,,,the district attorneys, Silvia Della Monica IPS,
trying to identify a criminal,,,
,,,nine shots fired in the night by a sick man who came out of the bushes,,,
8 YOUNG COUPLES BRUTALLY MURDERED AND MUTILATED
,,,woke up from a nightmare of the maniac who stalks and kills young couples,,,
17 YEARS OF TERROR THAT SHOOK AN ENTIRE GENERATION
THIS STORY IS BASED ON ONGOING TRIALS AND INVESTIGATIONS
THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW IT ALL BEGAN
,,,were killed in the province of Florence, in the Mugello area near Vicchio,
We had to arrest them,
Considering the evidence we had against them,
From now on, we need to be more careful,
Every wrong move costs the lives of innocent people,
Yeah, but we can't stand still out of fear of making mistakes,
In this string of murders,
there is an eyewitness,
The only one who definitely saw the killer's face,
Natalino Mele?
In 1969,
while you were still in the orphanage,
you said that Piero Mucciarini was here with your father,
I don't remember anymore,
That same year,
in another round of questioning,
you said that Francesco Vinci was here too,
I was little, I don't remember what I said,
I had so many nightmares back then,
You do know that many young people like you keep dying?
Francesco Vinci,
My dad told me to say he was there that night,
Your dad?
Yeah, he told me after the murder and when I saw him again later,
At that time, everyone was telling me what to say,
Then my aunt told me to stop saying anything, I,,,
What's the matter?
Those reeds,
What about them?
They were moving that way that night too,
Hey,
Did you see someone behind those reeds?
NOW IT'S PURE TERROR
THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Vinci, open up! Carabinieri!
Let us in, Vinci,
We need to do a search,
Calmly,
What's the rush?
Damn you all,
This is from 1976,
Why have you kept it all these years?
I didn't know that wasn't allowed,
Look here,
The dark red traces are human blood,
The gray ones, gunpowder residue,
It's as though someone cleaned a gun with this rag,
which we found hidden in your closet inside a straw bag,
The bag might belong to my former roommate,
She bought it along with a straw hat, She used it when going to the beach,
How do you explain the traces of blood and gunpowder?
There have never been weapons in my home,
What can you tell us about this?
I use it for work,
If I have to unlock a door at night, I need light,
but I also have to keep my hands free,
There's a similar theory about the Monster's murders,
The excisions would need him to have free hands and a light,
,,,however, on economic issues, security,,,
,,,and on strengthening peace,
The prime minister announced a serious commitment to curb inflation,
which has now reached very high levels,
"Decisive measures will be taken," he said,
"We'll have less, but with greater hope for the future,"
Francesco Vinci, 43, a Sardinian bricklayer
accused of the murder of Barbara Locci and her lover,
Antonio Lo Bianco, in August 1968,
and suspected of other double homicides attributed to the Monster of Florence,
has been released,
Vinci was arrested in August 1982,
There are rumors that you killed Locci and Lo Bianco, then got rid of the gun,
What do you say to this?
I spent two years in prison for nothing, and no one ever apologized,
These rumors are only lies,
Then tell me, who is the Monster of Florence?
He's a very shrewd man,
Someone very adept at moving in the countryside at night,
Someone highly skilled with a knife,
Someone who once went through a profound disappointment,
Who is this person? Tell me his name,
You've become a man, huh?
I missed it here,
I missed the music,
Me too,
We can start over,
Yes,
Get out of here, you damn faggots!
Who is that?
Dogs! Run!
I need to talk to you,
I'm right here, Dad,
Only women talk in the kitchen,
You served as a soldier,
Now you're a man,
You have to get married,
There are rumors going around, People gossip,
A man needs a woman,
Doesn't that friend of yours have a sister?
- Huh? - Yes, Dad, but she's engaged,
If a male wants a female, he takes her,
Oh, it's you, You scared me,
Did your brother talk to you?
Sasà told me everything,
But I explained to him that I can't do it,
- Is it because of Antonio Pili? - Yes,
I want to marry him,
But he's just a kid,
I'm a man,
Salvatore,
- And you have to marry a man, - I said no,
No!
Let me go! Go away!
What must people think of a married man who's always out and comes home late?
It's like you're not even my brother, Aren't you going to say anything?
You planned this together,
You think I don't know?
I know about you guys,
You make me sick,
ONE YEAR LATER
Are you Salvatore?
You're late,
Is this room in your house?
This would be it,
Do you like it?
We'll be quiet,
My little Antonio,
Mommy's here, my love,
Put him back in the crib,
No,
Come to Daddy, come,
Come to Daddy,
You were seen with your ex-boyfriend,
Are you trying to ruin me?
You want the whole town to laugh at me?
You're scared, huh?
You're afraid they'll find out who you really are,
what you do,
What will your father say to you?
What will the others say? I'll tell them everything,
You have no choice, You belong to me!
No, It's over,
I'm leaving,
And if you stop me, I won't be the one people talk about,
It'll be you and my brother, I swear on my son's life!
What happened?
Barbarina has people at the house and won't let me in,
The baby is crying,
Hey, sorry about yesterday,
I don't want to take advantage of your hospitality in any way,
I was raised to believe that hospitality is sacred,
Isn't there any brandy?
Hey,
I asked you a question,
Half a glass for me,
What about your husband?
Aren't you going to serve him?
Here, drink,
You stay here,
What do you want?
Get out!
Salvatore, get out!
Stefano!
If you talk to anyone,
if you say anything,
if I even suspect that you did,,,
You're making him suffer,
But you have no idea how much I can make you suffer,
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
The gun that killed these young people is always the same,
The one that killed Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco,
In '68, you had an affair with Barbara Locci,
That's not true,
You didn't have an intimate relationship with Barbara Locci?
Yes, but it ended in '62 when I married Rosina Massa,
I didn't hear anything more about Barbara until she was killed,
We have no record of that, Stefano Mele stated you'd met again,
Maybe I saw Stefano,
Where were you the night of the murder?
At home with my wife, Rosina Massa,
You can ask her,
We did, of course,
And she confirmed,
Then why are you still asking me all these questions?
Because I know you're lying,
And the women you're with provide an alibi because they have no other choice,
They're afraid of you,
Stefano,
What about the wine?
I'm pregnant,
In my fourth month,
Did you know?
I swear I had no idea,
Where are you going?
Away,
Why?
Didn't you hear her? She's pregnant, I can't stay here anymore,
We'll be discreet,
Please don't leave,
I'll be back, Barbara,
I'll be back when I feel like it,
Don't ever forget, you're mine,
COURTHOUSE
You know why you're here, correct?
I guess it's because of Salvatore Vinci,
Exactly,
Tell us about him,
I met Salvatore when I was 18,
In Sardinia,
I saw him again when I started working in Tuscany in 1960,
My parents knew him,
They didn't want me seeing him because he was a widower
and there was something suspicious about his wife's death,
What was suspicious about it?
There were rumors she hadn't really taken her own life,
That Salvatore killed her because she was unfaithful to him,
But I didn't listen to them,
When I got pregnant,
they had nothing more to say,
- Hi, - Hi,
Go get changed, We're going for a walk in the Cascine,
Get moving,
I don't feel like arguing,
Here's Rosina, my wife,
Here we are,
Thank you so much, How much do I owe you?
Make it 2,500, ma'am,
Perfect,
Rosina?
Regional train 1797 from Florence Santa Maria Novella
to Rimini at 21:21 is arriving at platform two,
Attention, please keep away from the yellow line,
The first time I left Salvatore was in 1974,
I went back to Sardinia, to my parents' house,
But I wasn't happy at home, so I went back to him,
And because I had children to feed,
But in July 1980, I left him again,
This time for good,
I've been living in Trieste ever since,
Every time you left him,
the Monster struck,
Rosina?
No!
Help!
Please! No!
Mrs, Massa,
there are some things about 1968 we need clarified,
1968?
In August of that year, Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco
were killed in Signa,
You were living with Salvatore Vinci then, right?
Yes,
He had an alibi for that night that you verified,
We'd like to know if that alibi was in fact true
or not,
They were killed with the same weapon
that killed Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco,
The person who used that gun then,,,
could be the same one who still uses it to this day,
And who will use it tomorrow if we don't stop him,
Ma'am, I understand that it can be terribly painful
to think back on those days,
but I'm compelled to ask you once more
if on the night of the Locci-Lo Bianco murder
your husband was at home with you or not,
You escaped,
Barbarina Steri and Barbara Locci didn't,
Salvatore wasn't home with me that night,
He came back the next day,
He would do that frequently,
At that time, he'd also started seeing Barbara Locci again,
I'll pick you up tomorrow to go for a walk in the Cascine,
Francesco's here tomorrow,
As soon as I tell him what you did to me, he'll gut you like a pig,
I've told you once,
and I'll tell you again,
You're mine,
Yesterday, August 20 1968, at 11:00 p,m,,
armored Soviet troops crossed the Czechoslovakian border,,,
Kill her,
You have to, She's cheating on you,
Like I did with my whore of a first wife,
I had to kill her,
Oh God!
Come on, let's go,
Come with Uncle Salvatore,
Your ex-wife had lied about your alibi,
She just recanted,
In her new deposition,
she declared that you had actually
started dating Barbara Locci again in 1968,
I had seen her again,
As we understand it, you had resumed an intimate relationship with her,
I told your colleague as well,
It was a relationship, but not a sexual relationship,
The night of the murder,
the only survivor was little Natalino Mele,
He rang the doorbell of a certain Mr, De Felice,
The house next door was that of your shepherd, Silvano Vargiu,
We think that night,
Natalino Mele knocked on De Felice's door by mistake
because it was the only house with lights on,
But the one who led him over the bridge had directed him to Vargiu's house,
Vargiu was my shepherd when I was in Sardinia,
but I lost track of him,
Oh, you lost track of him?
Yes,
But in 1968, Vargiu was among the three witnesses
who corroborated your alibi for the Locci-Lo Bianco murder,
And it's the last alibi you have left,
If you have any more questions, I want my lawyer,
You don't need a lawyer,
You're here only as a witness to the events that took place,
Anyway, we have no further questions,
For the moment,
- This is mail that came in your absence, - Thank you,
DR, DELLA MONICA SILVIA
Send this to forensics,
- Silvia, - What's going on?
Why are there Carabinieri outside my house?
The letter you received, Silvia,
It contained a fragment of breast tissue from the French girl who was murdered
alongside her boyfriend,
He used that letter to tell us he had struck again,
Why me?
Because you're the only woman who worked on the investigation,
Because you challenged him
after the Migliorini-Mainardi murder,
I have to stop him, It's September,
Four of the eight double murders
were committed between September and October,
I can't have two more young people on my conscience,
How?
What do you want?
All the Monster's crimes were committed with the same weapon,
a ,22 caliber Beretta 70 series,
Eleven of those guns were sold in your town, Villacidro,
We tracked them all down except for one,
It belonged to a relative of yours
who emigrated to the Netherlands and died there,
It's never been found,
Do you want to charge me with something, sir?
If you have proof, go ahead,
You're now under investigation for the murder of your first wife,
Barbara Steri,
committed in Villacidro on January 15, 1960,
It smells like gas,
She killed herself with gas,
Bring in the witness,
COURT OF ASSIZES
Good morning, Mr, Mele,
Please take your seat,
Being aware of the responsibility that you assume with this oath,
if you are a believer, before God and men,
swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth,
Say, "I swear,"
I swear,
Prosecutor, go ahead,
During your questioning,
you said that Salvatore Vinci, the defendant,
told you he killed his wife, Barbarina Steri,
because she was cheating on him
and that he did it in a way that would avoid incrimination,
Can you confirm this?
Mr, Mele, can you hear me?
Do you stand by your statements or not?
- I don't remember, - He doesn't rem--
I don't remember that period,
Too many years have passed,
Silence!
Counselor, what happened in the courtroom?
They tried to charge my client with a murder he didn't commit
because they couldn't find evidence to charge him
for what they believe he did later,
Mr, Vinci, are you satisfied with the not guilty verdict?
I'm happy the truth came out,
What will happen now?
We'll see, Thank you, everyone, Thank you,
Salvatore Vinci disappeared in 1988,
After one final appearance in Villacidro, no one ever heard from him again,
The Monster of Florence's murders came to an end,
But perhaps it was just a coincidence,
Indeed, the investigation into the killer yielded many further developments,
"Please interrogate at the earliest opportunity
one of our fellow citizens,
born in Vicchio and residing in our town, Mercatale,"
Get in the house! This bitch!
"This individual, according to many,
was in prison for 15 years for killing his girlfriend,"
"He's skilled in many trades,"
"He's a crafty, cunning man,"
"A farmer with a rough appearance but a sharp mind,"
"He keeps his family isolated from others,"
"The simple-minded wife and daughters are never allowed to leave the house,"
"And they have no friends,"
- I didn't say anything! - Of course you didn't!
"Please intervene and question this individual and his daughters,"
"His name is Pietro Pacciani,"
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