Unraveling the Enigma of Harloween: The Mysterious Disappearance of Pauline Picard and the Girl From Cherbourg. Join me as we delve deep into the twisted web of deception and intrigue surrounding these two young women who vanished without a trace. In 1922, 10-year-old Pauline Picard went missing in France, sparking a massive search effort that ultimately ended in tragedy when her lifeless body was discovered. Years later, a striking resemblance between Pauline and a girl from Cherbourg led to speculation of a possible connection. Could these two cases be linked, or is there more to the story than meets the eye? As we sift through the evidence, we must consider every angle and leave no stone unturned in our quest for the truth. Join me as we piece together the puzzle and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of Harloween.
@NFS-shade
Naya
@fairyencyclopedia
Fascinating story. That poor girl. The changeling connection is quite interesting.
@TheEnchantedDuat
Straight in at 5 min I thought the Sidhe (Changeling) They are ancestral spirits (or reincarnated Gaelic souls) to the ethnic Gaels inc the Bretons… Thy usually clean up or take over someone or something that has been killed by a human or that has been neglected, changelings are not nefarious… Even if they are often tricksters/they cant seem to understand our seriousness at times… For a twist I also suspect the strange man who ended up in the asylum also was a changeling… Who recognized his own but still had not transitioned his mental state from the previous man he was…
@mariabarcelo4737
Best story teller
@Angela-dx6cs
Excellent story
@karencooper3428
I think the girl in cherboug was Pauline, the rest was local nonsense to cover the death of the rich child
@winros
Wendy Wolin a seven year old little girl who was stabbed to death board daylight in Elizabeth New Jersey 1968!!!! Unsolved not one f**** clue!!😢
@irenestrmnss4496
SUPERSTITON IN THE OLD DAYS AND OLD GHOST STORIES HAVE A LOT OF GUILT FOR MURDERS OF GIRLS AND WOMEN. IN MANY COUNTRIES. TERRIBLE, LIKE THE WITCH HUNTING BACK HUNDREDS YEARS AGO
@irenestrmnss4496
I WOULD RECOGNIZE MY CHILD , DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YEARS OF COURSE, BUT IF MANY YEARS THE KID WOULD LOOK LITTLE LIKE YOU AND THE FATHER OR SIBLINGS. WHEN I SAW MY DAUGHTER AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER I RECOGNIZED HER CAUSE SHE LOOKED SO MUCH AS MY MOTHER. 😅 MY 1. SON LOOKED LIKE ME AND MY BROTHER. MY 2. SON LOOKED LIKE HIS FATHER. SO NO ONE COULD CONFUSE ME AFTER F EX 2-3 YEARS IF THEY WERE MINE.
@irenestrmnss4496
SO SMALL CHILDREN CAN EASILY FORGET , ESPECIALLY IF TRAUMATIZED. THE LANGUAGE ISSUE. OF COURSE IF THROUGH TRAUMA AND SCARY EXPERIENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPEAKING/ VOCAL LANGUAGE WILL/ CAN STOP. USUALLY AROUND 2 YEARS OLD CHILDREN CAN SPEAK SOME WORDS AND UNDERSTAND MORE.
BUT IF SOMETHINGS HAPPENS AT THAT AGE THE LANGUAGE DEVELOMENT CAN STOP. AND THE CHILD CAN FORGET THE MOTHER LANGUAGE.
I AM A MOM OF 3 AND PREESCHOOL TEACHER. TRAUMA IN THAT AGE IS TERRIBLE. WHEN SAFE AGAIN IT TAKES ALOT OF PATIENCE AND TIME AND LOVE FOR THE CHILD TO TRUST AND DEVELOPE AGAIN
@thisbeem2714
I have no idea what to think except…. It is a shame that the Pauline they brought home from the convent had to go back. Not like she was a replacement for their daughter, but she was a lost child who had found a home and had to be returned.
@critical-goat363
So my brother and I listened to this together and we had a theory. Her sisters were the last ones to see her. They went together to take care of the horses. She's *2*, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume the horses could have hurt or killed her and her sisters had freaked out, and tried to hide what happened?
But the body in the ditch and the crushed skull not even belonging to her kind of makes it seem less possible. But it was our first thought.
@critical-goat363
Originally thought it could have been disassociative fugue, people will lose entire languages to it. It's a scary and little known thing.
@lynnarnold3663
I'm getting 'Changeling' vibes on this one.
Edit: I obviously posted before finishing the video lol
@Slambam73
Me: "You know, I don't really believe in this kind of stuff, but I'll be damned if this doesn't sound like a…"
Stephanie: "…changeling"
@weepingangle13
I think the first thing about the crazy neighbor killing the kid and then thinking he’s seeing a ghost when this doppleganger shows up and admitting himself to an asylum makes the most sense. HOWEVER part of me really likes the changeling idea. I also really like to think maybe the little girl was abducted by aliens and replaced with an alien or so much time has passed that she forgot her home language and looked different. But my favorite idea is that maybe the little girl went through a wormhole and died (there are stories about wormholes in the middle of nowhere that incinerate or cut off limbs and yada yada) and it was parallel Pauline who ended up in this world and was taken in by her family.
@letsgowalking1186
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@rustyowl7255
Kinda reminds me of the Bobby "heavy" Dunbar story.
@brennrojas8310
Another theory could be that the girl was indeed kidnapped by the neighbor, somehow she managed to scape from him, that’s why he went home to make sure it was her, then he was scared the girl might reveal the truth so that’s why he went and locked himself in that mental facility after strategically placing the body.
It could have been of any other girl and he took the head off just to make everyone question whether it was Pauline or not, after all, he already had her clothing. Having that body, that seemed Pauline's would make people doubt anything the little girl might tell.
They already had a body and the little girl could probably just saying anything because she didn’t want to go back to the orphanage.
Either way, this theory may be a bit to much.
The most plausible are that her own father killed her by accident and try to hide it, but the mother knew about it and decided to take the body out so it could be found. That’ll make sense consideran they even fold her clothing.
Or the neighbor killed her, as he had killed many others before and was in shock to see her alive so decided to reveal the body and go to a mental institution to “pay for his crime” or to avoid committing any other.
@markiejsis4240
Wow the stories nuts I would make a great movie
@hellobirdie0617
You make it seem like a “head bunker” isn’t ok….don’t make me seem abnormal and don’t judge….
@JenAmazed42
I believe crzy neighbor culprit guy may have abducted Pauline and did whatever he did then ditched her a few towns over. Maybe the clothes were Pauline's but the body was another child he has collected and killed at some other time. Maybe it was all just a really big mind fuq. I believe they returned their own child to the nuns.. the only ghastly evidence there actually was, pointing towards Pauline, was the clothing.
@karentucker2161
This is a really interesting and sad story! It's crazy too. Man, I couldn't imagine that happening to my child.
@lenard765
Have to say I'm pissed they didn't let the family keep the little girl
I think the neighbor.. that freak 9ut was real talk imo
@4jsaj
I’ve never heard of “The Changeling” except the movie with Angelina Jolie… and yes the neighbor absolutely did it!
@keaganbrech538
Bridget definitely got what she deserved!
@stellapandopulos8402
It makes sense, possibly, if Pauline was given to the rich family to replace their dead child, the reason why the orphan child was fond of Pauline's dad and why she seemed to recognise everyone, was that she was coached by him in advance, and I believe he sold Pauline to the rich family. Being a strict and violent dad, he would've been practical, daughters are not as practical as sons, on the farm.
@IsraelWillBeFree
There's a movie called the changeling with Angelina jolie. It's based on a true story. It was ridiculous what they tried doing. Holy gaslight Batman!!
@danimohl819
She could have been in shock! Especially if she was Sexually assaulted ?
@brendagraham7999
Hahaha aww us Irish and our ways, I think Michael was gone with the fairies 🧚♀️🤦♀️😂😂😂😂😂
@Camey71073
Wow this is a creepy one. Crazy coincidences or changeling….lol
@rhiannonoshea9203
what's interesting is this mythology is obviously used in my favorite series, fablehaven i had no idea! terms like fairystruck, and concepts like the fairies enjoying milk, is used in the series. check it out!! it's by brandon mull, it's fantasy
@thatmombielife
I really wish you didn’t call her “little girl” she’s a BABY 😭😭😭 this story hurt me so much as I have a 2yr old baby girl.
@WestVirginia1959
She was only 2 so there was no way she could find way she can find her way by herself.
@sassynfree884
Maybe Yves destroyed Pauline's head and face, and seeing her "ghost" drove him over the edge.
@gosiadynska3322
What a crazy story!
@rainestorm2345
This was crazy. Honestly as you were telling the story I thought maybe she'd been taken and given a lobotomy or something super wild 😅 this also reminded me of another case where it was a boy taken and the cops found another boy that looked like him and the kid lied saying he was but he was really just a runaway. Cannot remember the boys name 🙁
Also, I have a huge question on how the sisters didn't notice she was gone? Didn't she go off with her sisters? Obviously she could've just gotten out of their sights, but then wouldn't they have run back incredibly panicked? Just something that stood out for me.
I cant imagine how the parents must have felt. To lose your child then think you got her back only to lose her all over again. I think when the neighbor screamed "god is just" he figured he was in the clear as it was like the family had gotten a "replacement". Which makes me feel like he did feel guilty and awful about killing Pauline. Maybe he hadn't even meant to or planned to originally.
@stephanieguthrie5956
No DNA. No head. The clothes matched but who is to say the neighbor did not kill another child change Pauline I to the dead child's clothes then fold hers. He could have dropped her in another town or working with someone who was traveling out of the area had them drop her off. The trauma of witnessing that would have made be silent.
@megancolasono1108
How could the Farm help with a lamp help to look for her with his limp?
@keeliekalayidol8876
Just curious, were any males ever considered being, "changlings" or was this yet ANOTHER excuse for males to get away with either murdering their woman or having them put into asylums or "legally" beat them?
@drnstjhn
very much chucky
@melodiecason2799
This was a very interesting case. Bafflingly, as well ad the changeling case. Thank you for sharing it. It's so very sad the little girl died alone in an orphanage later.
@grandcatsmama3421
Stephanie, you should look up David Paulides Missing 411 videos. The points he lists of similarities of many missing people are; we looked there thoroughly and they weren't there, yet finding them there days later, missing shoes, clothing taken off during hypothermia, sometimes clothing or shoes found clean and they look untouched, despite possibly being in that location for many years. When they do come back, they barely remember what happened to them, or it's all hazy. Or small children traveling many miles from where the lived and over streams, mountains, uphill despite the known fact that most children would go downhill instead. Following a stream or river for many miles, sometimes even barefoot, but when checked, their feet or shoes are clean, no dirt or mud even though they were supposed to have walked many miles. Only cuts or scrapes on them despite all of the miles they walked. There's even a video of a man who went missing being interviewed. You have to watch that one, he's fortunate to have been found. Also, look up MrBallen too his videos are amazing.
@coteezy86
If your name is Francis Piccard and your suspected in some shady 1920's fraud or hoax…your just plain guilty..haha…I think I'd indite the parents based on stereotypes alone..haha
@coteezy86
Hmmm…I find her immediate family and caregivers not questiong her identity a little problamatic…its funny how this is so enigmatic when the obvious conclusion wether the family is involved or not is this little girl was directly related to their daughter…it seems like theres a high likelyhood they shared not one but two parents they were so similar..cheating spouse does not explain this one…its hard to explain away how you could be pregnant with twins and unaware you've gave birth to two babies and your child has an identical twin out there..its impossible enough with just a mother involved but trying to explain a father being unaware as well is obsurd…these parents are pulling something
@angesheep
It’s possible the father had an affair and that’s why the little girls looked so much alike …. just a thought. Maybe the little girl recognized him because he would visit them some? Maybe she knew a couple words in his language, bc he would practice with her when he visited?! Maybe he had the mistress murdered when his other daughter was kidnapped so he could have his other daughter. Wow, my imagination is crazy as I’m re-reading this!
@_valor
Yeeesh this was a creepy one