The 15-Year-Old Who Drove a Nail Through a Toddler’s Skull
In 1912 Buenos Aires, a three-year-old boy is found dead with a nail driven into his temple. At the funeral that same night, a teenager with oversized ears walks up to the open casket… and asks if the nail is still there.
His name was Cayetano Santos Godino. By age 15 he had already murdered four children, attempted to kill several more, and set buildings on fire for the thrill. Police would later discover he felt no remorse—because he didn’t even understand what the word meant.
They called him El Petiso Orejudo—the Big-Eared Midget. Argentina’s first documented serial killer.
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