The murder of two young Germans
in a van among the olive trees of Giogoli in the suburbs of Florence
appears to be the latest link
in the chain of murders that started in August 1968,
8 YOUNG COUPLES BRUTALLY MURDERED AND MUTILATED
,,,obviously they had sought privacy, and this must be,,,
17 YEARS OF TERROR THAT SHOOK AN ENTIRE GENERATION
If that's true, then an innocent man is definitely in prison, Francesco Vinci,
originally from the province of Cagliari,,,
THIS STORY IS BASED ON ONGOING TRIALS AND INVESTIGATIONS
THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Take off your clothes, Come on,
- Take off your bra, Come on, - Yes,
Take it off, These too,
Yeah,
Please move,
- May I ask a question? - No, let them through,
Not now,
THE MONSTER RESURFACES TWO GERMAN BOYS MURDERED
THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Please have a seat,
Innocent young people keep dying,
Look at them,
Did you hear what she said?
Look at the photos,
Mr, Mele, you're responsible for these deaths, Are you aware of that?
I told you what I know,
You gave us a lot of different versions of the truth,
I'd like to know why,
Excuse me,
Excuse me, Mr, Mele,
Usually, there's only one truth,
Otherwise, it's not truth, Right?
- Yes, - So what's the truth?
Because you've always given us something different,
Even what you told Judge Tricomi about Francesco Vinci wasn't true,
You're misleading us,
The truth is that everyone was on my back,
- I was scared, - Is it true or not?!
The statement about Francesco Vinci wasn't true either,
Then who?
Who are you covering for?
Go,
Get in there,
Excuse me, if I offer you a cigarette, will you smoke it with me?
What are you staring at?
Miss, you're so beautiful with all those pink flowers,
- Come with us, - Let's have a drink at the bar,
Starting tomorrow, Barbara mustn't leave this house,
Unless you're with her,
She must learn to behave herself,
Right, Maria?
Yes, Dad,
I haven't done anything wrong,
You're no longer a Locci,
You're a Mele now,
And if you do something wrong, it's us they'll speak badly of,
It's inappropriate for a woman to go to the local bar,
The local bar is for men,
And, Stefano, you have to take care of it,
I won't stay locked up in this house,
I didn't do it back home, and I won't do it here,
Continue with your meal,
Eat before it gets cold,
Maria!
Maria, open up!
Maria, open the door!
This is your home, Barbara,
We're your family now,
Every family has its rules,
I want to explain ours to you,
I'll tell everyone what you wanted to do to me!
I'll tell the town what you wanted to do to your daughter-in-law!
To your son's wife!
You're going to let us move out now,
Fifty?
,,,we made it this year,
- You made it yourselves? It's good, - Of course,
Taste it, It's good,
Sit down, you two,
I'm selling this house,
Can I ask why, Dad?
It's not a good time to sell,
Yeah,
Because I don't want to spend one more day in the same house as that witch,
Giovanni!
Get back here immediately!
Look at all the stars tonight,
Who is it?
They asked me the usual questions,
What did you say?
I told them I don't remember anything anymore,
Well done,
Come in,
I got a room ready for you,
Welcome back,
It's him!
Vinci! A statement!
Vinci!
Stay back!
Take it easy!
Vinci?
- One question, - Hey, excuse me,
One question,
Stefano Mele really doesn't seem to know anything about all this,
Is he just a slanderer?
Someone out for revenge,
Stefano Mele fooled everyone,
exploiting his reputation for being an imbecile,
He's actually a very cunning man,
After he withdrew his accusations against me,
Stefano said he had incriminated me out of revenge,
It's not true,
People don't seek vengeance after all that time,
Why won't Stefano Mele tell the truth?
He's scared,
He's scared for himself, for his son, I don't know,
Or he's covering for someone he particularly cares about,
Someone who knows Stefano Mele will never betray them,
Did I do well, Dad?
I did everything you told me,
They'll give me a life sentence,
It's what's best for everyone,
Do you understand?
You have to take the blame, Ste,
,,,to mislead the investigation,
What's clear is that the maniac or maniacs have posed a challenge to the police,
the Carabinieri, and the magistrates,
The wife of Francesco Vinci,
whom we spoke to last night, is pleased, Let's hear,,,
Who is it?
It's Giovanni,
I was afraid you'd changed your mind,
I would never do that,
I know, I was joking,
Is this okay?
Yes, You're doing great,
Oh, straight ahead?
You can look now,
We're over there,
At this hour,
there are lots of weirdos around,
Well, yeah,
Who is that guy? Do you know each other?
His name is Enzo Spalletti,
He's an ambulance driver,
Yeah, but you gave him a strange look,
He was the first one arrested for the Monster murders,
Are you kidding?
No, it's true,
He knew details of the murder before they came out in the newspapers,
Really?
How's that possible?
The voyeurs around here are very well organized,
Spalletti is one of them,
He's like an Indian, as we say around here,
He and the guy at the counter
would spy on couples fucking in cars hidden in bushes,
In the '81 murder, he'd already spotted the young couple
and started following them,
After he killed them both,
he cut the girl's pubic area out with a scalpel
and took it with him,
Good God,
Enzo Spalletti had seen the Monster,
He knows who it is,
But he's never said anything,
He's too scared,
Everything okay?
Yes,
My head's spinning, I must have had too much to drink,
I'm going out for some air,
I'm feeling a bit better now, I just had a moment of,,,
That grappa is lethal,
Yes, Maybe,
I don't know, I haven't had a drink in ages,
But tonight, I wanted to make an exception,
Why?
Because it's been a while since I went out at night,
Do you regret it?
Not at all,
I like the way you tell stories,
The Monster is a predator,
Voyeurs are, too, in their own way,
They venture down these roads hunting for young couples,
Where are you going?
I want to show them to you,
No, come on, please,
No, wait,
Look,
- Oh my God, - Look at him, See?
I saw them, yes,
They're everywhere here,
There are more voyeurs than wild boars,
There!
Oh God,
Now we can leave, can't we?
No,
They're not dangerous, you know,
They're more afraid of you than you are of them,
But what if we get stuck in the mud?
Look,
The first couple was murdered right where we are now,
In 1974,
They'd laid the front seat back,
She was lying down just like you,
Completely undressed,
And he was on top of her,
The window was up, and it exploded,
The murderer kept shooting,
Again and again and again,
Giovanni,,,
Did I scare you?
No, I don't know why I screamed,
I feel like a young girl on her first date,
The boy ended up between the girl's legs and stomach,
She had been wounded too,
In the knee,
She was screaming in terror,
Then the Monster pulled out a knife,
And then,,,
At this point, he moved the boy's body off the girl's legs,
And then,,,
No,
Then he pulled her outside,
And he dragged her over here,
What are you doing?
Sit down for a second,
- On the ground? - Yes,
- But it's dirty, - Don't worry,
Take it easy, No, come on,
No! Help!
He stabbed her 96 times,
Then the Monster stood up,
grabbed a piece of vine,
and stuck it in the girl's vagina,
Please, let's go,
I beg you,
Let's go,
Come on,
Let's go,
Careful,
I'm all dirty,
Be careful,
This doesn't seem to be the way home,
That's right, It isn't,
Giovanni, listen, I'm really tired,
It'd be best if you could take me home,
One last stop, then I promise I'll take you home,
No, Really, I said no,
Well, the car is mine,
And I don't recommend getting out while it's moving,
Look, Giovanni, you can bring me here next time,
What do you want to do now?
No, Giovanni, no,
No, please!
Giovanni, no!
I said no!
Oh God, no,
Iolanda!
Hey!
Open up!
Madam, what's going on?
I know who the Monster of Florence is,
Come in,
What more do you want from us?
My brother already paid his debt to society,
It's time you left him alone,
You've been persecuting him since he got out,
You've been persecuting all of us,
Sergeant!
Do you know this woman?
Iolanda Libbra,
Yes,
She filed a detailed complaint against you,
declaring that you are the Monster of Florence,
Lies,
This is what we found in your house,
In the factory where you used to work,
In your car, there were a lot of pornographic magazines
next to a diary that contained traces of blood and human hair,
Maybe I hurt myself,
And maybe I changed clothes in the car,
You're not married, and you don't have children,
And you've often worked nights far from here,
But you come home every weekend,
What's wrong with that?
The Monster only killed on days preceding public holidays
and once during a national strike,
And you don't have an alibi for any of the dates of the murders,
I've never killed anyone,
We found a knife in your car,
We found scalpels
both at your home and at your former workplace,
Notes on lunar phases and a list of license plate numbers,
I use the knife and the scalpels to carve cork,
You don't even have an alibi for the 1968 murder,
The murders of Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco,
I wasn't in Signa,
I was in Mantua,
You know I had to send your brother Giovanni to settle the debts
that whore has been racking up around town with her lovers?
You made us the laughingstock of the whole town,
Tell him, Piero,
How they mock you, too, just because you're married to our sister,
It's true, Stefano,
That's how it is,
When they come to buy bread, they snicker and mock me,
Barbara is already dead,
What?
Got it? End of story,
- We have to kill that bitch, - Oh God,
And you have to help us,
From what we understand,
you resented Barbara Locci
because, in order to buy your brother a house,
your father sold your old house at a loss,
You resented her because she spent your brother's money
on other men while the rest of you struggled,
You resented her because,
by cheating on your brother in front of everyone,
she made everyone in the Mele family look bad,
That's not true,
Do you recognize this?
We found it in your brother's wallet,
You wrote it,
It's from a sheet of paper printed in Mantua,
where you worked,
I don't understand,
It refers to what your nephew stated a year after the murder,
INSTITUTE FOR WAR ORPHANS
Natalino, there's a man who wants to talk to you,
My mom switched places with my uncle
and sat down,
And laid the seat back,
Then they started talking,
They started talking and then,,,
wrestled?
They didn't wrestle,
Then there were gunshots?
Yes,
Who was there when you heard the shots?
My dad
and my uncle Piero from Scandicci,
Uncle Piero, the baker?
Yes,
Your nephew, Natale Mele,
when he was still in the orphanage,
claimed your brother-in-law, Piero Mucciarini,
was at the scene of the Locci-Lo Bianco murder,
"Natale's mention of Uncle Piero,"
Here, you're telling your brother
to divert the investigation away from your family,
specifically regarding what Natalino said about Uncle Piero,
"That you'd make an accusation after serving your sentence,"
Here you're telling him that, now that the investigation has resumed,
your brother should place the blame on Francesco Vinci
in order to direct the new investigation away from your family,
which is exactly what your brother attempted to do, misleading us,
Is it clear now?
Yesterday, August 20 1968, at 11:00 p,m,,
armored Soviet troops crossed the Czechoslovakian border,,,
There she is,
,,,I'm about to say
To make you laugh a little
Is not an invention
But it's the truth
Take it,
Do it,
Give it here,
Let's go,
Hey,
- Did you see what Rotella is doing? - I saw,
I told him I thought the Mele-Mucciarini investigation was being rushed,
You know how he is, He won't listen to reason,
Do you realize what will happen if he's wrong?
It's happened before, If Rotella's wrong, he'll strike again,
Mucciarini, come with us, You're under arrest,
Monster!
Murderer!
Monster!
- Bastard! - Monster!
Piece of shit!
Monster!
Monster! Monster!
Monster!
I'm not a monster!
What is it?
Hey, what the,,,?
Hello?
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