Everybody's talking about a maniac who attacks young couples
in secluded spots at night,
killing them before performing macabre rituals on the girls' bodies,
8 YOUNG COUPLES BRUTALLY MURDERED AND MUTILATED
,,,and a ,22 caliber gun and a knife were used then too,
17 YEARS OF TERROR THAT SHOOK AN ENTIRE GENERATION
Even the technique of the butchery on the girls' bodies is the same,
THIS STORY IS BASED ON ONGOING TRIALS AND INVESTIGATIONS
THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW IT ALL BEGAN
,,,at Borgo San Lorenzo, Scandicci, and at Calenzano, he is deranged,
He may strike again,
Weren't we supposed to stop?
Later, Come on, We'll go there later,
Come on, Paolo, Come on, Paolo, you know I'm scared,
Look how much traffic there is,
- Stay close to the road though, - Yeah, yeah,
We'll park over there,
Leave, Paolo! Start the car! Go, Paolo!
I need something to open it with, A crowbar,
Wait, I'm on it,
Here,
Hello? Can you hear me?
There's no heartbeat, She's dead,
There's an open wound, Bring me gauze!
Come on! The boy's alive!
I'll handle it, ma'am,
It's him again,
The boy's been taken to the hospital in critical condition,
The EMTs, in order to get him out, forced the door and entered the car,
The crime scene was heavily contaminated,
She was shot last,
These murders are targeting women,
It's violence specifically targeting women,
But this time, he didn't make any excisions,
He didn't have time,
Sir, excuse me! Excuse me, please!
Hello,
I'm ADA Silvia Della Monica, I'm in charge of the investigation,
Why?
I wish I could give you an answer,
- Ma'am! - Ma'am, a statement!
What happened?
The boy didn't make it,
Let's let them think he regained consciousness,
That he said something before he died,
What are you saying?
Ma'am!
Vincenzo, everyone's scared,
Everyone's wondering what we're doing, what we have,
how we're planning to stop this madness, and we have nothing,
We have nothing at all,
Ma'am!
Let's see if we can push him into making a mistake,
Ma'am!
Ma'am! Please!
This couple makes eight victims, Can you tell us anything, ma'am?
The Monster has struck again,
But this time, he made a mistake,
The boy gave us a very detailed description of him,
- Can you give us anything else? - What description did the boy give?
- The same one as Calenzano? - We need more details,
Was there another excision?
Sorry, Adele,
Don't worry, ma'am,
What are you still doing here?
First murder, September 1974,
He shot the boy first, then raged against the girl,
He stabbed her 96 times,
Second murder, June 1981,
After murdering the boy, he excised the girl's pubic area,
October 1981,
Third murder,
Same modus operandi,
He killed the man first, then excised the woman's pubic area,
And those from tonight make eight murders,
I asked Beretta again today for a list of all the people
who bought that weapon, but there are thousands,
It's like a needle in a haystack,
What if something preceded them?
An initial incident,
Seven years passed between this murder and those in '81,
and nobody looked for the real killer
because they wrote it off as a crime of passion,
Let's go back even further,
Let's double-check all the cases that have similarities to ours,
From today, yesterday, 20 years ago, both solved and unsolved,
Let's flip the haystack over,
COUPLE KILLED IN TUSCANY: BOY GAVE INFO ON MANIAC BEFORE DYING
THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
BREAKING AND ENTERING ABANDONMENT OF CONJUGAL BED
MOTORCYCLE THEFT ASSAULT OF A PUBLIC OFFICER
DOUBLE HOMICIDE OF BARBARA LOCCI AND ANTONIO LO BIANCO
THE VICTIMS' AUTOPSY RESULTS,,,
We found a connection,
The weapon that killed all the couples from 1974 to now
had already killed before,
Yes, well before,
In 1968, in Signa, The Locci-Lo Bianco murders,
It was a couple in that case too,
They were also killed in a car,
And it was the same weapon?
Are we sure?
The expert's report states the results are conclusive,
It's a ,22 caliber Beretta, 70 series,
I was in charge of the investigation,
Stefano Mele, a betrayed husband
who confessed to killing his wife and her lover,
At the time, I got the impression he was hiding something,
And in '68, like in all the subsequent murders,
the young woman was the intended victim,
The gun used by Stefano Mele was never found,
And it's the same one that continues killing,
All right, Let's start over from Stefano Mele,
Stefano, there are some people here who want to talk to you,
About your wife's murder,
Tell them I don't want to talk about that anymore,
No one can force me to,
I know, but they say it's important--
Tell them I'm sick,
Very sick,
Maybe some other time,
What are you doing hiding here?
I'm not coming,
She's your wife,
You have to get her back,
She was promised to us,
We gave a third of our sheep and a portion of our land for her,
I'm staying here,
You wretched ass,
- There! There she is! - Hey, there she is, Dad!
Come on,
Go on,
ONE YEAR LATER
Look at all the stars tonight,
Stars today, rain tomorrow,
Oh well,
Anyway, you're a bricklayer, aren't you?
You'll have no problem fixing it,
What's wrong?
They shut down the site,
Oh well, you'll find another one,
That takes time,
We have to rent out a room,
Have a stranger in the house?
A fellow countryman,
What does that mean?
We need the money, Barbara,
Are you Salvatore?
You're late,
Sorry,
Not a problem,
It's all right, this time,
- Is this room in your house? - Yes,
Is it big?
Not really,
It's 3,000 lire a month,
All right, fine,
I'll make do,
I have no specific demands, I just need a roof over my head,
TWO MONTHS LATER
Isn't there any brandy?
Hey!
I asked you a question,
Half a glass for me,
Turn on the radio, I'd like to listen to some music,
I'm going to bed,
I'm on my way,
You stay here,
What do you want?
Get out!
Salvatore, get out!
Stefano!
FOUR MONTHS LATER
I'm pregnant,
In my fourth month,
They're back,
How are you?
Do you feel better today?
I already paid for what I did,
We know,
And believe me, we'd really like to leave you alone,
But it's not possible,
Have a look,
Pasquale Gentilcore and Stefania Pettini,
Aged 18 and 19,
Murdered the night between September 14 and 15, 1974,
Carmela De Nuccio and Giovanni Foggi,
Aged 21 and 30,
Murdered the night between June 6 and 7, 1981,
Susanna Cambi,
Stefano Baldi,
Aged 24 and 26,
Murdered on October 22, 1981,
Antonella Migliorini and Paolo Mainardi,
Aged 19 and 22,
They're the last two victims,
Like your wife and her lover,,,
they were all murdered while making love in a car,
Do you know what else these murders have in common with yours?
The gun,
The ,22 caliber Beretta you used to kill your wife and her lover
is the same gun that killed all these young people,
We're well aware, Mr, Mele, that you can't be the Monster
since you were in prison during 1974 and early 1981,
But you can tell us what happened to that weapon,
What happened to that weapon?
I don't know,
I threw it in a ditch,
I know nothing at all about these murders,
Tell us what happened between you and your wife,
How did you end up committing such an extreme act?
My wife, Barbara,
He works with us,
He was kind enough to give me a ride home, He needs to use the bathroom,
He's Salvatore's brother,
Listen, I have nothing to do with my brother,
We never got along,
Anyway, nice to meet you, Francesco,
And this is our son,
Natalino,
Nice to meet you,
Say hi, Come on,
- Hi, - The bathroom's there,
Let's go, Natalino, It's time to do your homework,
Thank you, Ste, Bye,
Bye,
- I saw you, - Doing what?
You were looking at him,
- I wasn't looking at anyone, - You can't bullshit me, got it?
My wife
liked that much younger guy from the first time I brought him home,
So what happened?
They started having an affair,
What about you?
What did you do?
Nothing,
What could I do?
Did you hate your wife?
I didn't hate her,
Maybe not then,
But later on?
When she started having an affair with Antonio Lo Bianco,
did you hate her then?
Since you shot them both in front of your son,
I didn't hate her,
What was going on, then?
After Francesco, Barbara changed,
She became a different person,
You know I had to send your brother Giovanni to settle the debts
that whore has been racking up around town with her lovers?
We're starving to death,
and she's buying movie tickets, ice cream, and dinners for strangers,
This has to end,
It's not just you who looks ridiculous anymore,
It's all of us,
Because we're your relatives,
Who are these people?
Me, you, Mom,
Uncle Francesco, and Uncle Antonio,
Aren't you going to work today?
I don't feel well,
Is your wife ready?
Daddy, do you want to play with me?
- Bye, I'm going out, - That's fine,
- I didn't ask your permission, - Mom, I'm coming with you,
You're staying home with me,
No, honey, stay at home with your dad, He's sick,
But you're sick, You don't even want to play with me,
We'll listen to the radio, okay?
No, I want to go with Mom,
I said you're staying home,
Daddy, let me go! You're hurting me!
Let him go, If he wants to come, he'll come,
I said he's staying home,
Daddy, let me go,
Let's go,
Then what?
I don't remember anything else,
I want to be left alone,
I already told you what I had to tell you,
Mr, Mele!
You know, sir,,,
in those days, the most terrible thing was having to deal with that child,
In 24 hours, he lost both his mother and his father,
That night, his eyes looked like two black pits,
Yesterday, August 20, 1968, at 11:00 p,m,,
armored Soviet troops crossed the Czechoslovakian border,,,
Hey, you, don't forget to get the dog tags,
All right,
Every dog tag represented a dead soldier,
The three longest days of my life,
I'm so horny tonight,
The child is here,
He fell asleep,
Mommy, what's going on?
Let's sleep a bit, the three of us, all right? We're all tired,
Come on,
There you go,
Invent whatever you like
To make us laugh a little
Go on and invent, tell us, tell us, Pepe
What I'm about to say
,,,truth
Since the day is no longer the day
Since the sun is no longer the sun
Since the dawn became strange
I lost my way
Put the seat back,
Mommy?
Who's there?
What do you want?
Open the door, I'm sleepy,
And my dad is sick in bed,
And later, will you bring me home?
Because my mommy and my uncle are dead in the car,
Signa Carabinieri,
Well?
Can you tell me how you got from the car to Mr, De Felice's house?
On foot,
Yet there's not even a hole in your socks from walking down that ruined road?
How did you find the house in the dark?
I saw a small light after the bridge,
Weren't you afraid walking all that way in the dark?
I sang "La Tramontana" to give myself courage,
How does it go? Let me hear,
Invent whatever you like
To make us laugh a little
Go on and invent
Tell us, tell us why
What I'm about to say
To make you laugh a little
Is not an invention
But it's the truth
That's enough,
It's all right, That's enough,
Where's my son?
He's with us, Don't worry,
Sit down,
What did you do last night?
I stayed at home waiting for my wife and son, who had gone out to see a movie,
Your wife, your son, and your wife's friend,
Doesn't it bother you to see your wife go to the movies with another man?
Let's do the paraffin test on him too,
- Marshal, a complete one? - Of course,
It's the last one,
Marshal, if it isn't him, we'll have to order a lot more kits,
One for each of his wife's friends,
Do it quickly,
Document the evidence and send it to Florence, We're done here,
What's the matter?
Nothing,
Did I do well, Dad?
Natalino won't be able to handle another interrogation,
They'll give me a life sentence,
It's what's best for everyone,
Do you understand?
It's for your son,
And it's for all of us,
Do as Piero says,
Why are you here?
He asked me if I could come with him,
He's my brother-in-law,
Well?
It's best if you tell the truth, Stefano,
It was me,
Are you sure?
You know what I think, Mele?
On the way here, you didn't really know which road to take,
and you gave us a description of events and the victims' positions
that doesn't match either what we found or our experts' analyses,
You found them like this,
I positioned the bodies like I did just now,
Why?
To rearrange them,
I didn't want them to be found as they were,
You don't have means of transportation,
I believe that someone brought you here,
Someone that perhaps also supplied you with the gun,
Who else was with you?
What happened to the gun?
I threw it away,
Natalino, as you can see,
it's impossible to walk on this road without shoes,
This is the road, I came this way on foot,
Natalino, if you don't tell me the truth,
we'll walk this way again tonight in the dark,
But without shoes on like that night,
So who took you to the De Felice house?
Let's go now,
Your son just told us that it was you who took him to the De Felice home,
It was you who told him what he had to say,
that is, that his mother was dead,
and you were at home sick,
Do you have anything to say to that?
Who else was with you?
HALFWAY HOUSE FOR FORMER INMATES
Father,
What is it?
If they find my son, I'll talk,
I haven't seen him in years,
Daddy,
Come sit,
How are you?
Old,
We kept our word, see?
We found your son, allowed you to meet,
Now it's your turn,
Tell us the truth,
Help us shed light on your wife's murder, on the Monster's identity,
We can only stop him with your help,
The night of the murder, I was with Francesco Vinci,
Daddy's here, Daddy's with you,
He pulled the trigger,
He killed Barbara because he was insanely jealous,
They had been together, then she left him for Lo Bianco,
He knew how to get a negative test result,
The paraffin test,
He got his alibi from his wife, who was afraid of him like everyone else,
It was he who then accompanied Natalino to De Felice,
Don't be afraid,
- Let's go, - We're going now,
You only have to do what Daddy tells you,
Don't worry,
Go with Uncle Francesco, Do it for Daddy,
I'm scared, Daddy,
Instead, I'm here suffering
I'm here fighting between good and evil
And along the thread of that wool
I lost my way
When I was told that my son said I was the one who accompanied him,
I realized that someone had threatened him,
I realized that if I denied it, Francesco Vinci would kill him,
That's why I took all the blame,
That's why I stayed silent in prison for 13 years,
The Court of Assizes of Florence,
pursuant to articles 483, 488, and 489 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
declares Stefano Mele guilty of the crime of aggravated murder
to the detriment of Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco,
Considering the mitigating general circumstances,
as well as a reduction due to diminished mental capacity,,,
I need something to open it with, A crowbar,
Wait, I'm on it,
,,,and Argentinians, who are still under English control
in the Falkland Islands,
Another very young couple has been slaughtered by the killer
at Baccaiano di Montespertoli,
These latest increase the number of victims to eight,
But this time, the Monster may have made a mistake,
The ADA in charge of the investigation
stated that one of the victims, who arrived alive at the hospital,
provided important information for identifying the Monster,
This is a turning point in the investigation
into this dangerous killer,
The Monster has struck again,
But this time, he made a mistake,
The boy gave us a very detailed description of him,
What description did the boy give?
When did you get home, Francè?
Was there another excision?
THIS SERIES IS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS,
SOME FACTS AND CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN DRAMATIZED FOR ARTISTIC PURPOSES,
ANY RESEMBLANCE IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL,
Subtitle translation by: Allen Di Benedetto