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The Monster of Florence

Author: Douglas Preston
Publsiher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-06-10
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0446537411
Rating: 4.7/5 (11 downloads)

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In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more. This is the true story of their search for--and identification of--the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate, Preston and Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation. Preston has his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown into Italy's grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. Like one of Preston's thrillers, The Monster of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.

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The Monster of Florence

Author: Magdalen Nabb
Publsiher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161695325X
Rating: 4.3/5 (5 downloads)

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Based on a chilling true crime, The Monster of Florence follows the reopening of a cold case—a serial killer who targeted unmarried couples and terrorized Florence for two decades. Marshal Guarnaccia's job with the carabinieri—the local Florentine police—usually involves restoring stolen handbags to grateful old ladies and lost cameras to bewildered tourists. So when he is assigned to work with the police in trying to track down a vicious serial killer, he feels out of his league. To make matters worse, the Proc he must report to is Simonetti, the same man he knows drove an innocent man to suicide several years earlier in his blind quest for a conviction. The Marshal can't let the stress of the case get to him if he wants to make sure justice is upheld.

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The True Stories of the Monster of Florence

Author: Jacopo Pezzan
Publsiher: LA CASE Books
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2011
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 8890589698
Rating: 4.9/5 (98 downloads)

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"A must read guaranteed to give newbies a clear and complete understanding of the Monster's murders and of the various investigative theories. The book could also be a great reference for “experts” who believe they know everything on the subject, as it uncovers valuable clues and revelations about the murders and the investigations” (Gabriele Basilica, Thriller Magazine). “Those passionate about true crime stories will certainly appreciate the analysis of the murders of the Monster of Florence. Brunoro and Pezzan write about everything, from Vincenzo Spalletti to the Sardinian Lead, from Pietro Pacciani to the picnicking friends, and finally from the esoteric theory to the Narducci story. A wonderful map to find your way through a deep mystery” (Maurizio Di Giangiacomo , Trentino-Alto Adige). This is the most detailed storytelling of the crimes of the one that came to be know as "The Monster of Florence". We are talking about an event that has tested all existing criminology theories on serial killers, to the point where we can state that there are traditional crimes, serial killers, and then there is "The Monster of Florence". The book contains the exclusive interview with director and filmmaker Paolo Cochi, author of the popular documentary “I delitti del Mostro di Firenze” (The murders of the Monster of Florence). Cochi is considered to be one of the most knowledgeable researchers on the case.

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The Monster of Florence

Author: Douglas J. Preston
Publsiher: Grand Central Pub
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780446581196
Rating: 4.6/5 (811 downloads)

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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of Florence is a remarkable and h

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The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Author: Harold Schechter
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2006-07-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1416521747
Rating: 4.1/5 (47 downloads)

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Hundreds of entries on serial murderers and their crimes, offering insight into the phenomenon of serial killing while sharing a wealth of well-publicized and lesser-known details.

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The Monster of Florence

Author: Preston Douglas J Spezi Mario
Publsiher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9780446593564
Rating: 4.6/5 (935 downloads)

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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide--and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi are caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.--From publisher description.

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Summary of Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi's The Monster of Florence

Author: Everest Media,
Publsiher: Everest Media LLC
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2022-06-22T22:59:00Z
Genre: True Crime
ISBN:
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On June 7, 1981, Mario Spezi was assigned to cover the crime desk for La Nazione, a newspaper in Florence, Italy. He was approached by the reporter who usually handled the crime desk, who said that he had a little appointment. Spezi was told to hang around police headquarters in case something happened. #2 Spezi saw the body of the young girl, lying at the foot of a little embankment, among wildflowers. She had been shot, and her blue eyes were open and seemed to be looking up at him with surprise. Everything was unnaturally composed, immobile, with no signs of struggle or confusion. #3 The crime scene was horrifying. The two victims were shot in the back of the car while they were having sex, and their killer left them at the bottom of a hill, exposed and vulnerable, next to a footpath that ran parallel to the road. #4 Inspector Cimmino explained that the killer had cut out the victim’s vagina and took it away with him. He said that it was simply not there anymore.

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Bloody Italy

Author: Patricia Prandini Buckler
Publsiher: McFarland
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-03-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476614695
Rating: 4.4/5 (95 downloads)

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These new essays comprise a critical analysis of present-day crime fiction and nonfiction works set in Italy (all of which are available in English). The writers discussed range from Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin to Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri. Essays also deal with nonfiction by Roberto Saviano and Douglas Preston. An emerging theme is the corruption of Italian police and judiciary officials and the frustration of officers and politicians trying to work ethically within a flawed system. Many of the works discussed show the struggle of the honest characters to find at least a limited justice for the victims.

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The Limbo Chronicles

Author: James L. Whitmer
Publsiher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1491750383
Rating: 4.0/5 (83 downloads)

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Contained herein is an account of man’s struggle between good and evil, and how, on a daily basis, strange and inexplicable events oftentimes blend together resulting in unforeseen outcomes. This compilation of short stories from the confines of Limbo will lead the reader on the path to determine outcomes that seldom seem logical, but, nonetheless, manifest themselves in unique and singular ways. On one’s journey through Limbo there are many twists and turns, and now, dear reader, begin your journey and see if you can predict the final accounting of the dilemmas presented.

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The Chosen One

Author: Simone Roncucci
Publsiher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 1446733211
Rating: 4.3/5 (11 downloads)

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Monsters in the Italian Literary Imagination

Author: Keala Jewell
Publsiher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2001-02-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0814339875
Rating: 4.9/5 (75 downloads)

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A culture defines monsters against what is essentially thought of as human. Creatures such as the harpy, the siren, the witch, and the half-human all threaten to destroy our sense of power and intelligence and usurp our human consciousness. In this way, monster myths actually work to define a culture's definition of what is human. In Monsters in the Italian Literary Imagination, a broad range of scholars examine the monster in Italian culture and its evolution from the medieval period to the twentieth century. Editor Keala Jewell explores how Italian culture juxtaposes the powers of the monster against the human. The essays in this volume engage a wide variety of philological, feminist, and psychoanalytical approaches and examine monstrous figures from the medieval to postmodern periods. They each share a critical interest in how monsters reflect a culture's dominant ideologies.

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Behind the Horror

Author: Lee Mellor
Publsiher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0241478235
Rating: 4.8/5 (35 downloads)

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Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams. Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein? Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism.

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The Dark Heart of Italy

Author: Tobias Jones
Publsiher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0571246052
Rating: 4.6/5 (52 downloads)

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An essential guide to the strange, sometimes sinister culture of contemporary Italy.In 1999 Tobias Jones travelled to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors and famous writers. Instead, he discovered a very different country, besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia, where crime is scarcely ever met with punishment.Now, in this fascinating travelogue, Jones explores not just Italy's familiar delights (art, climate, cuisine), but the livelier and stranger sides of the bel paese: language, football, Catholicism, cinema, television and terrorism. Why, he wonders, do bombs still explode every time politics start getting serious? Why does everyone urge him to go home as soon as possible, saying that Italy is a 'brothel'? And why do people warn him that 'Clean Hands' only disguise 'Dirty Feet'?

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Darkness Descending - The Murder of Meredith Kercher

Author: Paul Russell
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-02-18
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1847398650
Rating: 4.8/5 (5 downloads)

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It was a brutal murder, and the trial of the decade. On 1 November 2007, 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was slaughtered in cold blood in the apartment in Perugia, Italy, that she shared with three other girls. Two bright young people, Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, stood accused of the killing in a trial that lasted through 2009. They were found guilty and sentenced to twenty-six and twenty-five years respectively on 4 December. A second man, Ivory Coast-born Rudy Guede, 22, had already been found guilty of the sexual assault and murder of Meredith in a separate trial in 2008 and sentenced to thirty years, but the prosecution always stated that he didn't act alone. Kercher was a model student whilst American Knox acquired a reputation that fuelled specualtion about her character. Her bizarre behaviour just after Meredith's body was found, her false accusation of an innocent man, her weak alibi and her DNA on the murder weapon - a kitchen knife found to be scubbed with bleach - went against her. TV producer Paul Russell and critically acclaimed crime writer Graham Johnson have teamed up with leading Italian forensics expert General Luciano Garofano to reveal the full truth behind this sensational murder and its trial. They unravel all the details and study all the personalities in this case that has stunned the world. Complex, and some say controversial, DNA evidence is explained in simple language and, bit by bit, a story emerges of brutality and jealousy in a university town where all was not what it seemed. Their findings make for gripping, sensational reading.

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Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume I

Author: Leo Lyon Zagami
Publsiher: CCC Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1888729902
Rating: 4.9/5 (2 downloads)

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Leo Lyon Zagami uses the internal documents of the Illuminati to reveal confidential and top-secret events. His book contends that the presence of numerous Illuminati brotherhoods and secret societies—just as those inside the most prestigious U.S. universities such as Yale or Harvard—have always been guides to the occult. From the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO)'s infiltration of Freemasonry to the real Priory of Sion, this book exposes not only the hidden structure of the New World Order and the occult practices, but also their connections to the intelligence community and the infamous Ur-Lodges.

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The Secret History of Dante

Author: Mark Booth
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476753113
Rating: 4.3/5 (13 downloads)

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Mark Booth, author of the international bestseller The Secret History of the World, uncovers the real-life stories of Dante and The Inferno. Why does Dante describe the Inferno as a real place? What secret society did Dante belong to? What was Dante’s connection with the Knights Templar? What was his secret connection to militant Islamic sects? Here you will find hidden codes, passageways under the streets of Florence, mad monks, mind-bending drugs and terrifying underground rituals. Together they contain all the elements of a great thriller–greed, murder, obsessive love, betrayal–and they reveal a 2,000-year-old conspiracy: to rule the world. Perfect if you want to understand the mysteries that inspired Dan Brown's novel Inferno, or as a standalone initiation to one of the great turning points in occult history.

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Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage

Author: Leonard, Liam James
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2022-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1799896706
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Media has a great influence on the perceptions and opinions of the public throughout varying areas, particularly for crimes, investigations, and trials. People receive information about these key events through some form of media, and the way the facts are represented is crucial to what people will believe. To fully understand the sway media has on public opinion, further study is required. Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage examines famous crime cases and the media coverage that surrounded them including film, television, and wider media coverage of major crimes, such as murders, the investigations that followed, and the subsequent trials. Covering critical topics such as press coverage, television, biases, news, perceptions, and film, this reference work is ideal for criminal justice professionals, forensics specialists, criminal justice advocates, journalists, media professionals, psychologists, sociologists, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.