Murder, soap and a spot of cake. These  are all things that you might have experienced if you went to Leonarda Cianciulli’s house between 1939 and 1940.

This week we’re talking about Leonarda Cianciulli, also known as The Soap maker of Correggio who killed three women between 1939 and 1940 and turned their corpses into soap and teacakes. It’s a tale of miscarriage, madness, superstition, violence, a curse, an overprotective mother and various edible goodies made from rendered fat.

Full show notes available at https://textme.show/episodes/episode-17-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio