11 March

Firemen called to a smoking chimney at 21 rue Le Sueur find human remains in the basement.

Marcel Petiot Executed

In occupied Paris a doctor sold a secret route to safety for 25,000 francs a head. In March 1944 smoke from his chimney showed where his clients had gone.

He dies of pneumonia at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.

Victor Lustig Convicted

Did Victor Lustig really sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap in 1925? His counterfeiting and Alcatraz are on record. The tower sale rests on one later book.