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Alana's Pick: The Soap Maker: Leonarda Cianciulli Remastered

Episode Summary

Week 2 of our break: enjoy going back in time to re-listen to some of our favorite episodes. This week is Alana’s pick. Leonarda Cianciulli, a caring mother in late 1930s Italy, believed in magic. Her life had not been an easy one, made worse by the curse her spiteful mother put on her at a young age. So after endless heartache, Leonarda is desperate to put an end to the curse to protect her children. But how far will she go to break the spell?

Episode Notes

Week 2 of our break: enjoy going back in time to re-listen to some of our favorite episodes. This week is Alana’s pick. Leonarda Cianciulli, a caring mother in late 1930s Italy, believed in magic. Her life had not been an easy one, made worse by the curse her spiteful mother put on her at a young age. So after endless heartache, Leonarda is desperate to put an end to the curse to protect her children. But how far will she go to break the spell? 

Tea of the Day: Queen Elizabeth

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• By Katie Serena and Edited By John Kuroski, “How Leonarda Cianciulli Made Her Victims Into Soap And Teacakes.” Published January 29, 2018, Updated February 23, 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli
• Murderpedia.org, https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm
• Explore With Us, “She FED THEM To Her CUSTOMERS: The Disturbing Case of Serial Killer Leonarda Cianciulli.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGzFifJIr-w
• The Soap Maker of Correggio: Leonarda Cianciulli: Serial Killer Chronicles #1 by F. Amos Hurt
• The Deadly Soap-Maker of Correggio: The True Story of Leonarda Cianciulli, a Superstitious Mother Who Turned Victims into Soaps and Cakes (True Crime Explicit, Vol. 6) by Genoveva Ortiz