OCTOBER 13th, 1985 LAKE TRASIMENO
Stop!
Why? -Look at that...
Look at what? -That...is big, maybe a log...
That's a man! -A man?
Let's pull him up.
Wait.... easy...
OCTOBER 2001, PERUGIA
Hello?
Shut up... we'll kill you and throw you in the lake like Pacciani's friend....
Yes... you'll end up like Dr. Narducci and all the traitors of Florence.
A request for the creation of a new section?
A group to investigate serial murders...
I discussed it with chief procurator Vigna...
Vigna is gone...now I am the chief procurator.
That's why I make the request to you.
Aren't you tired of this monster story already?
We have to figure out who were the instigators.
Lotti talked about a doctor, remember? -Yes, I remember...
But Lotti has never been able to say anything more...
It's not just that, we gotta figure out who was giving Pacciani all that money.
And most of all....who killed him.
Killed? Pacciani died of heart attack.
Which occurred because he took an anti-asthmatic...
Highly dangerous, even deadly, for a man in his conditions.... read for yourself.
Alright then....you gonna have your group, Giottari...
End this story once and for all...and make it quick. -Of course...
When it will be truly over...
Today's Mass is dedicated to the memory of brother...
Renzo.
Who passed away a year ago.
We pray for him.
(IN DANISH) What's wrong, Winnie? -The new priest didn't even know Renzo...
He had to read the name on a piece of paper...
Attorney...
My sister Kristin...
Nice to meet you. -Pellegrini, nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming...at least there's someone who really knew Renzo.
Winnie, I have to talk to you.
Come to my house. -Ok.
Here...
What's this?
The court set the date of the auction.
It says that in a few days the inspectors will come.
So the time has come...
Do I have to leave right away? -No...only after the sale is done.
Alright...
For the first time I'm glad Renzo is not here...
He couldn't bear to leave this house.
You'll die...like Pacciani and his pal, the big doctor Narducci...
He was our servant but he betrayed and ended up in lake Trasimeno...
Soon Satan's darkness will come for you as well, bitch.
This is the only one I could record...
All the others were very similar.
For how long have you been getting these calls? -Months.
I jump on a chair every time the phone rings.
Say....who is this Dr. Narducci?
I have no idea....it's the first time I hear that name.
They talk about Pacciani as well... -Yes, they always mention him...
Wasn't he the Florence monster?
Yes...
He was one of the monsters...
Listen, ma'am...are you somehow connected with that story? -No, no....not at all...
Ok...
Any other detail you wanna mention?
Well....other times they said they are a cult... a satanic cult...
And that their high priest is in Beato Alano.
The crypt of Sassovivo? -Yes...
But I assure you I've never been there.
Alright...we'll do everything possible.
Francesco Bruno?
I remember this name, he's a criminologist... and a consultant in Pacciani's defense.
Why? -Cause he also was Pacciani's doctor.
Really? -Yes...
He may tell us about that anti-asthmatic.
I'll have him summoned. -I'd like to pay him a surprise visit first.
Chief....different office but same old methods....
As long as they get me results.... -Of course...
Of course I know this, I wrote it.
You still have to explain why you searched my office.
It's you that owe me explanations, doctor...
In 1993 you started this activity as consultant for Pacciani...
But you wrote these profiles between '84 and '85... ten years before.
Cause that's when I was asked to do it. By who?
By SISDE (secret services).
The problem had reached national level and the secret services wanted to help with investigations.
So they asked me for a profile of the murders.
I can see you never heard about these files. -That's right... never.
So it's you that owe me explanations...
If you're not looking for these files why did you search my office?
You also were Pacciani's doctor...
Did you prescribe that anti-asthmatic?
An anti-asthmatic to a heart patient? Are you kidding?
Why then Pacciani took it? -That I don't know...
But whoever gave it to him sentenced him to death.
Sure enough...and executed the sentence too.
Alright, that's all.... thanks for your help.
Commissioner...read carefully my writings.... -Why?
Cause I believe these murders had an esoteric origin all along...
But no one ever believed me.
You might be the first.
Thank you, goodbye. -Goodbye.
SASSOVIVO, PERUGIA CRYPT OF BEATO ALBANO
These are surely animal bones...
The others are human, this is a shinbone.
You think it's recent?
I can't tell right now...
But recent or not, in this place some strange things happened.
Say....do you know something about the suicide of dr. Narducci?
Dr. Narducci....never heard of him.
I heard of him...
And I think it's time to get to know him better.
An esoteric motive for the murders? What makes you think that?
Bruno's writings...
Since 1985 professor Francesco Bruno theorized a religious motive.
He thinks the murders have a sense of punishment against women.
In fact the murderers raged against the bodies of the women...
Striking women mean eliminate the devil... the origin of sin...this kind of things...
Yes, but....it's a long shot....
Wait.... consider this....
The murders happened in nights of new moon...
The women bodies all present incisions... like in a ritual...
We know that Pacciani was interested in black magic...
And most of all, at a certain point, he crossed paths with Indovino the magician...
What's Indovino got to do with it? -A lot....
If I mention Francesco Vinci, what do you say?
His brother suspected him to be the monster.... are you going back to the sardinian trail?
I think Rotella wasn't that wrong...
Francesco Vinci is somehow connected to this story.
He knew Indovino the magician...they were friends...
And in 1993 Francesco Vinci was murdered...
Tied up and burned...
What you wanna do? -I wanna solve the mystery of the gun...
Where did it come from?
And find a connection with the '68 murder.
The Meles kill Barbara Locci.... and that's a clan murder.
Then they get rid of the gun, by giving it to Francesco Vinci.
At this point, the magician becomes the link between Francesco Vinci and Pacciani.
Pacciani gets hold of the gun for its symbolic value...
It's a gun that already killed a couple of lovers...
Better yet.... that's the reason why someone ordered Pacciani to get the gun.
The instigator...the one who was paying them...
We know.... Vanni and Pacciani are way too simple to come up with such a plan.
Even Bruno in his profile talks of a man above suspicions...
Socially integrated, highly reputed, with superior intelligence...
The mysterious doctor mentioned by Lotti... -Exactly...
And this man will not hesitate eliminating whoever knows the truth.
First Vinci...then Pacciani.
He was a gastroenterologist, from a respected family, all doctors, like him....
In '85 he took a boat, disappeared in lake Trasimeno and was found dead.
Suicide... -Or a terrible accident...
And to get more details.... -There should be a file in the archive...
Why look again into that story?
Nothing special...I just would like to take a look...
Excuse me...
It's all there is about Francesco Narducci? -All of it.
Are you sure? -Yes, why?
The autopsy results are missing.
They are not missing.... the autopsy has never been done.
Never been done? -No...
And the coroner? -He wasn't even called...
To verify his death they called me, a simple generic doctor at the time.
A crowd gathered, but the most agitated was Narducci's brother.
How long does it take to say he drowned?
I see some bruises here...
So what? He must have passed out and hit the boat.
What are you insinuating? -Nothing...
I insisted that we needed a coroner...
But no one would listen.
I had to classify it as drowning.
Who was rushing you so much? -Everyone...
Hello?
Stop investigating the monster.... -Who's speaking?
Or you'll end up dead... -Who's there?
Chief... -Yes?
Something you gotta see... -Come in.
It's a report from the Sesto Fiorentino police...
A game warden, Andrea Ceri, found a 22 bullet with an "H" on the bottom...
He was in Montemorello and he found the bullet right here.
But there's more...
He found it on September 10th, 1985...
The day after the Scopeti murder... -Exactly.
He was in Montemorello checking out for intruders. -Why?
Cause the day before he had found two unauthorized campers...and told 'em to leave...
They were Nadine Mauriot and Jean-Michel Kraveichvili, the two murdered French.
Yes, those French were camping here but this is not the right place to do it...
Why? -There are strange sects...doing strange rituals...
We have orders to keep this area clear of people...
The next day I came to see if they had left...
And I found the things you saw in the pictures... right here.
I took the pictures and I brought 'em to Mrs. Rosetta, an expert in esoterics.
Of course I remember those photos... I still keep them in my papers.
Here... look...
Three circles of stones...
The first one is closed...
The second is open on one side, with some red berries inside...and a cross...
The third is completely dismantled.
All these things have an esoteric value? -Yes...
The closed circle represents the couple...
The open circle with berries inside represents the killing of the couple...
The broken circle represents the destruction after the murder.
I've stumbled into some files about you, inspector...
On some investigations you did in the early 80s...
I've been a cop for so many years...it's normal...
Looks like you did these investigations in Florence...
right after Dr.Narducci's death.
It's been a long time ago, Mignini... I really can't remember...
I see.... let me help you remember...
You went to Florence and searched a house rented by Narducci...
Ah... yes...
Why did you search that house, inspector?
I can't remember....isn't in the papers?
Where was that house?
Even this I can't remember...
What I do remember is that I didn't find anything...
So I closed the investigations...
Isn't this the most important thing?
Of course...
Ok, inspector... you can go...
My respects... -Take care.
Pass me the D.A. of Florence.
Dr. Narducci...
Look at Narducci's chart.... blood type A...
Like the blood in the letters to the D.A. in '85...
Dr. Narducci...
If he was the doctor Lotti talked about?
The connection is getting stronger.... -A lot...
What do you think?
My idea is that our two offices should work together...
And that you, Giottari, do all the investigations I need here in Florence.
It's fine for me, we just need approval from our chief D.A.
Of course. -I'll call him now.
Perfect...
I'll go on with my investigations....too many things are still obscure about Narducci's last day.
I'm sorry to ask you about your husband's death, but you see...
We just need your collaboration.
Alright...but I don't know much...
And that day strange things happened.
I heard testimonies about your husband's last day and...
Looks like before disappearing he got a phone call...
Maybe you better come back next session...
Yes, maybe...
A phone call for you, doctor.
I'm doing an exam, could they call later? -They say it's urgent.
Ok, I'm coming.
Take this time to think about the answer... -Ok, thanks...
Hello?
The exam is postponed... I'll let you know to when.
Did you know about this call?
Yes... but I don't know from who...
Then Francesco came home, to you...
What did he do?
Why you're home so early today?
It's me, Narducci....could you get the boat ready in about...half an hour?
Goodbye.
I'll see you later?
He put on his jacket and got out.
He went to the dock of San Feliciano...
Good morning, doctor...the boat is ready. -Thanks.
Didn't he tell you something more specific? -No...
Francesco was a man of few words... and I didn't ask...
I only know that my life is destroyed ever since.
His family just erased me... kept me out of everything...
The doctor who first examine your husband told me his brother was there...
You... -I don't know anything else...
Believe me...
Keep on looking into that day... Sunday 13 October...
Alright, ma'am...we'll do it... -Thank you.
If they let me go out...I'll show them...
If only fascism was still here...if only...
How long he's been here? -They transferred him a while ago...
Some days he's alert, some others...he's elsewhere...
Hope it's a good day...thanks.
Vanni... remember me? I'm commissioner Giottari.
You again....what else you want from me?
I'm old and sick... just leave me alone...
Not yet, Vanni... look at these photos...
Do you know him?
He's the doctor from Perugia, we went to Florence together...
To do what? -We went with whores... Gabriella and the other one...
Gabriella Ghiribelli?
We went together...with Pacciani and the pharmacist of San Casciano...
The doctor came from Perugia to San Casciano with his car...
Then we went to Florence, or to the magician's house and then we had parties, you know...
Indovino the magician? -Yes...yes...
Narducci had one of those cars that could lift.. a green Citroen...what's it called...
Pallas? -Yea that one...
Him and Calamandrei in one car, me and Pacciani in the other...got it?
Calamandrei...
(SINGS A FASCIST SONG)
Look at this photo.
Do you know this person?
Yes...he's the doctor from Perugia...
I've seen him 4 or 5 times.
Seen? -Seen...
Seen... you know how, do you? -Of course...
What do you remember about him?
He had a green car, a French car... those were popular in the 80s...
That's all?
Thank you... -Thanks.
When will this story end? -I don't know...
Your high excellence, the roses are blooming again...
The big friars of Montemurlo still sell used capes and bring charity to the bank of Prato...
Roses and capes will go crazy, from Figline to San Felice, from Borgo to Mercatale....
And you, poor man, can only smoke tuscan cigars.
Borgo is the site of the first murder... in Mercatale used to live Pacciani...
That's all I can figure out... you help me with the rest.
Let's see...
"Roses are blooming again" could mean they're about to kill again...
Red rose is the symbol of blood...
"Used capes" could refer to what they wear in the black Masses...
Roses and capes...
To me it means the murders will start back.
The last part refers to you...there's no need to... -In fact...there's no need...
Hello?
Who's there? -Bastard.
Is it you that found Narducci's body?
Yes, we fished him out of the water...
He was swollen, black...looked like a negro...
A negro?
Yes! With big lips, curly hair and all...
After you fished him out, what did you do?
We took him back to the wharf, there was a big crowd already...
Never seen so many people for a drowned man.
You better step away now.
I said go away, come on! -Ok...
There were at least 20 people there...all big shots...
And all anxious to close that story...
What you mean? -The identification was made on the spot...
And it wasn't easy to identify a body in that condition...
Who did identify the body?
This I don't remember...
But there was no autopsy and it looked very strange to me...
When I brought that up, I was clearly invited to stay out of it...
Who told you that? -A police captain....
I don't remember the name, there were too many people...
But one thing I do remember well...
The driving license belonged to Narducci, but it was completely dry....
With all the stamps still on...
Can you remember what he was wearing?
He had a jacket and a shirt...
Are you sure? -Yes.
His wife says that under the jacket he wore a t-shirt...
No, I'm sure he was wearing a shirt.
You are sure....
Then what happened?
A funeral home took care of removing the body...
We though we had to take him to the morgue...
But we were ordered to take him to the family mansion.
And that's not the only strange thing... -What you mean?
Once we got to the mansion they dismissed us...
They had called another agency.
A different funeral home? -Yes...
The strangest thing that ever happened to me in 30 years of business.
The family asked us to fix and dress up the body...
But he was so swollen that his clothes didn't fit anymore...
We had to use a jumpsuit, size 58 I believe...
But it was way too long for him...
How tall was he?
No more than 1,60...
Could you determine the height of this corpse?
It's hard from this picture...
But maybe this time we got lucky...
What you mean?
Look at these paving stones... they're all identical...
We could use them to measure the body.
I'll be waiting for your report, Captain. -Goodbye.
Here....al the records where the name of Calamandei comes up.
Here it is...
The memoir of Calamandrei's ex wife...
Rontini brought up this...
You were so close, Renzo... you didn't know how much...
Yes.... I think it's in good shape...
Ok for this room then...
About the bedroom?
Are you gonna take this too? My husband chose it...
I'm sorry, ma'am...
Your daughter's bedroom? -Yes...
It's all in perfect state...
She must have left home very young. -Yes...
She left very young...
Good morning. -Morning...
Dr. Calamandrei? -Yes...
I have a search warrant.
Go ahead...
Dr. Calamandrei...what's your connection with Francesco Narducci?
None...I don't know who he is.
And with Mario Vanni?
He was the postman of the village, I knew him by sight.
But Vanni recalls going to some parties with you and Narducci...
I didn't know Narducci... and I didn't hang out with Vanni.
Are you sure?
It's been many years, maybe you're forgetting...
Excuse me, procurator... we know where all this is coming from...
From his ex-wife accusations.
I remind you she's been declared unfit to plead.
We also have Vanni deposition now.
So what? The words of a serial killer weigh more than a respected citizen.
I'm sorry... this story ends now.
My client won't answer no more questions.
So...we determined the body's height using the paving stones.
We also did a countercheck. -Which one?
We took a picture of 2 mannequins in the exact position as the picture.
Look...
This is 1,80 high...way more than the corpse.
Now look at this one...
Corresponds exactly. -In fact...
The body was 1,60 mts tall.
Possibility of mistake? -1%...
Could have been 1,62 tops.
Something wrong?
Narducci was found on October 13th...
Here says October 9th...four days before...
Probably just a mistake.
A mistake?
Let's take him to the morgue... and see what the autopsy will say.
Uncover him.
The body appears to be in good state...
No signs of the swelling typical of a body that's been long time under water.
Maybe the swelling went down.... -The pants would be loose...insted they're tight...
Let's open him up.
The inside of the body seems to be in good state...
No particular signs on the remains of the internal organs.
Let's examine the neck. -Is that necessary?
You wanna do the autopsy?
Look at this...
I can't say he hasn't been in the water...
But he sure didn't drown.
Periostium pericondrium appears to be torn...
The fracture has been caused by a constriction to the neck...
Either manual or with some rope.
He's been murdered... -Yes...strangled....
Probably by a left-handed.
And not just that...
The DNA exams show that the man in the coffin is actually Narducci...
But it doesn't correspond at all with the body found in the lake.
They switched the body, like the 3 cards game....
Right...someone wanted us to find a different body...
Just to put the real Narducci in the coffin in a second time.
And also wrote down the date of the probable death, October the 9th.
His family?
I don't think they're involved in the murder...
It's been too many years...
A corpse substitution is no longer prosecutable.
Anyway...
Have you found out something more?
Just rumors...
About the presence of Narducci in Florence in the period of the murders.
Rumors...
Rumors won't take us anywhere...
Yes, but Narducci's murder is not a rumor... it's a fact.
We don't have one single suspect.
To find out who, we gotta know why...
Let's take a guess...
Narducci is involved in the murders...
After the Scopeti murder, the "game" isn't enough for him anymore...
He directly challenges us and sends the letters...
But his accomplices get scared for this provocation...
And question him about it.
Hello?
They call him to the lake...
Clearly his explanations aren't good enough...
That's plausible, but it's just a theory... we have no proves.
No...we have the letters sent to our office in 1985.
Whoever sent them was a blood type A... just like Narducci...
And the DNA exam has never been made.
In the 80's we didn't do it. -But today we do...
If we can prove that Narducci sent those letters...
Then we'll know he was involved in the murders...
And then it's easy to guess who murdered him.
Where are these letters?
At the G.I.D.E.S...
So?
The lock wasn't broken... whoever it was had the key.
And knew what to look for...
Excuse me...
Giottari...
Alright.
See you later. -Ok.
The term of G.I.D.E.S. expired...and I have no intention of renewing it...
And your co-operation with the office of Perugia ends here.
Since today you'll only deal with what happens in Florence.
Just now that we have proves Narducci was murdered??
So what does it have to do with the monster?
Narducci associated with Pacciani...we have proves!
What proves? You only have village rumors!
In all these years you haven't produced one single prove!
If you want proves you can't stop me now!
I will instead, and it's an order!
Commissioner...
All the murderers have been convicted.... it's you that found them...
The case is closed...
Just enjoy the fame, will you?
Where were these? -Inside a booklet...
All found in Scopeti, the day after the murder...
This one too...
And the report? -No trace of it...
Do one thing...
Track down who wrote the report... he may remember what he did find out.
We're closing down, chief.... -At midnight....we still got time.
Shall we go out for dinner?
I'm not hungry...we have to finish here.
Tomorrow we leave at dawn.
Going back to Copenhagen will be good for you.
Is there anything left to eat? I'm hungry.
We must eat out, there's nothing in the house...
What's that?
I didn't think I had a photo of them 3 together...
Who took it?
I did... the first night Argo was here.
I just can't come to Copenhagen...
Why?
Renzo and Pia are here in Vicchio... this is my place...
I found who wrote the report...here's a copy. -Good, good...
Fuck...
What's this?
Hanky with blood stains... a surgeon glove... and brown straight hair...
All found in Scopeti.
And here's the report about the evidence...read it.
I don't like your tone... -Just read it...
It says the blood on the hanky is type B...
It doesn't belong to the victims... or to Pacciani and his accomplices... or Narducci and Calamandrei...
No one has that type of blood.
So what?
Could be the blood of the murderer or of an accomplice...
Where are you getting to?
This evaluation would have cleared Pacciani...
Pacciani was guilty. -But this is not his blood...
Did you know about this report?
This case has been going on for over 30 years...
Proves keep on appearing and disappearing...
Like if someone is having fun directing the investigations...
Did you know about this? -No!
And it's absurd that you don't trust me...
It's a different thing that I find absurd...
That we'll never know the truth about this story.... no one ever will....
Yes?
Is it true that the chief procurator ended our co-operation -Yes...
Without co-operation this investigation is dead...
I'm sorry.... -Me too...
Shall I take you home? -No, at the office...my car is there.
Here's the last one. -Thanks...
You want help with the boxes? You gonna take forever by yourself.
I have plenty of time...
Thanks a lot. -Goodbye.
Chief.... is it really over?
I don't know...but my time here is through.
See ya.
And this is the goodbye gift...
Shit...
DESPITE THE LONG AND ACCURATE INVESTIGATIONS, THE D.A.s OF FIRENZE AND PERUGIA COULD NEVER PROVE THAT NARDUCCI WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CRIMES OF THE MONSTER...
ON JUNE 7, 2009 THE COURT OF PERUGIA CLEARED THE 4 SUSPECTS AND DISMISSED THE INVESTIGATION ON THE MURDER OF NARDUCCI FOR A SUBSTANCIAL LACK OF ELEMENTS.
ON MAY 21ST, 2008 THE PRELIMINARY COURT OF FLORENCE DEFINITEVELY ABSOLVED FRANCESCO CALAMANDREI FROM THE CHARGE OF BEING THE INSTIGATOR OF THE LAST 4 MURDERS.
UP TO THE PRESENT DAY, THE PRESUMED INSTIGATORS OF THE CRIMES REMAIN UNKNOWN.
Hey, blondie!
So....wanna take a ride on the Montecarlo?
Come on, mom... daddy's taking us for a ride.
Only if you're coming, sailor....