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2 unusual facts about The Monster of Florence: A True Story


The Monster of Florence: A True Story

The Monster of Florence: A True Story is a 2008 true crime book by American thriller writer Douglas Preston and Italian journalist Mario Spezi.

In late 2008, film studio United Artists announced its purchase of the film rights to The Monster of Florence: a True Story.


Against Medical Advice: A True Story

Diário Digital gave a positive review for Against Medical Advice, calling it "a touching story of courage, determination and the ultimate triumph of a family facing a desperate situation".

FairyTale: A True Story

When she comes home after attending a meeting of the Theosophical Society, where she hears stories of angels and all sorts of ethereal beings, she finds Arthur reviewing the prints in disbelief, but she thinks they are real.

But a newsman soon identifies the beck near Cottingley, tracing the girls through the local school and besieging the family.

Joe Sun

Besides being featured on television shows, having produced two Grammy-nominated foreign LPs in 1989 and 1990, Joe Sun has also acted as Tommy Fratter in the motion picture Marie, A True Story alongside Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels and Morgan Freeman.

Mario Spezi

He wrote the non-fiction, true crime book, The Monster of Florence with American author Douglas Preston.

Photographing Fairies

FairyTale: A True Story, another 1997 film also inspired by the Cottingley Fairies

Ravan Raaj: A True Story

Ravan Raaj: A True Story is a 1995 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by T.Rama Rao, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Madhoo, and Aditya Pancholi and is centred around kidney smugglers and a serial killer.


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