Talk:Monster of Florence

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Italian Article[edit]

This is a primarily Italian subject, so when I found the english article so bare and based almost entirely on the recent novel, I decided to look at the Italian article. Now, I can't read Italian, but they have a SIGNIFICANT amount of detail, and I think we should look into cribbing as much of that as possible, although I'm not really sure how to do so. DurinsBane87 (talk) 09:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How can you tell how much detail is present if you can't read Italian? Atypicaloracle (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is very late, but I suppose I should have said that they have a significantly longer article which I infer has more detail. DurinsBane87 (talk) 07:54, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google translate will give you an idea what is in the article. [1] (Reload the page if translation does not complete) --Footwarrior (talk) 01:17, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The summary of the murders contains a very considerable number of errors, and discrepancies.124.197.15.138 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:02, 13 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]

I'd like to contribute but my english is poor, so i need some help. Somebody is interested in? :-)) Biotekh (talk) 02:04, 10 January 2011 (UTC)biotekh[reply]

First of all I'd like to mention that written Italian takes up significantly more space than written English does. The German article is of comparable length as the English one. By briefly checking parts of the Italian article (although my Italian is crude and mostly derived from my knowledge of French and Latin) all I can say is that the non-Italian ones are sufficiently precise and brief. A translation would be great but IMHO quite over the top, since the Italian article provides meticulous details on any single murder. I'd suggest seperate articles for those cases rather than squeezing all the information in this article. Just my two cents... -- Dommi83 (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can read the Dutch article, it states that Pietro Pacciani was the murderer. Is this the case or not? 82.152.201.254 (talk) 19:15, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would be able to help with translating the Italian article if there is consensus that it is needed. I've had a look at the Italian article and it naturally gives significantly more detail (given the high profile of the crimes in Italy). I can understand though if that level of detail is not felt necessary for English Wikipedia. Please let me know on my talkpage if I can be of any help. (Connolly15 (talk) 14:17, 6 December 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Giuliano Mignini[edit]

I have nominated the article Giuliano Mignini for deletion, discussion here. I have suggested some of the content on that page be added to this article. Thanks. (Connolly15 (talk) 19:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Solved?[edit]

I'm under an impression that this has never been solved. List of serial killers by number of victims#Serial killers with 30 victims or fewer lists Pietro Pacciani as the Monster of Florence. This is inconsistent isn't it?
— Berean Hunter (talk) 03:17, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The identity of the murderer was discovered by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi: they even visited the murderer and asked him to show them the knife he used (and he showed them the knife). Due to Giuliano Mignini's obstruction of the murder investigation and his occult beliefs, the murderer was not indited. Desertphile (talk) 17:47, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suspects[edit]

The article refers to Pietro Pacciani, Mario Vanni, and Giancarlo Lotti as having been charged, but no details are given at all.Royalcourtier (talk) 05:27, 9 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am an Italian lurker. In Italy you usually go through three trials for cases like this (the main trial and two following appeal processes. The appeal processes are a right, they're not compulsory, but usually defendants choose to go through them). Pacciani was condemned after the first trial, acquitted after the second, and died before the third (officially from an heart attack). Vanni was just a witness during the Monster trials, he was one of the defendant for another series of trials related to the murders and was finally condemned. Same for Lotti. If you want some sources, I can give you links to Italian newspapers. (Also, I'm really a lurker, can somebody tell me how to sign my comment? I don't know how it works, but I don't want to go against the rules).

"picknick comarades"[edit]

Is this simply a typo for "picnic comrades"? Even if it is, the phrase "picnic comrades" looks like a bad translation from some other language.89.212.50.177 (talk) 11:11, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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