Murder Club on the M6: Is there really an auction for items belonging to serial killers?

M6 has just aired, this Tuesday, October 29, the first two episodes of Kill Club, the new cop comedy starring Tiffin Daviot and Eric Cantona.

The story follows Amelia (Tifain Daviot), a daring young police officer recently integrated into the crime department, and Daniel (Eric Cantona), peer-rejected profiler. Despite the odds against them, Amelia and Daniel are still forced to work together to stop a mysterious serial killer, nicknamed Shakespeare, who has been terrorizing the region for ten years.

During an undercover investigation, the duo witness an unusual event: a murder, an illegal auction where items belonging to serial killers are traded. their goal? Get your hands on the murder weapon used by Shakespeare in hopes of discovering his true identity.

Is there really a murder?

Well, the authors of the series did not invent murder and it really exists.

Murderabilia – a contraction of “murder”, which means murder in English, and “memorabilia”, which means souvenir in Latin – is the practice of collecting various objects that directly or indirectly belonged to serial killers or known criminals.

This strange and controversial practice has existed in the United States since the 1990s.From murder weapons to letters written by serial killers, these macabre relics attract collectors willing to shell out thousands of dollars for their morbid obsession.

The reality that inspired the writers of Murder Club, as explained by Atlantique Productions producer and general manager Nathalie Perous on the microphone of Allociné.

“It really exists, it’s crazy. There are fairs that are held in secret, namely on the dark web“And let’s go on,”And the people who get together aren’t just very goth people or misfits. There are also jet-set people who come from all over the world and have some sort of morbid obsession with not knowing how to spend their money. A bit like Yum, the character played by Ariel Dombasle, who is the collector and high priest of these events.“.

The final two episodes of the first season of Murder Club will be broadcast on Tuesday 5 November at 9.10pm on M6.