Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Monster of Florence--#62 finished

After the title, it includes a short line "A True Story", it is probably a good thing it is there because there is some really unbelievable stuff regarding this investigation. The Monster of Florence is about a serial killer in Florence Italy starting in 1968 and into the 1980s, 16 people were killed always in twos. All were couples, but one was 2 homosexual men that they think the killer thought one was female. The females had their vaginas cut out and some also had breasts removed. Really sick stuff, but nearly as sick as the killer is how the police and prosecutors have screwed up this case. The Italian police in the 1970s & 1980s really wasn't equipped to handle a serious investigation and never really got close to figuring this one out. They jumped to conclusions and later pushed out suspects whenever possible with them, the prosecutors, riding the convictions to promotions. Well, later into the 1990s and 2000s, the leaders got pulled off into checking into and believing satanic worship and cults and leading citizens were all involved, even a journalist that helped write this book. It is really crazy stuff. If you have ever wondered about how screwed up our judicial system is, this book will have you thanking God for it over anything the Italians have. By the way this crime is still not solved according to the book when it was published in 2008.

I have posted it on PBS, there were 20 WL for it but that number was dropping steadily. Hopefully, I will get it mailed off later this week.

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