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Episode 305: Joseph LaPage, a French-Canadian rapist and necrophile known as the\xa0French Monster, was\xa0tried and hung in 1878\xa0for the brutal, sexually motivated murder of\xa0Josie A. Langmaid, 17, in Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1875. LaPage was also the sole suspect in the 1874 murder of\xa0Marietta N. Ball, a girl from St. Albans, Vermont. He was arrested for that crime; however, insufficient evidence prevented a trial, but the night before his execution, LaPage confessed to Marietta\u2019s murder. Only weeks after LaPage was hanged, two more murders perpetrated in 1867, that of\xa0Mrs. George Fountie\xa0and her 16-year-old daughter,\xa0Minnie, from\xa0Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, were also tied to LaPage. It is believed that Joseph LaPage, with a long history of violent behaviour, is one of Canada\u2019s earliest misogynistic serial killers, predating even Jack the Ripper.\nSources:\n1878: Joseph LaPage, murderer of Josie Langmaid\nJoseph LaPage | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers\nJosie Langmaid-"The Murdered Maiden Student"\nThe Trial of Joseph LaPage | CURIOSity Digital Collections\nThe East Hill Murder (Marietta Ball, Part 1)\nThe Suncook Town Tragedy (Marietta Ball, Part 2)\nMarietta Ball | Obscure Vermont\nMarietta N Ball (1854-1874)\nJosephine Ann \u201cJosie\u201d Langmaid (1857-1875) - Find...\nJosie Langmaid Monument\nThe Murdered Maiden Student : A Tribute to the Memory of Miss Josie A. Langmaid by Rev. S. C. Keeler on James E. Arsenault & Company\nHow a Clairvoyant Caught Josie Langmaid's Murderer in 1875\nThe New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, March 16, 1878\nGreen-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, March 20, 1878\nSt. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, March 22, 1878\nBurlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, March 22, 1878\nThe New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, April 09, 1878\nEvening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, April 09, 1878\nThe Boston Globe 09 Apr 1878\nMemphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, March 23, 1878\nCold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder\nSuncookTragedy\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices