The ultimate luxury lie of Jean-Pierre Van Rossem: The frozen grave of ‘Niki’ that was world news in 1989, but today only rings a bell in Knesselare

The death of ‘Niki’ Annys is world news in 1989. She is the second wife of the flamboyant stock market guru Jean-Pierre Van Rossem. ‘Dany’s choice’ returns to the day when the stock market bubble around Van Rossem burst and the cell threatens. In an ultimate attempt to save his skin, he gives the death of the Bruges hairdresser’s daughter as the reason why he cannot pay his creditors. He has a deep-freeze grave built for her in Knesselare. Half the world’s press descends on Meetjesland. Today calm reigns. “Niki wie?” is the sound when we ask for ‘le tombe frigo’. Until we drop the name Jean-Pierre Van Rossem.

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