S2.E9 - Mother, Soap Maker, and Cannibalistic Cake Maker: The Ways Leonarda Cianciulli

The Pandemonium team is back, and this week Rachel and Cat head to 1930s Italy to examine the case of Leonarda Cianciulli, a woman whose fear, superstition, and desperation spiraled into calculated murder. Known as the “Soap-Maker of Correggio,” Leonarda claimed she was trying to protect her son from a prophetic curse when she lured women into her home and killed them. What followed was a chilling blend of ritual, manipulation, and a community that trusted her completely. This episode walks through Leonarda’s troubled past, the cultural climate of Fascist-era Italy, the disappearances that raised suspicion, and the trial that stunned the country.Beyond the grotesque headlines, we examine how belief, control, and fear became deadly - and remember the women whose lives were taken.Links We Used:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonarda_Cianciullihttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonarda_Cianciullihttps://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio-bc58c0567410https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciullihttps://ttkmeup.com/blog/2020/5/8/everything-you-know-about-leonarda-cianciulli-is-wronghttp://www.scenacriminis.com/scienze-forensi/memoriale-di-leonarda-cianciulli/http://www.ilmamilio.it/m/it/rubriche/criminologia/11416-leonarda-cianciulli-la-serial-killer-di-correggio.htmlhttps://www.museocriminologico.it/index.php/2-non-categorizzato/120-omicidi-caso-cianciulli2https://www.letturefantastiche.com/la_saponificatrice_di_correggio.htmlhttps://www.focus.it/cultura/storia/545745165-il-caso-cianciuli-32653https://web.archive.org/web/20061114074138/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C852845%2C00.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060912155116/http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htmhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio/id1573961841?i=1000701592990https://open.spotify.com/episode/48ElOohzBOOvxjkbp9ggTlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jENKT7mLuc4https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1326961/https://www.aafs.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/AAFS-2018-I18.pdfhttps://www.facebook.com/baileysarian1/posts/the-story-of-italys-leonarda-cianciulli/1425460645616570/https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Soap-Maker-Correggio-Cianciulli-Superstitious/dp/B09ZCJLCP8https://app.smore.com/n/rfb2y-leonarda-cianciullihttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/8vmpoe/the_soapmaker_of_correggio_leonarda_cianciulli/https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedunsolved/posts/leonarda-cianciulli-didnt-just-clean-up-her-crimes-she-turned-them-into-soap-the/1154785160099510/https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-serial-killer-who-made-soaps-and-cakes-out-of-the-people-she-killed-e80a5e713b4f