beyond his being an actor.

[@tyke666]

@@addie_is_me I agree.

[@NienkeJoe]

Thanks for covering this story, Paul. You did an excellent job in keeping up the tension. Even though you know what is going to happen, it is still thrilling. So many curves in this story. And for Germaine ... What a horrible woman. Cheating is already as low as you can go, but cheating and then murder your husband is sinking to hell. I hope Monsieur Leloy didn't suffer too much. He was breathing still, which was awful to hear. Poor man. Just an honest and hardworking man. Why ...

[@addie_is_me]

No, the murder was as low she could go. Lol I'm teasing you, her cheating on her hard-working husband was a terrible betrayal.

[@karenwebb2796]

I wonder if any of the past murderers, who took it upon themselves to kill their spouse's, ever seen a billboard or an advertisement of some sort,, or maybe noticed another couple JUST SPLITTING UP AND ENDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WHILE.......ALIVE, JUST PARTING WAYS WHILE STILL BREATHING. Never to see each other again, but carrying on with life as THEY WANTED TO. Whether that be participating in drugs or being a sexual deviant or whatever you feel like doing. Or.....Am I Missing Something??? Is There A Law I'm Unaware of That States YOU HAVE TO KILL Your Spouse in Order to END YOUR RELATIONSHIP??? OOORR,,,,,Are these past murderers just PLAIN STUPID and Think That They Can and WILL GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Especially when they do it sooo ignorantly.

[@LowejaDogs]

@@karenwebb2796 Nope, your not missing anything. There are evil people in this world and always will be. Lots of reasons to set them off. Money in this case is the root of all evil. And yes, they always think they can get away with it otherwise they probably wouldnt do it.

[@mimsydreams]

​@karenwebb2796 I know divorce wasn't as easy of a thing, in the past. Leaving your spouse was as good as a death sentence for many women who would be shunned by their families and society and left to starve. I have absolutely NO idea why these things still happen in modern society. Just evil and a messed up mind. Sometimes people want to erase their entire past by killing the spouse and the children, as if friends and family wouldn't notice them no longer around or the living spouse running off with a new relationship. Boggles the mind!

[@deannak5948]

@@karenwebb2796 back then it wasn't that hard to get away with murder if you were smart about it

[@kimberlypatton205]

A sad selfish woman. Instead of honoring her marriage and working together she only thought of herself and her base needs. If she had they possibly might have gone forward and prospered. A prime tale of karma that bounces back on an utterly evil personality.

[@Harley_Girl68]

I watch a lot of true crime but I’m always excited to see this one come up! I go to “Well I Never “ first. Thank you Paul

[@pimpozza]

What a fascinating case! 👍 It's clear that Germaine wasn't the brightest spark. How ever did she hope to get away with such a clumsy murder! The idea she was given brief notice at 4am on the very day of her execution kind of unnerves me. Same-day executions happen in Japan to this day. Two inmates who are actually suing the government for compensation, claiming this practice to be "extremely inhumane" and something that greatly affects the mental health of prisoners as they have no chance to contemplate the end of their lives and prepare for it! They live in fear that every day might be their last! They can't even see family (who are only told AFTER the execution). I can understand this is tough.. but these murderers really should have thought about it before committing such cruel, cold-blooded crimes and causing such pain to family members of their victims! 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@pimpozza]

@@Irunwithscissors63 Agreed..👍

[@lynnesummers-noble5029]

Love your presentation of these stories

[@WellINever]

Thank you, Lynne 🙏☺

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

Paul so glad to see another amazing video from well I never you guys always come through like a champ

[@WellINever]

Thank you for watching! It's hard work sometimes but it's always nice to know it's appreciated ☺

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

@@WellINever your welcome I appreciate all the hard work you guys do

[@bronwynj5194]

So well told Paul 😊 the story flowed without unnecessary detail

[@NitaKerns]

Its a very unseasonably hot day in in the northeast US today, but this case gave me CHILLS! 😱 Paul is the best storyteller!!

[@cherylwhite9071]

The way you tell the crimes pulls you in. Your voice intoxicates.

[@pameversole5886]

Thank you for sharing these stories!

[@WellINever]

Thank you for watching them 😁🙏

[@ruthshelton-tp9ie]

​@@WellINever Well... I NEVER..... will stop watching your incredibly interesting channel 😎👍

[@PIERRECLARY]

Though french, i had never heard of this case. Mille fois merci! Your channel is outstanding!

[@loretta_3843]

I've heard it said that when you marry for money, you work for every penny. I guess she got sick of the "work"🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jessicaellina3878]

You are an excellent storyteller! I was completely absorbed. Your narrations always remind me that human nature hasn,t changed much over the years.

[@Natasha6090]

Best channel to watch unknown murder stories absolutely fascinating

[@johncox2865]

This has become one of my favorite channels.

[@everlynevins]

Love this channel. Very interesting history.

[@Charlotte66666]

Good afternoon and thank you for another marvellous story 😊😊

[@WellINever]

Good afternoon, Charlotte! Thank you for your kind words ☺

[@AnnieNelson-m4j]

I've only recently found "Well, I Never " and am very pleased to have found it! Fascinating content . Can't wait to watch another!

[@godsaves1127]

Another great story. ❤ from South Africa

[@everlynevins]

Same, SA here. Just not in SA.

[@WellINever]

Thank you both 😁🙏

[@batarasiagian9635]

Well done, sir. The script, pace of presentation, and presentation style are all excellent.

[@fernandmathurin2720]

Hello Paul sorry I'm a little late but still listening for sweet sunny saint Lucia some friends and myself just having a bbq and some cold drinks on such a hot day hope everyone is safe and doing well thanks again for another great one

[@WellINever]

Hey, Fernand! Sounds like you're having a great time 😁 Thanks for watching!

[@fernandmathurin2720]

​@@WellINever yes definitely it's just loads of fun you should come chill out sometime with us

[@Verdi.and.violet]

Lunch time with Well I Never? Yes please!!!

[@Lizablue0608]

GM from the 🇺🇸! These are my favorites..

[@traceymachen2667]

I have really enjoyed all of these stories keep them coming please

[@AllTheCritters]

You are such a great story-teller. I hang on every word!

[@elvenkind6072]

Great story, as usual . I'm genuinely impressed if this is a one man job !

[@mjrchapin]

This was an interesting case because she was so direct and even blunt about her intentions, and not anxious or scared about her date with Mr Paris!

[@trex3003]

What a captivating story!. It's all in the telling, and you do a fantastic job.

[@donnariahi2975]

I do love your channel, your presentation, and your story choices.

[@juliawilliams8422]

Much like with Albert two years before, the blade fell and death would follow. This, this was perfect.

[@jujumulligan43]

One of my favorites on You tube. I don't spend much time online. Id rather read a good book. But if not this is where I go to find interesting, truthful and good historical stories. I thank you very much for this content.

[@LloydEWatson1983]

Great start to the weekend 👍

[@jome7382]

I always look out for our new narrative, brilliant chanel, luv it 😊

[@mariaferreras4369]

You are a wonderful storyteller. Your voice is amazing!

[@Flamsterette]

Thanks for the Friday morning upload on a case that I had never heard of before. I look forward to this.

[@anderspaulsson]

Great episode

[@scottwilcoxson2439]

Well, I Never! There, I said it, just like you said I would.

[@lonagailcasey9707]

Mr. Paul 😊 it's been a long week for me you just livened me and my weekend up🎉 Thank you Sir 😊

[@pattif192]

Hello. I recently found your channel. Great content and excellent presentation. Thank you for all the work you put in to making these videos. 😊

[@brendanquinn6894]

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you" the guillotine operator was heard to mutter.

[@michelecrutchfield6885]

Nicely done as always ❤

[@lovingmayberry307]

Beautiful orator. 👏

[@addie_is_me]

Literally and figuratively.

[@kimberlybaillargeon2575]

I love the content but your voice is also very soothing haha

[@audibjornsson6107]

I absolutely love your voice! You talk me to sleep every night ❤️ thank you

[@mauricedavis2160]

Another fascinating episode of a horrific event, thank you Sir!!!🙏👌👻❣️

[@jocelienjimenez9821]

Yaayy L❤VE YOUR CHANNEL another sad but interesting Story Thank you Millie With L❤VE From Boston Massachusetts❤

[@liamkatt6434]

Wow! Love your channel! You should do one on Tony Teare. The last person to be sentenced to death i The British Isles and the first to be sentenced to life imprisonment in the Isle of Man ( all other sentences being death commuted to life).

[@sherihepworth8253]

Wow. What a story!

[@angemaidment5640]

“Little energy fooooooooooor…other things” 🤣🤣🤣

[@jediping]

I was so shocked when I learned how long France employed the guillotine. I’d always assumed it was just a French Revolution thing. Not that any method of capital punishment is not nasty, but it always seemed so much worse.

[@leilacamillagaaserud710]

@jediping Yes, it wasn't taken off the books until 1981!

[@davidbeaumont4455]

Chills, my friend! Chills! Sad story. It reads like romantic fiction! I find your tones and reading style to be quite "Dulcet"! Cheers!

[@bunnymad5049]

Wow. That was chilling. Thank you for your work! Much appreciated. xxx

[@garybrockwell2031]

Yes Mate another tale told well, London's LOVIN IT 😍🇬🇧💯🙏😇🆘🗣️💪😳

[@dauntlessasmr7910]

A cigarette and a glass of rum. Her husband received no such consideration.

[@cindysmith6612]

Thank You

[@Delicate_Disaster]

That intro into the sponsor ad was a fantastic transition line.😂😂

[@LeeClark-d4n]

With a wife like that you don't need enemies. A fitting punishment for the crime. Brilliantly told as usual.

[@bobbymarcum772]

In your sponsor ad of surfshark, i like the part where you were sad before you could watch Shawshank Redemption, and then when surfshark made Morgan Freemans dulcet tones available to you, you became happy.

[@Svartalf14]

Actually, the epithet 'Monsieur de Paris' dates back to when each major city had its own executioner, and said executioner was called 'Monsieur de' and the city where he worked. I can't say if it's ironic, but it could be understood as 'lord of Paris'... the de being also the particle of nobility.

[@anathema2325]

I disapprove offcourse. But if I ever whack someone for a man, I imagine that man would look like raymond.

[@gorgeouss79]

Lol

[@thurayya8905]

Another interesting story that might not have grabbed the headlines, but changed the lives of all involved.

[@Marcfj]

Looking into that woman's eyes at 9:01 of the video is frightening.

[@johncox2865]

5:52 £300 K? In those days, that would have been an absolute fortune! How large was this place? Sounds like the Ponderosa.

[@peterpedro7662]

Brilliant brilliant …Thank you

[@lorrainedalgleish7616]

I'm surprised that the lovers didn't just organise the traditional french " hunting accident " for the husband. What about the unsavoury state of the lover boy Raymond !! Definately needs some style tips from Mr Brodie.

[@jontallon73]

Or cut the brakes on that crappy old truck

[@SoWhosGae]

I thought he looked hot af ngl lol

[@lorrainedalgleish7616]

Emily Dickmesome Raymonds can still be spotted in supermarkets in rural France . They lurk there ( when not hunting/torturing wildlife) to stare at the female shoppers. You can often locate them by the smell of unwashed body parts before you see them. But I'll stop there for fear of inflaming you instead of detering you,

[@victoriahoward8244]

83% off VPN? What a random percentage!!😂😂 Love your channel!!❤❤❤

[@jldisme]

Thanks

[@robertl4824]

I didn't know french farmers wore cowboy hats 😉

[@59tante]

A gruesome end for sure.

[@thesmilingtouristguide4931]

Well i never! Shocking story but well told.

[@elliewegman1846]

Doesn't the thought of someone attacking and killing you while you sleep give you the chills? So totally vulnerable while you sleep.. so creepy

[@rougeneon1997]

OH. He said "CURRENT frustrations" not what I initially thought! lol

[@kixigvak]

All over the world small town life is pretty much the same

[@benjackson1077]

We love your beard!

[@joni3503]

Interesting. The movie "Flic story" with Alain Delon (in the role of Inspector Roger Borniche) claims that the last one guillotined in France was the gangster Emile Buisson. That was allegedly on Februari 28, 1956. I don't know if it is true.

[@surrealfarm]

This was the last WOMAN guillotined.

[@EclecticDD]

Google is free, and no that's not true.

[@joni3503]

@@EclecticDD There are different versions of the Buisson story. The movie portrayed just one of them.

[@joni3503]

@@EclecticDD I have found it. The last guillotine execution in France was on September 10, 1977. And the movie I mentioned didn't claim that it was the last execution. It just stated that Emile Buisson was executed on Februari 28, 1956. France has abolished the death penalty in 1981.

[@DawnOldham]

Hacking someone to death? How evil, and selfish to the maximum extent! And then to try and throw the blame on other men you'd had relationships with! Again, wicked and selfish. The death penalty is for these people. It's so helpful for me to go watch some quick videos about people who rescue dogs or work with special needs children after seeing a video such as this one. Keeps a balanced view on things- the good in people far outweighs the bad!

[@HurricaneKatrinax63]

The fact she died on April 21st & I'm watching the on April 21st...

[@Life_Is_Torture0000]

This chick was definitely no criminal mastermind lol. Anyone who's into true crime wouldn't make such rookie mistakes. What surprised me was that World War 2 doesn't seem to have figured into this story much at all, since at least one of her men should have been eligible for military service. After France was liberated there was huge social upheaval in the country.

[@chrissandi9613]

As usual, excellent presentation. Proper pronunciation of our English language is so important, and (if I'm right, you're Scotch?) your innate facility to use consonants properly means this - and all your super videos - are a tremendously fulfilling watch. Only thing to be alert on: (maybe auto-generated) Yank shoddy spelling e.g. "ax" for axe or "meters" for metres. Good work. Love your channel!

[@julieclayton-west624]

Scottish

[@mmmmmmmmaria]

i’ve never been this early! ❤

[@WeAreNotAmused]

Nice VPN add you did that really

[@aprilcanipe2614]

The idea of this method of execution is kinda interesting, imagine going the way of king and queens lol..basically makes you royalty

[@danijuggernaut]

Very interesting stories, great channel. Don't forget, death penalty was legal in France till 1974 with a last exequted criminal that year.

[@leilacamillagaaserud710]

@danijuggernaut The last execution in France was September 10th, 1977 (Hamida Djandoubi), but it was legal until 1981.

[@danijuggernaut]

@@leilacamillagaaserud710 Wow, till 1981...Jeeesus

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

We often see a "Take a new lover, kill the spouse" style murders, but they always baffle me. I mean, cheating's already pretty freaking low, but if you're already cheating with a wealthy man, why not... run away? Must have been much easier back in the day, and yet so many seem to assume murder is the answer.

[@lakeireland]

The answer to that is usually money. If a person were to divorce their spouse, they stood the chance of losing some/all of their possessions. Remember too the time period. Divorce was heavily stigmatized and (depending on religion) a major sin. Personally, I feel if open marriages were more widely accepted/ normalized, a good percentage of crime associated with “cheating” wouldn’t exist. Lucky for divorce lawyers, humans are a possessive species.

[@jerrycottrell302]

I guess that the thought of all that money went to her head !!! Oops, sorry about that !!!😢😮

[@thegreencat9947]

A little bit like Lizzy Borden.

[@kimberlybaldridge5767]

Macabre pillow talk 😂😂😂

[@TNT-km2eg]

Didn't know that ATM stands for accessory to murder

[@flapjackfae]

I'm "spending" too much time watching KZbin, so I'm going to stop watching my other true crime channels. You I'm keeping.

[@addie_is_me]

I did that. I've recently dumped many channels, crime and others. I still kept interrogations though, I'm addicted to that as well as this channel. Lol

[@studiosandi]

Interesting.

[@williesnyder2899]

Don’t lose your head over an older married man. Don’t give (your) head to someone else’s husband. Don’t shave off hairs or years to receive (a) head head from someone other than your husband. It’s not worth your while to flatten your smile to own a business or get ahead. Keep your eyes open and your ears keen. Wash your nose clean and wash your neck. Always look up, so that your aren’t forced to look down and take a cranial tumble. “Till death do us part…”. Get a divorce or a trial. separation instead of risking permanent separation. Don’t use an axe or you might get the blade. “Measure twice./Cut once.” These are, I suppose, my “razors,” sharp words to long live by lest we quickly die.

[@Sharon-v3f5s]

Maybe Germain should have tried helping out in the fields so she too could be exhausted at the end of the day!