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Wolfgang and Marco were serial killers active in Italy from 1977 – 1984.

Every crime-scene they left in their wake had a note written in Italian, with the name “Ludwig.” This was written over a Nazi eagle and a swastika. This was always followed with a reason for the murder. They claimed their victims were sub-human and needed to be eliminated. Their victims included homosexuals, prostitutes, and drug addicts – anyone they believed “betrayed their true God.” They did many horrible things, changing the way they killed frequently. They burned a Gypsy drug-addict alive, stabbed a homosexual waiter 34 times, set fire to a sleeping hitch-hiker, axed a 51 year-old prostitute, and hammered nails into the forehead of a homosexual priest, among other horrible crimes.

In 1997, they were found guilty of 10 out of 27 counts of murder. After many appeals and Marco fleeing the country, they were finally sentenced to 27 years in prison. Marco was released from prison in 2009, and Wolfgang will be released next year.