About this episode

A man discovers something disturbing while investigating a column of smoke in the woods of coastal France.

One early morning in April 2012, a man hurried through some woods in coastal France. He lived nearby, and had seen a column of smoke coming from this area. So now he was there to make sure it wasn’t a brush fire or something. And when he finally found the source of the smoke, he relaxed. It was just the smoldering remains of a bonfire. But as he approached, he smelled something that wasn't just burnt wood. And when the man finally saw what was in the fire, he felt sick.

People in this episode

Host: MrBallen

Topics covered

• mystery
• crime
• fire
• investigation
• discovery

Keywords

• bouncer
• bonfire
• smoke
• mystery
• crime scene

Mentioned in this episode

Places: coastal France

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