The Vatican is not unfamiliar with the mystery of an empty tomb. Sadly, in the case of Emanuela Orlandi, the mystery remains unsolved. On 22 June 1983 Orlandi left home, carrying only her flute. Although she had asked her brother Pietro to accompany her to her music class less than a mile away, he declined, citing other commitments. To his eternal regret, the fifteen-year old never returned home. Her disappearance thirty-nine years ago has sparked one of the most speculated-upon crime mysteries in modern Italy. Over the years, ossuaries have been cracked open, mafia bosses have placed under suspicion, and conspiracy theories have proliferated at an alarming rate. None of the strands of investigation has proved conclusive, despite the exhumation in 2019 of two tombs inside a Vatican cemetery after to an anonymous tip-off. In the absence of concrete fact, who better to turn to than Netflix?
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The disturbing story of Emanuela Orlandi isn’t helped by Netflix sensationalism
the vatican is not unfamiliar with the mystery of an empty tomb. sadly, in the case of emanuela orlandi, the mystery remains unsolved. on 22...
Arabella Byrne

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