Mario Speci

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Mario Spezi (2010)

Mario Spezi (born July 30, 1945 in Sant'Angelo in Vado ; † September 8 or 9, 2016 in Florence ) was an Italian journalist and author . Spezi gained international fame as an investigative journalist through his research into criminal cases, including one or more serial killers, known as the Monster of Florence , and the murder of Meredith Kercher .

Life

After his journalistic debut with Paese Sera and Nazione Sera , Spezi switched to the Florentine daily La Nazione in 1975 , where he worked as a police reporter and editor of the cultural pages.

He spent most of his career investigating a series of murders that rocked the province of Florence between 1968 and 1985 . The perpetrator or perpetrators were referred to by the Italian media as Mostro di Firenze (German: Monster von Florenz ).

On 7 April 2006 Spezi was commissioned by the prosecutor of Perugia arrested. He has been charged with misleading, defamation , aiding and abetting the murder of Francesco Narducci and obstruction of justice in relation to the investigation into the Monster of Florence case . International journalists' associations protested and expressed concern about these events. Spezi spent 23 days in prison before the Supreme Court of Cassation acquitted him on all counts. Spezi described the time of his imprisonment in his book Inviato in galera .

In collaboration with the American author Douglas Preston , he wrote The Beast of Florence (Italian: Dolci colline di sangue ). The book, which was published in the US under the title The Monster of Florence in 2008, reached third place on the New York Times bestseller list and has so far been translated into 22 other languages.

Spezi provided the script for the film Night Ripper - The Monster of Florence (Il mostro di Firenze), shot in 1986 by director Cesare Ferrario .

Mario Spezi was married and had a daughter.

Works

Together with Douglas Preston

  • The Beast of Florence , 2008
  • The angel with the ice eyes , 2013

Italian books

  • Il mostro di Firenze , Sonzogno , 1983
  • Il mito nero di Firenze , in collaborazione con Nahoko Kametsu (nome d'arte di Natsu Shimamura), Tokyo , Shincho Sha, 1996
  • Il violinista verde , Marco Tropea Editore, Milano, 1996, ISBN 88-438-0046-9
  • Il passo dell'orco , Hobby & Work, Milano, 2003, ISBN 978-88-7133-756-2
  • Le sette di Satana - Cronache dall'Inferno , Sonzogno, 2004, ISBN 978-88-454-1203-5
  • Inviato in galera , Aliberti, Reggio Emilia, 2007, ISBN 88-7424-234-4
  • Undici delitti in attesa di verità , Mursia, 2008, ISBN 88-425-3848-5
  • Delitti raccontati due volte , Laurum, 2008, ISBN 88-87346-58-5
  • Un'indagine estrema del commissario Lupo Belacqua , Barbera, 2009, ISBN 88-7899-268-2
  • La moneta del potere ha semper tre facce , Barbera, 2011
  • Nel buio di una notte di luglio - La misteriosa storia della Circe della Versilia , Mondadori, 2012
  • La strega di Perugia , con Douglas Preston, online , semper sul caso di Amanda Knox, 2011, E-Book e PDF, autopubblicato

Script template

Web links

Commons : Mario Spezi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ È morto Mario Spezi: cronista del mostro di Firenze. (Italian)
  2. ↑ Caso Spezi. Tutti i dubbi e le perplessità sull'arresto tramite i lanci Ansa e Agi ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
  3. ↑ Mostro di Firenze, arrestato Mario Spezi (Italian)
  4. ↑ Night Ripper - The Monster of Florence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Spezi, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Sant'Angelo in Vado
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2016 or September 9, 2016
Place of death Florence