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The lives of the Carusi, the slave miners of Sicily

Child Slavery at the Floristella Grottacalda mines in Sicily. The Caruso was a kid aged 8 to 14 years, assigned to carry on shoulder excavated … Read more

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The Horrific Tale of the Beasts of Satan: A Cult Responsible for Multiple Murders

The Beasts of Satan: The Chilling Story of Murder and Mayhem in Italy In a small town near Varese, Golasecca, the discovery of a disfigured … Read more

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Illegal Horse Street Racings videos in Italy

Roads near Mount Etna have been shut down in order to establish private racetracks for high-speed horse racing events. This development has led to a … Read more

Leonarda Cianciulli in March 1946 during an interview with Filippo Saporito (1870-1955) in the criminal asylum of Aversa

Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soapmaker of Correggio

The woman who turned the bodies of her victims into soap and teacakes Born in Montella di Avellino in 1893 and marked by an unhappy … Read more

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Ugolino, the Cannibal Count

The Sad Story of Count Ugolino ‘Father our pain’, they said, ‘Will lessen if you eat us you are the one Who clothed us with … Read more

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9 videos of the songs of the Camorra, italian mafia

In popular imagination, the Mafia is often portrayed in a specific cinematic light, such as the iconic films directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Yet, there’s … Read more