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The Monster of Florence (Italian: Il Mostro di Firenze) is the name commonly used by the Italian media for a non-definitively identified serial killer active within the Metropolitan City of Florence between 1968 and 1985.
Mar 30, 2022 · The “Monster of Florence” began killing on Aug. 21, 1968, when he gunned down 29-year-old Antonio Lo Bianco and his 32-year-old sister-in-law, Barbara Locci, with a .22 handgun in the town of Signa.
Monster of Florence, Italian serial killer or killers who murdered at least 16 people in the hills outside Florence between 1968 and 1985. The case inspired Thomas Harris’s novel Hannibal (1999).
May 31, 2022 · Il Mostro, the Monster of Florence, was a serial killer who savagely attacked young couples. Did the police arrest the right man, or is he still out there?
Jul 1, 2006 · It all began one summer morning many years ago in the Florentine hills. The date was June 7, 1981, a Sunday. Mario Spezi, then thirty-five, was covering the crime desk at La Nazione, Florence’s...
The Monster of Florence: A True Story is a 2008 true crime book by American thriller writer Douglas Preston and Italian journalist Mario Spezi. It relates to a series of murders that occurred between 1968 and 1985 and involved couples who were killed while having sex in their cars in deserted lanes around the city of Florence in the Italian ...
Jun 23, 2020 · Grisly murders of Italian lovers; mutilated body parts and mysterious letters -- this is the story of the Monster of Florence.
Mar 25, 2022 · Families of victims of a serial killer who terrorized Florence in the 1970s and 80s are demanding a new probe into one of Italy's darkest unsolved mysteries, a lawyer said on Friday.
Jun 2, 2006 · By Justine Isola. July/August 2006 Issue. Between 1974 and 1985, seven couples were murdered in parked cars in the hills surrounding Florence. The police unearthed evidence dating back to a...
In the '70s and '80s, a serial killer murdered eight young couples around Florence. This documentary delves into decades of police investigations. Watch trailers & learn more.
