Soap-Maker of Correggio

An Italian woman named Leonarda Cianciulli went through 17 pregnancies during her marriage, but only four of her children made it into adulthood, so she was very protective of them. When one of her boys was preparing to enlist for WW2, determined to protect him, she resorted to human sacrifice. She killed 3 women who were all her neighbors. She then cut them into small pieces, turned their body fat into soap which was given to her neighbors. She also used their blood as an ingredient for cakes which were eaten by her friends, her son and herself.