The Kidnapping & Murder of Aldo Moro: Italy’s 55 Days of Terror | A True Crime Podcast
On March 16, 1978, former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was ambushed in broad daylight, his bodyguards slaughtered, and he was taken hostage by the Marxist Red Brigades. For 55 agonizing days, the nation held its breath as Moro pleaded for his life from a secret prison while the government refused to negotiate with terrorists. On May 9, his bullet-riddled body was found in the trunk of a car in the heart of Rome.
In this episode, host Alexander Lawson unpacks one of Italy’s most shocking political assassinations during the Years of Lead — a case filled with ideology, desperation, betrayal…
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