On December 11th, 2006, in a beautiful little town in Italy, two men were out for a walk when they noticed a fire in a nearby second story apartment window. They quickly ran up the outside stairs to get to that apartment, but when they reached it and looked through the open front door, they froze, because what they saw was nothing short of a nightmare. Today's story is about the "Erba Massacre" and it is extremely graphic, upsetting, and it involves harm to a child, so listener discretion is advised.
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Main Sources:
1. The Guardian -- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/13/italy.mainsection
2. Reuters -- https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-italy-murders-idUSTRE4AP6VE20081126
3. Shock confession -- https://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2007/01_Gennaio/12/erba.shtml
4. Schematic of the crime scene -- http://www1.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/infografica/200802articoli/30227girata.asp
5. Italy ponders the crime -- https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/italy-ponders-lessons-of-killers-next-door-case.29812
6. BBC world news -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6255433.stm
7. Italian news site -- https://cultura.biografieonline.it/quer-pasticciaccio/
8. Kierkegaardian choice of evil -- https://another-fucking-madman.tumblr.com/post/154640238973/la-strage-di-erba-erba-massacre-erba-italy-11
9. Repubblica -- https://www.repubblica.it/2007/01/sezioni/cronaca/erba-ris/erba-legale-azouz/erba-legale-azouz.html
10. Ciao como newspaper -- https://www.ciaocomo.it/2013/12/11/11-dicembre-2006-erba-cerca-di-dimenticare/32077/
11. Ciao como newspaper: various -- https://www.ciaocomo.it/tag/strage-erba/
12. Scotsman newspaper -- https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/couple-trial-murders-over-noise-next-door-2508751
13. Wikipedia in translation -- https://it-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Strage_di_Erba?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
14. Reflections on the massacre -- https://traccesent.com/2007/01/11/la-strage-di-erba/
15. Weather -- https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/it/erba/LSZA/date/2007-12-11