The Mystery of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès 

I've seen this episode in forensic files

Xavier was inspired by a case like this (maybe it's this one), his best friend said he was passionnate about it

exactly what I thought of.

That's what I thought too!

The stained glass roof/ ceiling in the List home ballroom was ironically worth a lot of money.

He was planning it years before. His best friend said he was passionate about the story of a guy who killed his entire familly and ran away to have a new start. So he did it too, and did it the exact same way

Charles Zevisionneur do you have the source where his friend said that?

@@idealkoci he copy cat the american familly killer "John list"

'the root of all evil''

Charles Leger I want to know which source confirmed that he told his friend about John Lists case

Psychopaths are like a ticking bomb they can kill people any moment,killing all your family because he was broke is not right ,they could’ve lived a perfect comfortable life in any country.

Empereur1789 of

je parie que vous êtes français, comme moi, et comme beaucoup d'autres obsédés de cette histoire ? pour vous : XDDL, dead or alive ? pour moi : 99% mort suicidé mais bien caché (mais avec toujours une toute petite possibilité qu'il soit planqué dans un couvent intégriste !)

@@tarantellalarouge7632 Comme beaucoup j'ai été attiré par la thèse de la survie, ce serait important de pouvoir le retrouver et qu'il s'explique, mais je pense effectivement qu'il s'est suicidé pour plusieurs raisons, l'une d'elle étant encore qu'il était un père aimant, et que c'est déjà inimaginable de voir ce qu'il a fait, mais encore plus inimaginable de penser qu'un père qui aimait ses enfants les aurait éliminé si froidement sans la moindre volonté suicidaire. C'est là où XDDL fascine c'est qu'il a l'air d'une bête froide et inhumaine dans la commission de ses crimes, et malgré ce qu'il a fait nous n'arrivons pas à croire qu'il ai pu continuer à vivre avec ce qu'il a fait. De manière générale, j'ai cru au départ qu'il avait survécu, mais le livre de Guy Hugné sorti récemment apporte un point très solide à la piste suicidaire, l'idée que les grottes de Lorgne auraient été fouillées par la police, mais pas celles du côté de Draguignan, il faudrait donc fouiller ces dernières. Le journaliste m'a convaincu de la crédibilité de la piste suicidaire par son livre. Et plutôt que d'aller en Ecosse la police devrait recevoir le budget nécessaire pour fouiller ces grottes là. Aucun des livres sur XDDL ne m'a démontré comment en 2011 dans un pays où le biométrie existe déjà quelqu'un pourrait s'enfuir tranquillement à l'étranger. John List s'est enfui au moment où la carte de crédit n'était même pas encore généralisée, XDDL s'est enfui à l'heure des technologies modernes, on ne peut pas prendre un bateau (sauf privé et attention aux gardes cotes) ou l'avion ou le train sans se faire tracer, c'est pratiquement impossible. Il faudrait encore lire le dernier magazine de Society sur XDDL, peut-être que ce dernier apporte de nouvelles pistes accréditant la fuite, mais pour l'heure je crois également au suicide.

@@Empereur1789 J'ai lu les deux magazines Society, c'est intéressant, il y a notamment dans le numéro deux des informations sur ses deux meilleurs amis mais rien de très définitif ! On en apprend plus sur XDDL vivant que mort, beaucoup de coincidences frustrantes pour la Police cependant. Je ne connaissais pas ce livre dont vous parlez, je vais le lire ! merci ! Je pense que XDDL ne voulait vraiment pas que son corps soit retrouvé (il espérait naïvement que sa famille ne le serait pas non plus), par rapport.à sa famille à lui, à son milieu et à son éducation versaillaise, catho et aristo !

I guess that's kinda sorta lol

ikr?? Dead giveaway.

Shhhhh- dont tell ANYBODY- but, I'm a secret soviet martian ALIEN spy from Jupiter! TOP SECRET tho!

He tried to be Archer

First rule of Fight Club.

DBen's Drawin' Vids bingo!

They just caught him an hour ago in Glasgow! He flew from Charles de Gaulle and they caught him by his fingerprints (which were flagged by Interpol), despite the fake passport.

@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Good.

Elena B. it wasn’t him.

Maeva bbt well, g-ddamn.

His friends think he’s in South America.

Airport Atheist a French in South America? It’ll make more sense in the Caribbean or Central America.

Chey Mįlíoņ I watched this on the Netflix show “unsolved mysteries”. His lifelong best friend is the guy who thinks he is in South America. He also spoke Spanish quite well and there are cargo ships that travel to South America from his last known destination. Who knows ? But this guy is insane 110%. If he really cared for his family he could have taken out a huge life insurance policy and killed himself leaving his family with a lot of money. Instead he killed them and started a new life. Coward!!

Airport Atheist Yes you’re right.

Yea but i dont think hes having the time of his life. His probably hidden in a monastery

Me, too! I love these videos so much! I don't want them to ever end, so make your money and get us going in our addiction! :D

I pay extra to not get ads, so it is annoying to sit through sponsorships. But Mike gets though them quick, unlike many other true crimers

Nah. To make money of criminal cases, where people were brutally murdered, while cracking jokes about the topics in every video, is a disgrace. He basically makes money from tragic events. When this boy will be a fully grown man, he will regret his "witty" remarks.

He's one of the fee RU-vidrs I let the ads run on for without skipping

​@pretentious goat Hard work? He never gives credit to the sources, takes pictures, videos and music from everywhere, not showing any respect at all to the people that created these things. I can't respect him, because he lacks respect for others.

Haha Same I love this channel

Deadass same

Welcome to the madhouse. Times tree

Since the day I discovered this channel, it immediately became my favorite

My friend and I have been watching since he made his first video and I love it more with each video he makes.

I love Unsolved Mysteries, but, yeah, you're right.

Never heard of this show, but I may check it out now.

We're just lucky that he shares them with us.

Netflix productions are shite

Omg, I watched that NF episode today and it paled in comparison to this video! I'm boycotting that show because it's done poorly.

yes because this guy fucking sucks. He makes money off making jokes about people being murdered.

@@Chezthecheeseboy yo, snowflake mentality stoppers your brain growth...you're too far behind to even begin to comprehend, anything, anymore...and leaving nasty comments on videos of someone you dont like, is a sign of that...congrats, you're now irrelevant, leave this sacred place and go cry on your pillow ....ayhole!

@@Chezthecheeseboy Hey troll you should leave and don't watch this channel. Mike is always respectful of the victims so your perception here of what he does is very skewed and there's no need for such hate.

@@66hoodwitch This vitriol is typical of cult-like behaviour. Smokearoni is allowed to have his opinions. Don't be so sensitive.

@@jumpinjohnnyruss "Dont be so sensitive" i love how sensitivity bothers people so much now they debate who is being more sensitive, the guy who bitches about jokes, or the guy who bitches about the guy bitching about jokes. Or you crying about something in a comment section that has no point at all, nor will it change the persons morals and theyll start thinking "wow people really ARE entitled to have their opinions, thank you JumpinJohnnyruss, on youtube for your input, im a changed person." Crazy stuff. Such an interesting place.

more bizarre : his sister doesn't believe that the 5 bodies of the family found under the house are really the bodies of their people. she thinks that it is a plot (they put some cadavers from other people there) from DEA and government to accredit the protection program ! you shouldn't forget that the mother and sister of XDDL founded a cult, the church of Philadelphia, and that the mother says that she receives message from Virgin Mary herself ! He comes from a very particular family.

@@tarantellalarouge7632 to escape million debt

My theory is he wanted them to find the bodies, he literally looked at a security camera and used his own credit card as a way to taunt the police because he was 6 steps ahead of them because it took them weeks to finally find the bodies

@@mrcritical6751 Maybe we will understand this story one day if Interpol stops him or if his body is found ? there is no other way.

Take a look at the Chris Watts case in Jim can’t swim channel... he said something like: extreme Narcissists who committed this kind of massacre, think differently. They truly believe that people will believe in them, something in the lines of “How can someone NOT trust me? I will get away with this my plan is perfect”. Crazy shit

😂 lol

😂😂😂

He reportedly had veryy bad back pain.

The sad look in the eyes of his children, the lies about the dogs, letters full of details to many different people; let's say that hole wasn't dug in one day. Maybe his boys were coerced into helping?

I think it's an incest joke

Exactly. That one line makes me think he was somehow involved in the spy world after all.

What if the they cant pay the debt so they were killed by someone and use this story making the husband bury separately so hes the suspect

@@nvm5486 Aha!!!

@@nvm5486 what about the shooting practice and buying lime at four different locations and other preparations?

Well this is France, afterall.

I believe he did most likely kill himself in a place where his body would unlikely to ever be found. He was a huge narcissist and probably loved the idea of his legacy being one of mystery.

@@jonslg240 exactly… he was a suite narcissist. so him planning the killing of your whole family & everything else to the exact, minute detail for, what i’m assuming was, a very long time…, he’s not goin to end his life. if he’s gotten away with it to this extent, his ego is beyond any self-recognition to where he’d end his own “sacred” and “important” life. he’s living a high life right now, where ever he is, because his own narcissistic ways will not allow him to end his self.

...batwingedloony...this comment deserves way more thumbs up!

Oh my hell, I laughed my butt off when I read that comment!!

I make fun of Asian accents and everyone calls me racist 😭

@@whitebloodism Tell 'em to go eat some Shlimp flied lice

batwingedloony comedy gold

So hard to believe this stuff actually happens. A burglar or killer would never even have to kill me because I would indeed die of heart failure before they could even touch me. lol

I agree with you, its unthinkable. Raising kids and when times get a bit rougher just murder them?!

@Nuby29 Start fresh?

Anything and everything is possible when you're a psychopath....Some people's psychopathy is latent and only comes to the fore on activation by certain factors/events...

Well, he never loved any of them. That’s your answer.

I am pretty sure it was more than the financial issues here. He wanted to live in the USA and the family tight him in France and Im pretty sure he blamed them

All that tells me is you wasted 8 hours in the past 48

@@zelejeffrey248 why??

Boostifer yea! Love Mike.../ I think he was a little surprised at how #TheChapter was received!

Thank you for summing up what I feel!

He’s very engaging and comes off genuine and friendly. I love this channel.

oh, i thought u were talking about the french dude in the video...he IS adorable!

As Mike says "put on the kettle!"

I hate to say it but he is somewhat of a folk hero, these days. It's... disgusting.

Thank you for the pronunciation clarification, because I was starting to wonder if I'd missed some obscure pronunciation rule :O

Stellar point!

sad indeed

rhoads' girl I definitely agree! Man’s best friend mourning the loss of the ones they loved more than anything! 🥺😭

💔

It's far sadder that the people are dead over the dogs...

@@SpockLover27 its equivalent to me

Brb. I have to go check under my patio.

Thank you!!

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@Norma Cook- Look how cool your 🌳Months looks, right at exactly 🌳 months!😎👍🏼

My hometown area code is 330 🌳🌳😮

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Arts and Laughs - I concur................

truly sad...poor doggos

Probably slowly dying from poison.

One day, when I was a kid my parents went to their home in the countryside but me, being a teenager didn't like that so I stayed home and obviously called some close friends to play videogames and stuff. A dog has been howling all night long and around 5 am, everyone was asleep except for a friend of mine that was smoking at the window and me that was almost entering deep sleep, but still remember him saying that a dog howling so much means death. Shortly after I fall asleep... We woke up around 11 and some friends already had went to their homes. I dressed and left to buy some bread for breakfast. When I exited the entrance door of my building I saw the first-floor neighbor on the window and I smiled and greeted her, almost promptly she asks me if I've already received the bad news, which I reply "No, what happened?". She told me "The twins' father has died of a heart attack. The twins were other friends we had in the neighborhood and I was shocked and immediately remembered what my friend said the other night. I was petrified in front of such evidence. Now you must understand that I'm not superstitious at all. I can walk in cemeteries at night because I don't believe in ghosts or gods. I can camp in a pitch-black night without fear because I don't believe in monsters or other stuff like that. But this event of my life is pretty much burnt in my brain. How is this possible?

@@HankBukowski11 It's possible because dogs have emotion just like other complex animals. My own dog has howled before at the loss of his buddy when my other dog passed away.

I appreciate the comparison

Same here

Thank you!

Same

i did the same! now im up to date!

its great watching the vids with his lil mustache!! lmao

Briandon Stark hell yes!! People die, meh..But a pupper!? DEATH by fire.

@Kristen JustKristen- I know, right?! 😳

As long as no kitties were harmed in the making of this video.

@@judithlough6 I'll settle for no animals whatsoever harmed in all vids, just people. Lol

Is going to

right !

Sure, but is establishing companies designed for international clandestine financial transactions? 🙄

Where on netflix?

@@sakkaaaa unsolved mysteries volume 1 ep 3

@@cherchehacknostale thanks 😌

My wife would let me have a mistress for 73k with no interest. 🤣

Hon! Hon!

Great idea! Go to his mistress and say, "Give me 75K and he can live with you!"

Ha!! Yeah. My eyebrows went up too. I'm 43 years old and my wife 'gives' me $70 a week pocket money. ...from my salary. And mistresses? Just my fucking hand.

Jesus dude get a divorce why is your wife treating you like shit

Yes, and why am I shocked that a Frenchman murdered his dogs?

Yeah....😂🥺😖

Mistresses in France aren't viewed the same as mistresses in many other places. Most men have mistresses in France. Pretty commonplace. Not really murder motive there.

@@eschelar - disgusting

@@davidabest7195 Explain. Why is it that something one culture does that is considered normal to them is disgusting to you? You do realize that this is just an issue of your own perspective right? It's just the value system that you grew up with. You're not substantiating a meaningful appraisal of a value system, you're just showing yourself to be closed minded.

@Kitten Lyric Numerically, this is sort of required. It would be very difficult mathematically to have a large number of men taking mistresses without a large number of women also participating. And yes, women in France often have boyfriends as well. It does seem to have some level of restraint, but it is also quite socially "acceptable" albeit hidden.

While there are a lot of Frenchmen in Quebec, a smarter move would be to go to a place that doesn't have an extradition treaty with France, like the US.

Or Spain- apparently he could speak English and Spanish as well as French. (Watched this on Unsolved Mysteries)

I was thinking he gotta stay somewhere where French is spoken too...plan!

Gracie Haze many said Latin America

Probably Karla Homolka's neighbour. They live on Rue des Meurtriers.

So cute! Well said!

Yeah gurl! I saw two ads in a row, popped a boner and climaxed all over the screen! I just can’t get enough of ads when it’s for daddy senpai! Ooohhhh! ...think I came again.

@@Ubersnuber Bit much! but I like the intention

Dank Nug And, as we all know; intention is the driving power to all that is pure. - Plato, 1998. But seriously, this yay got an ad- fangasms, in several channels’ comment sections. It’s weird, right? Yes, your favourite channel getting income is good. Check! But like this? It creeps me out.

@@Ubersnuber I basically gave the dude a hearty pat on the back & a "way to go". I'm a 40 year old mother of 2. I somehow came across his channel at less than 8,000 followers. I wasn't writing w/ the intent of VPN ads make me wanna jizz on your face. It was just a parent watching a kid grow & telling him to push fwd. Maybe someday when you're locked up long enough to no longer be a sociopath, you can feel happy for someone else's accomplishments, too.

Probably not in peace..

There is a mystery. The mystery is where he is and why he did it. Watch the Unsolved Mysteries episode about it on Netflix. This case is an unsolved mystery

ChaseYT I did watch it. It’s not really unsolved. I mean they say that but it seems obvious to me. He was in debt and wanted a fresh start. Psychopaths don’t care. He might be living somewhere under a new name. It’s not that mysterious when it has happened before

S There is a mystery. The mystery is the face that no one knows where he is. We all know that it was Xavier that did it but the mystery part of the episode is where he is. When someone finds him he will go to prison but we don’t know if anyone will find him.

There's mystery from start to end. You just sound like a heroic contrarian. The main mystery - WHY WOULD ANYONE KILL A LABRADOR FFFFUCCC?

If enough people believe that, it becomes untrue.

In that case I want to tell you that I'm not a secret agent 🙂

Ikr..it's funny how happy we feel for him when we see him reach certain milestones! He's one I hope makes it very far. Maybe one day he'll get tree million & tirty subscribers😉. Love ya, Mike!

I know right really happy hes getting some love u can tell he works hard to made great video

@@Ubersnuber Why the hyphen between "fan" and "fart". ? Fan-fart? Is that a thing?

Agreed! I’ve been binge watching all of his videos lol. My new favourite RU-vidr for sure!

He a sellout

They were Catholic? It's even more likely infidelity was involved, then.

@@lesliefroelich4144 it was stated he borrowed money from a mistress. so yeah.

@@lesliefroelich4144 Xavier was part of a catholic secte younger, the objectives of that secte have never been reached, so he lost his faith at this moment. We can say that he was catholitic in the form, but he was not catholic anymore inside himself, he lost his faith.

@@lesliefroelich4144 what does being Catholic have to do with infidelity? 🤨

Maxxas Crow erm.....do your own fuckin channel or put a pie in it

Ignore that wormhole above me, Mike. You should absolutely do that.

@@yobeatthat85 What's your fucking problem, dude? It's a good idea.

Sorry I was having a bad day. It really is a good idea. The only thing is there is no DNA or forensics to illustrate and detail in the story.

@@yobeatthat85 dna and forensics have nothing to do with it? unless you mean those two things making cases harder to talk about but there's no reason why a lack of dna or forensics would mean a lack of a case. Mike would still be able to talk about old cases.

I did the same and watched every single one lol. ❤️ Mike's videos 👍

Thanks Joel!

I am french, so please forgive my mistakes. Mr List was smart but in my point of view things were easier in the 70 's.A lot of people think De Ligonnes is dead ( accident? suicide?), he had no money, nowhere to live etc...Of course, journalists have to maintain a mystery over the years on TV and newspapers.This event has been a shock for the whole country.

It's called he went through a midlife crisis especially regarding his money problems, but he took things wayyy tooo far killing off his family. ☹

update - october 12th 2019... the man arrested at the Glasgow airport IS NOT Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès ...the DNA-test is negative. this story is a PR-disaster for the french and scottish police.

A disaster, Indeed

I was thinking the same thing but couldn’t remember Lists name. One sick SOB

His pronunciation of three (tree) is adorable too 😍

Thanks Kay!

Haha thanks, I was chancing my arm there

Hua hua huaaaàaa

@@ThatChapter just a thing dear? you do spell "ligonaysss"..dupont de Ligonnayss!

Basically every word (Name) he mentions is pronounced wrong.

Mike, The phrase "chancing my arm" is most definitely not one that I am use to. I'm going to look it up after the upload. However,( I know this is random) where did you hear that used? I often use "the cut of your jib" , and no one knows what I mean when I say it. Now I find myself stumped at your phrasing. Thanks for your great content, and humor. I love your videos. Regards, Mitchell

I am also on day 4😂😂😂

Knowing how thorough Mike here is, there usually isn't "more" to learn from the documentary haha

Yeah, the documentary on Netflix is so much lacking of everything.

It's the year of current and people still pay for netflix

lol, I just finished reading Wikipedia's page about the case, Netflix's featuring being the last thing I read in the page (other than "see also" suggestions), open up RU-vid again, look at the first comment (I already scrolled down quite a bit previously when I was reading them) and it's this one!

Always can tell an Irishman by the way he says 'any' as 'annie'.

Wish my toilet game was as regular as your upload one, Mike lol keep em coming, quality AND quantity 👍😊

I'd be more than happy to support you on Patreon if you ditch the annoying as f ads.

Congrats on your endorsement.

@@orange2896 maybe just be happy he's getting big enough to get sponsored and don't be a dick about it? His ads are not that bad and you can just skip ahead in the video if it bothers you that much.

Brilliant video as always! Why are you not on mainstream TV????

Thank you!

You speak with a lot of honest dogs bro?

Dennis Howell they’re talking about how the dogs barked for two consecutive nights and then never again. The only emotion in the letter he showed was the dogs so it’s possible he killed the dogs last because a part of him found that hardest. So you can make a time line of about when the family was killed by the dogs barking and then silence.

@@_minkit naw. He's saying he is a dog whisperer and because of this he has knowledge of a dog's mind. He has never whispered or spoken to a dog that has lied, they have all been honest. I honestly wish he was on this case but from what I hear he is on the verge of solving the mystery of "who let the dogs out"

Agreed the dogs while howling the two nights were aware of the dead bodies and were in trauma I think. Xavier struggled killing them hence leaving it two days despite the noise and no doubt difficult emotions, he didn't want to kill the dogs but he had to but it still took him two days despite the situation. Can safely assume the first day of the dogs howling is pretty much around the day the whole family were murdered.

😪😓😪

There’s a podcast too, you should check that out, it spoke about a lot of things that the tv episode didn’t cover, it’s called Casefiles #129 and is on Apple podcasts.

This was the first Episode I watched. What a mad man.

Yessss

Oh yeah!

Yes , I just wanted to know is there any more points they not included !

Oh come on, Christian. Have you never heard of repentance, forgiveness, remission of sins, confessions, absolution, divine mercy, being born-again, deathbed conversion, or a dozen other "Get-Out-of-Hell Free" cards he could play? Besides, hell is mythical.

Terd 💩 lmfao!!!!!! You just made my week. Thanks 😊

Now I get this comment! I read it before I watched.

Lol the 3rd of April ,good one!!

Sundays in April are simply shite

😂😂😅

Dude look normal af

He looks like David Wallace from the office.

Same here. I told my wife after I stared at it for a while that he looks so familiar 🤔

he reminded me of leon the professional for some reason

Jeff Goldblum... a little bit

You're about the turdyfifth person to bring that up today.

Love him too, but he needs to buy some h’s. He’s run low.

@@asicsjohnson turdy-tiff

Was * :(

Stfu with your circumcision you butch

Icy Treats what

WAS a good looking family

That’s a creepy statement.

Haha thanks Heather!

Winter Lee yes

I asked the only other four people in England, and they said they haven't seen him, either.

Incredible teamwork, fellas!! Let’s hit the bar to celebrate 🍻

Haven't seen him in Canada, also about Sally, haven't seen her either 👁👄👁

Pretty sure you missed him when you picked up some groceries last week.

I’ve checked all of Florida and most of North and South Carolina. He’s nowhere around there.