Leonarda Cianciulli

Leonarda Cianciulli was born in Italy into a tumultuous situation. Her mother was raped and was forced to marry her rapist after finding out she was pregnant with Leonarda. She resented Leonarda because of the situation that brought her into this world. But, as an adult, Leonarda dreamed of having a large family to give the love to that she was never shown as a child. Many of her children died young as a fortune-teller had predicted. So Leonarda began sacrificing other women as a means to help keep her children alive.

Join MIke and Gibby as they discuss Leonarda Cianciulli, the soap maker of Corregio. She was a first-class con artist who lured women in with a web of fantastic lies. Leonarda learned what these women wanted and she told them that she could give it all to them. But, instead of getting what they most wanted in the world, they were murdered, boiled in Leonarda's kettle and turned into soap, candles, and cakes.

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i really enjoy the older murder stories!!

Especially about women who kill!! They did extensive research, had lots of details and made the story very interesting, and entertaining, like always!! only thing i wish is that in these older episodes, when they still had ad commercial things. they would tell you before the ad starts, instead of just having it run in the middle of the story, with no kind of separation at all!! but that no longer matters since they no longer have to put ads in the episodes.