Mother of Death: Leonarda Cianciulli's Chilling Crimes, Obsession, and the Disturbing Maternal Madness Behind Italy's Infamous 'Soap-Maker' Murders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798272903938)

"A mother's love can be the purest thing on earth... or the most dangerous."

In the quiet Italian town of Correggio, beneath the scent of fresh soap and the hum of everyday life, something unspeakable simmered behind closed doors. Mother of Death tells the shocking true story of Leonarda Cianciulli, a woman whose love for her children twisted into a horrifying obsession-and whose belief in dark superstition led her down a path of blood, madness, and murder.

Born into tragedy and haunted by a fortune teller's prophecy that all her children would die, Leonarda vowed to defy fate-at any cost. As the world plunged into the turmoil of World War II, she found her own war at home: a battle between fear, faith, and delusion. When her beloved son was called to serve, she turned to ancient spells, ritual sacrifice, and human flesh-believing she could trade lives to save his.

Her victims were not strangers-they were friends. Women who trusted her. Women she lured into her home with promises of fortune, only to meet their end in the most grotesque of ways. From their remains, she crafted soap and baked cakes, offering them to neighbors with a smile.

Through meticulous research and haunting narrative detail, this book plunges you into the mind of one of history's most disturbing female killers-a mother, witch, and murderer whose story blurs the line between devotion and damnation. This book explores how fear can twist love into monstrosity, and how one woman's descent into madness became one of the darkest legends in Italy's criminal history.

Author: Lori Gislason
ISBN-13: 9798272903938
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2025
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d