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Troublemakers: Leonarda Cianciulli

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Leonarda's Psychic Journey

Leonarda was a local matchmaker and fortune teller in Correggio, northern italian town. After the Lacedonia earthquake of 19 39 she decided to protect her son giuseppi who had been drafted into the army. She killed two older women with an axe then dismembered them before baking their blood for cakes which she also ate. The story gets even more morbid when leonarda used faustina setti's blood to bake cakes that she served to ladies in town.

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