To celebrate Women's History Month, we are dedicating this episode to the infamous serial killer known as The Soap Maker of Correggio. Leonarda Cianciulli's horrific crimes will make you rethink where your soap comes from... and how many people have forced you to commit cannibalism without your knowledge.
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Sources:
Leonarda Cianciulli - Wikipedia
LEONARDA CIANCIULLI: SHE CREATED SOAPS WITH HUMANS – HORRORS REVEALED (wordpress.com)
Meet Leonarda Cianciulli, Italy's Infamous Female Serial Killer (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Correggio soap-maker - Mucri - Criminology Museum (archive.org)
TIME.com: A Copper Ladle -- Jun. 24, 1946 -- Page 1 (archive.org)
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