![Criminal Records Podcast artwork](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts128/v4/14/d3/6f/14d36f94-0130-14f1-09e6-aeb752c83c9b/mza_8674063470108240447.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Citizen Louis Capet/King Louis XVI
Criminal Records Podcast
English - July 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHistory Education criminals crime history truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Dreyfus Affair
Next Episode: Marie Antoinette
The people of France tried to do just a little bit of revolution, but things got out of hand when their king didn't play along. Louis XVI's accusers needed to convict France's disgraced figurehead to cement the legitimacy of their own government. They just had one little problem: how do you prosecute a man who committed no crimes, because he was the law?