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Picture it. Sicily. 1963.\xa0\n
\n\nFranca Viola was 15 years old, and engaged to a mafia member named Filippo Melodia. When Filippo went to jail for theft, Franca broke off the engagement. She moved on with her life. She became engaged to a childhood friend. Life seemed pretty good, until Filippo came back into the picture. He stalked her. He threatened her. Then, he and a band of douchebags stormed her family\u2019s home. They beat up her mother. They kidnapped Franca, and her little brother, too. Filippo held Franca captive for eight days. He sexually assaulted her many times. He was pretty pleased with himself. After all, in those days, that meant he\u2019d found a bride.\n
\n\nThen Brandi tells us a story about Paul Warner Powell, the biggest idiot to walk the planet. In January of 1999, Paul was a 20-year-old self described neo nazi who had a crush on his 16-year-old neighbor, Stacie Reed. One day when Paul was over at Stacie\u2019s house, he became incensed to find out that her boyfriend was black. He attempted to rape Stacie, then murdered her as she fought back. Paul went on to commit more crimes against Stacie\u2019s family that day. At one point, he thought he\u2019d gotten away with everything. So he began bragging. \xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cA brave young woman fought a centuries-old cruel Sicilian tradition and won,\u201d by E. L. Hamilton for The Vintage News\nThe book, \u201cItalian Sketches: The Faces of Modern Italy,\u201d by Deirdre Pirro\n\u201cFranca Viola says \u2018No\u2019\u201d by Daisy Alioto for Mashable\n\u201cFranca Viola\u201d entry on Wikipedia\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cPaul Warner Powell\u201d imsurroundedbyidiots.com\n\n\u201cPaul Warner Powell\u201d clarkprosecutor.org\n\n\u201cInmate Lands Back on Death Row for Taunting Letter He Sent to Prosecutors\u201d lifedaily.com\n\n\u201cDeath-row defense argues double jeopardy\u201d The Washington Times\n\u201cPowell v. Kelly\u201d findlaw.com\n\n
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