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An Italian true crime series about Florence Monster, probably the most well-known and enigmatic serial killer in recent Italian history.
Between 1968 and 1985, a series of double homicides of young couples isolated in their cars in the countryside surrounding Florence dominated the Italian news, leading to the first hunt for a serial killer in Italy, the so-called Monster of Florence. The long investigation led to the identification of two perpetrators, who were convicted for life, while the main suspect, the farmer Pietro Pacciani – a violent man and chronic liar whom many clues pointed to – was initially given several life sentences then acquitted on appeal, dying before he could be subjected to the next part of the trial.
Eight double homicides, seventeen years of terror, always the same weapon: a .22 caliber Beretta handgun. Il Mostro is based on real facts, direct testimonies, procedural documents and journalistic investigations. All of it terribly true. “Because we believe that telling the truth is the only way to bring justice to the victims,” said the creators. “In a story where the possible monsters, across time and throughout the investigation, have been many, our story explores them, those possible monsters, from their point of view. Because the monsters, in the end, could be anyone.”