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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