Mario Spezi

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Mario Spezi in 2010.

Mario Spezi (July 30, 1945 – September 9, 2016) was an Italian journalist and author. He wrote the non-fiction true crime books Dolci Colline di Sangue (2006) The Monster of Florence A True Story (2008) with American author Douglas Preston. Additionally, he was credited by Preston for providing details used in the novel Brimstone.

Spezi spent much of his career as a crime reporter for the La Nazione^[1] newspaper in Florence, where he reported on the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. He was even jailed on charges of impeding the investigation by prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, though the charges were overturned on appeal.

Later, Spezi even apologized to Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the case of the murder of Meredith Kercher, another of Mignini's cases.

Spezi also wrote the film Il Mostro Di Firenze (1986), based on his novel. The film aired in Italy and the United States.

Spezi was a Roman Catholic.^[2]

Selected works[]

In Italian[]

• Il Mostro Di Firenze (1983)
• Ritratti distratti: [catalogo della mostra a] Firenze, Loggia Rucellai, maggio-giugno 1988 (1988)
• Dolci colline di sangue, with Douglas Preston (2006)

In English[]

• The Monster of Florence: A True Story ("Dolci colline di sangue") with Douglas Preston (2008)

In German[]

• Der Engel mit den Eisaugen with Douglas Preston, ed. Knaur, Germany (2008); on Amanda Knox case

References[]

Further reading[]

• Douglas Preston; Mario Spezi (June 19, 2008), The Monster of Florence A True Story, Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 978-0-446-58119-6.

External links[]

• Media related to Mario Spezi at Wikimedia Commons
• Mario Spezi at IMDb
• The Atlantic Magazine - The Monster of Florence