The True Crime Museum in Hastings displays the skull of Louis Lefevre, a notorious French gang leader, in its 'Death Chamber' exhibit. The museum explores the intersection of crime and science, highlighting the early use of forensic neurology to understand the minds of killers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the definition of evil was being debated. For generations, heinous criminals were thought to have been influenced by the devil. But a new science called forensic neurology was changing that assumption. In labs, brains were cut from the bodies of murderers and anomalies found, such as lesions and tumours, gave useful insight into the true mind of a killer.
When French authorities heard of forensic neurology in 1916, they decided to put one of their own criminals forward – a murderer called Louis Lefevre. ‘Lefevre was the head of a gang in France,’ explains Joel Griggs of the True Crime Museum in Hastings. He tells Metro: ‘He had a huge walrus moustache and, as we can see in his mugshot, was quite fierce looking. He was a pretty unpleasant character. Louis Lefevre headed up a gang of armed robbers who operated in rural areas in 20th century France ‘Lefevre’s gang’s modus operandi was to pitch up in a town in France and hold up a bank, casino or jeweller. They would then make off in a stolen car. The gang would vary in size between six and 12 people depending on the size of the job or the money involved. They weren’t heavily hunted down, but they were seen as a nuisance. This was the First World War period, so authorities were a little distracted by other issues.’ Lefevre and his accomplices would whittle away their takings in taverns, entertaining themselves with ‘ladies of the night’ and indulging in drinking games. But on one night in a village near Tours, near the Loire Valley in France, an evening of merriment transformed into a night of brandy-infused chaos. One gang member told Lefreve complained they were not making enough money with their criminal activities. He then casually informed the Frenchman that his wife was upstairs in bed with another ma
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