# Émile Fradin · Person > Farmer at Glozel who, aged 17, found the first chamber with his grandfather on 1 March 1924 and co-signed Morlet's fascicles; tried for fraud and… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [People](https://mysteriesdept.com/people)Émile Fradin Person · in 1 mystery # Émile Fradin Farmer at Glozel who, aged 17, found the first chamber with his grandfather on 1 March 1924 and co-signed Morlet's fascicles; tried for fraud and discharged in 1931; ran the family museum until his death. **1906–2010.** [Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)[5 events][2 sources] Émile Fradin is the finder of Glozel (1906-2010), co-author of the Morlet fascicles, defendant in the 1929-1931 fraud case and keeper of the Musée de Glozel. (1906–2010), and appears in the record of Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field as farmer at Glozel who, aged 17, found the first chamber with his grandfather on 1 March 1924 and co-signed Morlet's fascicles; tried for fraud and discharged in 1931; ran the family museum until his death. Five events on the site involve Fradin, from Émile and Claude Fradin break into a clay-lined chamber while ploughing (1 Mar 1924) to The fraud case against Émile Fradin is dismissed (26 Jun 1931). Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) ## In the mysteries **Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field** 5 events [The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel) ## What Émile Fradin did 5 1 Mar 1924[Émile and Claude Fradin break into a clay-lined chamber while ploughing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQRA4HQTS/emile-and-claude-fradin-break-into-a-clay-lined-chamber) at [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) 24 May 1925[Antonin Morlet leases the field and starts excavating with Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQRZJ2Q99/antonin-morlet-leases-the-field-and-starts-excavating-with) at [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) · with [Antonin Morlet](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet) 1926[Morlet and Fradin publish the tablet signs as a Neolithic alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQYTDCK45/morlet-and-fradin-publish-the-tablet-signs-as-a-neolithic) at [Vichy](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKY0NA183/vichy) · with [Antonin Morlet](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet) 25 Feb 1928[Police search the Fradin museum and seize three crates of objects](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDR0KNTMYA/police-search-the-fradin-museum-and-seize-three-crates-of) at [Musée de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXWVC3XD/musee-de-glozel) 26 Jun 1931[The fraud case against Émile Fradin is dismissed](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDR0TGPM0Y/the-fraud-case-against-emile-fradin-is-dismissed) with [René Dussaud](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME1N8V0N/rene-dussaud) ## Worked with 2 [AM **Antonin Morlet** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet)[RD **René Dussaud** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME1N8V0N/rene-dussaud) ## Places 3 [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) find-site PLC [Vichy](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKY0NA183/vichy) city PLC [Musée de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXWVC3XD/musee-de-glozel) museum PLC ## Sources 2 [The News from Glozel: Media, Scandal, and the Making of French Archaeology, ca. 1927](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK7NPVVKH/the-news-from-glozel-media-scandal-and-the-making-of-french) SRC [Glozel artifacts (Wikipedia)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKMG0NXP9/glozel-artifacts-wikipedia) SRC ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Émile Fradin [Person FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5 ``` **ÉF** No free portrait found yet Wikimedia Commons is checked weekly Key **FIG** 0DEDMD1T0QJ5 Record Person Born 1906-08-08 Died 2010-02-10 Occupation finder, excavator, museum keeper Identity The finder of Glozel (1906-2010), co-author of the Morlet fascicles, defendant in the 1929-1931 fraud case and keeper of the Musée de Glozel. Version 2 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) **How this page is made.** The dates, occupation and identity line come from Wikidata (CC0); the portrait is a free file from Wikimedia Commons. Everything else is the site's own record of what this person did in the mysteries. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5)