Italian Serial Killers

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Rank the Most Wicked Italian Serial Killers
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Leonarda Cianciulli
(Italian Serial Killer)
Leonarda Cianciulli
23
Birthdate: April 18, 1894
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montella, Italy
Died: October 15, 1970

Leonarda Cianciulli was an Italian serial killer who murdered three women and turned their bodies into soaps and tea cakes. She is also known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio." Between 1939 and 1940, she killed three of her neighbors--all of them middle-aged women--as part of human sacrifices. She was eventually found guilty of her crimes and sentenced to prison.  

 2 
Giulia Tofana
(Poisoner)
Giulia Tofana
5
Birthdate: 1620 AD
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: June 30, 1659
 3 
The Monster of Florence
(Serial killer)
The Monster of Florence
6
Birthplace: Italy
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 4 
Giovanni Brusca
(Murderer)
Giovanni Brusca
10
Birthdate: February 20, 1957
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Giuseppe Jato, Italy
 5 
Danilo Restivo
(Serial Killer)
Danilo Restivo
9
Birthdate: April 3, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sicily, Italy
 6 
Volker Eckert
(German Serial Killer)
Volker Eckert
9
Birthdate: July 1, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Plauen, Germany
Died: July 2, 2007

Volker Eckert was a German serial killer who murdered at least six women in Spain, France, and East Germany between 1974 and 2006. Although he confessed to only six murders, Eckert is believed to have murdered many other women in countries like the Czech Republic and Italy. He committed suicide on July 2, 2007, during his criminal proceedings.