The Serial Killer Who Made Soaps and Cakes Out of the People She Killed

The Serial Killer Who Made Soaps and Cakes Out of the People She Killed

Italian serial killer Leonard Cianculli turned the bodies of her victims into cupcakes and offered them to guests. Better known as the Soap-Maker of Correggio (Italian: la Saponificatrice di Correggio), she murdered three women in the town of Correggio, Reggio Emilia, in 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap (using caustic soda) and teacakes. “She ended up in the pot, like the other two … her flesh was fat and white, when it had melted I added a bottle of cologne, and after a long time on the boil, I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap. I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances. The cakes, too, were better: That woman was really sweet.” However, Leonarda did not act on the fortunetellers advice right away. It wasn't until 1939 when her son told her that he was going to join the military that Leonarda decided she had no other choice but to follow the advice of the fortuneteller. In the years 1939-1940, Leonarda had lured three women into her soap shop and killed them. She killed each of the women with an ax and disposed of their bodies by boiling them in caustic soda. Leonarda had tricked each of the women into her shop by saying she could help them find whatever they were looking for. For example, the first victim was looking for a husband and Leonarda said she could find her one. Leonarda drugged wine and gave it to all three of her victims, making ax murder easier for herself. Someone had reported the third victim going into the soap shop and never returning. The police came to investigate the report and arrested Leonarda that day. Her trial was held in 1946, and Leonarda not only confessed to everything, but she described in great detail how she cooked and turned her victims into soap and desserts. Here is a short passage of what she had to say about her third victim “She ended up in the pot, like the other two … her flesh was fat and white, when it had melted I added a bottle of cologne, and after a long time on the boil, I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap. I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances. The cakes, too, were better: That woman was really sweet.” Creepy, right? The observers of her trial noted that she seemed unfazed and unemotional when she was explaining what had happened. Not only had she admitted to killing three innocent women, but eating them and also giving the human soap to neighbors. Obviously, she was found guilty of her crimes and was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her dark deeds. She was also sentenced to three years in an asylum for the criminally insane, where she died of a medical condition. To this day, the pot that Leonarda cooked her victims in can be found in the Criminological Museum in Rome. Vwegba Blogging World, bring you serial killer story, serial killers facts, murder, true crime, true crimecommunity, horror, truecrime addict, crime , tedbundy , homicide ,halloween, killer, rodneyalcala, murder on my mind, ,history ,netflixandchill ,deadlymen ,crimewatchdaily ,murderisthenewblack ,historic ,fearthyneighbor ,netflixandcrime ,crime memes ,dark ,murderer ,horrormovies ,insane ,history and many. Feel free to share and comment. Share your thought