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Giorgio William Vizzardelli, the Italian killer who liked Al Capone

In short Giorgio William Vizzardelli (1922-1973), the “monster of Sarzana”, killed five people between 1937 and 1938, starting at 14

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In short Eye scraping is an ancient Chinese custom still practised by a few barbers, especially in Chengdu: a razor

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In short Peter Kürten (1883-1931), the “Vampire of Düsseldorf”, was a German serial killer who in 1929 terrorised Düsseldorf with

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In short The cold water ordeal was a test used mainly against alleged witches: the accused, tied up, was thrown

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In short In June 1983, in California, two teenagers who had escaped from a juvenile correctional facility, Cindy Collier and

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In short On 22 July 2011 the Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people: 8 with a car

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In short In 1928, at the Franciscan convent of Earling, Iowa, the Capuchin Theophilus Riesinger performed a 23-day exorcism on

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In short According to a Piedmontese legend, in 1684 a demon summoned by some witches possessed the monks of the

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In short Since 2013 Marnie-Rae Harvey, an English girl, has been coughing up blood and then crying blood, with bleeding

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In short In 1949 a 14-year-old boy from Maryland, known by the pseudonym Roland Doe, underwent a series of exorcisms

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In short Ten of the strangest religious cults in the world: from UFO sects such as Heaven’s Gate, the Raëlians

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In short Skull trepanation may be the oldest known surgical procedure: the first drilled skulls date back 7,000 to 10,000

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