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Word: cacioppo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...resin") and boiled them 24 hours. From this she made soap and candles. She ground the bones into flour and made cookies for her other clients. In the same way she murdered a 53-year-old widow (3,000 lire), then a 60-year-old retired soprano, Virginia Cacioppo, said to have sung Butterfly once at La Scala. The diva yielded 50,000 lire and assorted diamonds and rubies, as well as soap and candles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Copper Ladle | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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