Gilles de Rais was executed in Nantes today in 1440. Nobleman, Satanist, child molester and passing acquaintance of Joan of Arc, he was charged by the Catholic Church with Satanism and Heresy. Recently, a Catholic Court of Enquiry dismissed the charges against him. So, that just leaves the 140 or so children he is alleged to have murdered ...
In other news ...
The Beatles got their MBEs today in 1965 much to the disgust of other MBE holders who sent theirs back. The inhabitants of a wild life park in Chipping Sodbury also returned their Ancient Order of Buffalo medals.
