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Victor Ardisson

1872 – 1944

French graverobber/necrophiliac

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About Victor Ardisson

Lived 1872 – 1944 (aged 71). Victor Ardisson was a French gravedigger.

Victor Antoine Ardisson (5 September 1872 – 9 March 1944), nicknamed the "Vampire of Muy" (Vampire du Muy), was a French graverobber and necrophile.

He was born at Le Muy in Provence in southeastern France, and became an undertaker and gravedigger as an adult. He violated many bodies, especially those of young women, and mutilated and decapitated them in some cases. According to his confession, Ardisson regularly spoke to the corpses which he had retrieved, feeling genuine shock and hurt when they would not respond.

Victor Ardisson was arrested in 1901 upon multiple charges of the exhumation and violation of dead bodies.

Ardisson was examined by Dr. Alexis Epaulard, one of the first psychiatrists to associate necrophilia and vampirism. Epaulard diagnosed Ardisson as a "degenerate impulsive sadist and necrophile." Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebing, who also studied the case, called Ardisson a "moron void of any moral sense."

Victor Ardisson was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a psychiatric hospital at Pierrefeu-du-Var.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Victor Ardisson?

French graverobber/necrophiliac (1872-1944)

When was Victor Ardisson born?

Victor Ardisson was born on 5 September 1872 in Le Muy.

When did Victor Ardisson die?

Victor Ardisson died on 9 March 1944 in Montfavet.

What was Victor Ardisson's occupation?

Victor Ardisson was a gravedigger.

What nationality was Victor Ardisson?

Victor Ardisson was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Victor Ardisson

· Wikidata: Q2411970

· DBpedia: Victor Ardisson

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