Martyred woman 

2024-01-30T04:38:21.312Z

Highlights: On the night of May 1 to 2, 1885, Jeanne Lombardi's four children were found with their throats slit in their bedroom of their Geneva apartment. For Joseph Lombardi, his wife is crazy, she must be interned! One evening, she thinks about putting an end to this nightmare but she cannot leave her four children with this torturer... So, the mother develops a plan: eliminate her children before committing suicide. Did the mother commit these crimes in full possession of her means? Was she really crazy, as her husband claimed? Pierre Bellemare tells this incredible story in this episode of the podcast.

[EUROPE ARCHIVE 1 - The extraordinary stories of Pierre Bellemare] On the night of May 1 to 2, 1885, Jeanne Lombardi's four children were found with their throats slit in their bedroom of their Geneva apartment. Only one is still alive... On the little beds, bouquets of lilacs, carefully arranged. Jeanne is a woman who has very rarely experienced love. When she was a child, her mother died and her father, an alcoholic, took very little care of her. In 1876, she met Joseph Lombardi. It’s love at first sight! For the first time in her life, Jeanne Lombardi is happy. Together, they experience a magical honeymoon, they have common projects and even buy the Lombardi parents' store. But very quickly, conflicts arise and the man becomes violent. Pregnant, Jeanne Lombardi suffers regular beatings from her husband and constant humiliation from her mother-in-law. From this union are born four children, who do not escape the incessant strikes of their father. The more time passes, the more regular the excesses of violence become. Jeanne Lombardi is getting worse and worse, she suffers from excruciating migraines, anxiety, and then falls into deep sorrow. For Joseph Lombardi, his wife is crazy, she must be interned! One evening, she thinks about putting an end to this nightmare but she cannot leave her four children with this torturer... So, the mother develops a plan: eliminate her children before committing suicide. However, Jeanne Lombardi was not dead when she was taken to the hospital. Did the mother commit these crimes in full possession of her means? Was she really crazy, as her husband claimed? Pierre Bellemare tells this incredible story in this episode of the podcast “The extraordinary stories of Pierre Bellemare”, from the Europe 1 archives and produced by Europe 1 Studio.