The spine-chilling story of Guido and Doretta — It was the morning of November 14, 1975, when the doorbell rang in Maria Ogliano’s home. At the door were the employees of her son Sergio Graneris, who owned an auto repair shop not far from Maria’s house. …

What ever happened to Maria Teresa Dell’Unto? — When Maria Teresa Dell’Unto lost her husband at the age of 37, she became a nurse and found a job at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. She soon befriended Angelo Stazzi, one of her new coworkers. …

Who had a motive for killing him? — It was February 1, 1988, in Aosta, a beautiful town in northwestern Italy a few kilometers from the border with France and Switzerland. At 7:40 a.m., a scream rang out in the stairwell of a suburban apartment building. The shout reached the third floor of the apartment building, where a…

When mental health issues are ignored for too long — In August 1989, the Carretta family decided to go on a long journey. Giuseppe and Marta had two sons, ages 26 and 23. …

Who killed Simonetta Cesaroni? — It was August 7, 1990, and 20-year-old Simonetta Cesaroni was preparing to leave Rome, but first she had one last job to do. Since January she had been working for an association that provided accounting services for several clients, including the office where she was heading that afternoon: the Italian…

The bone-chilling story of Donato Bilancia — In the late 1990s, one of Italy’s bloodiest serial killers was roaming around Genoa. His period of activity was short but at the same time long and complex, marked by changes in motive and modus operandi. …

The insatiable savagery of the Cavallero gang — It happened on September 25, 1967, in a big bank in Largo Zandonai, Milan. At about 5:15 p.m., three masked men burst in with guns drawn and disarmed the security guard. They then intimated to those present not to move. …

Almost a century later there are still doubts about his identity — On Sunday, February 6, 1927, a famous Italian weekly published a blurb with a picture of a man in profile and the headline Who knows him? The man in the photo was a gentleman aged about 45 with a large mustache and a thick gray beard and was afflicted with…

The second chapter of Angelo Izzo’s horrific story — In 1975, at just 20 years old, Angelo Izzo and his friends Gianni Guido and Andrea Ghira raped and beat two teenage girls, eventually killing one, 19-year-old Rosaria Lopez. Thanks to the testimony of survivor Donatella Colasanti, who was only 17, he was tried and sentenced to life in prison…