Editing Henri Désiré Landru (section)

== In fiction ==
*   [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s dark comedy ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947) is the most famous work inspired by Landru. Chaplin adapted an [[Orson Welles]] script, portraying a man who turns to murdering wealthy women to support his family after losing his job.{{sfn|Hanzai Shinri Kenkyūjo Hen|2013|pp=14-15}}<ref>{{Harvnb|Wiruson|Pittoman|1963|p=149}} (Translator Ōba Tadao's note)</ref>
*   [[Claude Chabrol]] directed the French film ''[[Landru (film)|Landru]]'' (1963), scripted by [[Françoise Sagan]]. It presented a blackly comedic version of the case, focusing on the later murders and portraying them as more glamorous.{{sfn|Shōshin Shobō|1997|p=2843}}<ref name="Allcinema"/> Landru's former mistress, Fernande Segret, successfully sued for filmmakers for misrepresentation and won damages. The renewed public attention reportedly contributed to her suicide in 1968; her suicide note allegedly read, "I still love him, but I cannot bear this suffering. I have decided to take my own life."{{sfn|Shōshin Shobō|1997|p=2843}}{{sfn|Rēn|1996|pp=64-65}}
*   [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s story ''[[The Horror in the Museum]]'' (written with Hazel Heald) features a lifelike wax figure of Landru in a private museum of horrors.
*   Landru appears as one of the murderous wax figures brought to life in the 1963 ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[The New Exhibit]]", portrayed by [[Milton Parsons]].<ref name="TwilightZone"/>