Random Facts About The Worst Serial Killer In Human History (10 items)

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  (#9) He Took Sexual Gratification From Watching His Victims Slowly Die

  De Rais clearly got off on the pain of his victims. He took great pleasure in watching his victims suffer, so much so that when he wasn't raping them, he frequently took to masturbation in their final moments.

  De Rais would also sit on the stomachs of young victims as he cut their throats, reveling in the blood that trickled down from their throats. He would then remain in a squatting position, pleasuring himself, as he watched the life slowly leave their eyes.
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  (#7) In A Post-Coital Haze, He Had His Servants Dismember His Victims

  So strong was his lust for sex and violence, de Rais was often left incapacitated – falling unconscious – at the completion of his bloody acts. After he had killed and mutilated his victims, he would frequently sodomize the corpse, taking such pleasure in the act that he would faint upon reaching orgasm. At this point, his servants would carry him off to his bed where he would rest while they were left to dismember and dispose of the bodies.
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  (#8) He Was Very Into Necrophilia

  It was not enough for Gilles de Rais to kidnap his young, destitute victims and separate them from any family they had. It was not enough for him to torture and sexually abuse them, either. The act of murdering his terrified, agony-stricken captives also failed to satiate his sadistic desires. It was in the post-mortem, in fact, that de Rais may have gotten the most enjoyment out of the bodies of those he violated.

  While he sodomized and defiled his dead victims, he also take pleasure in watching them be disemboweled. He, allegedly, "took delight at the sight of their inner organs."
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  (#1) He Violently Sodomized All Of His Victims

  A common thread throughout Gilles de Rais's murders was the act of forcefully sodomizing his victims. An eager necrophile, he carried out this heinous act both before and after the death of the children he lured back to his manse. Though he primarily kidnapped and killed young boys, he also snatched the occasional girl, whom he would sodomize just the same, citing a disdain for her "natural vessel" as his reasoning. It's said that de Rais thoroughly enjoyed the act of completely degrading his young victims, and it was a source of great sexual satisfaction for the affluent sadist. 
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  (#10) He Had The Victims' Bodies Burned And Thrown In Cesspools

  So what does one do with the dismembered, disemboweled, sexually violated bodies of many children? If one was Giles de Rais, then disposing of them is somebody else's jobs. After he committed his dark acts – climaxing and becoming unconscious – de Rais would have his servants burn his victims' bodies. Those that he didn't burn ended up in cesspools or with their heads on display in his personal collection. 
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  (#4) He Severed His Victims' Heads While They Were Still Alive

  After kidnapping, pampering, and treating his victims to an exquisite meal and expensive alcohol, de Rais would take a violent turn and put his victims through a living nightmare. After violently raping and torturing his victims with a variety of implements, he would, of course, be compelled to kill them for fear of word getting out about his violent proclivities.

  Though he used various methods of accomplishing the murder of his captives, his most common way of snuffing out life was decapitation. De Rais even had a special sword called a braquemard that he would use to saw off the heads of his victims, who were often still alive when the blade entered their throats. 

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