The Sicilian Inheritance
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Every family has an origin story – for author Jo Piazza (Under the Influence, Wilder) her family's is a murder mystery.
For as long as she can remember the Piazzas have told the story of their Sicilian roots going back over a hundred years ago: one by one the sons and then their father sailed off to America to carve out a better life. Their mother, Lorenza Marsala was supposed to join them – but she never made it. She was murdered by the Sicilian mafia, they said.
The truth of what happened has morphed like a game of telephone through the generations. Various versions of the story claim she was killed by the Black Hand, others insisted she was a witch, killed over a bad spell. Now, Jo is determined to untangle the twisted narrative which just might bridge the gap from cinematic mob fantasies to an unexpected reality.
Join her in Sicily on a family vacation/fact finding mission in which she goes to the scene of the crime, confronts mafia experts, consults mediums, and tracks down Italian officials, determined to set the record straight on her great, great grandmother’s mysterious disappearance.
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- A STRONG-MOUTHED WOMAN · 33 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 8No stone unturned. We pull out all the stops to get to the bottom of what happened to Lorenza. Want your own taste of Sicily – grab a bottle of The Sicilian Inheritance inspired…
- IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF · 37 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 7The clock is ticking. We rush to Sicily to dig into the mafia and homicide records from 1916 before they are destroyed. Jo’s best friend comes along for the adventure as the…
- MY BIG FAT SICILIAN FAMILY · 36 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 6DNA results rock Jo’s world as she continues to search through more and more branches of the Piazza family tree. New revelations lead her to the world’s leading genealogy…
- IN SEARCH OF MY STREGA NONA · 40 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 5One of the leading theories of Lorenza’s murder is that she was killed because she was a witch who crossed the wrong person? A strega, in Sicilian. What exactly is a Sicilian…
- THE SCENE OF THE CRIME · 36 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 4Five kilometers outside town, around a bend, near the monument of the fallen masses near a landslide is where we are told we will find the place Lorenza died. En route, we simply…
- Intermission · 11 min · Řada 1This week we're going to have a brief intermission in the investigation. Trust us, there are so many more twists and turns to come. But first, we want to share a little snippet…
- THE BOOK OF DEATH · 32 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 3Every death in the village of Caltabellotta is handwritten in a massive book stored in the heart of the village. What we uncover inside of the book of death shifts the entire…
- SUMMER VACATION · 33 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 2Most families send their kids to summer camp in July. Jo has packed up her entire brood of five to travel to Sicily to solve this century-old murder. Travel with us across the…
- LORENZA · 33 min · Řada 1 Epizoda 1Journalist Jo Piazza’s family has been playing a hundred year long game of telephone about the murder of her great great grandmother Lorenza Marsala. Family members who have gone…
- Introducing: The Sicilian Inheritance · 3 min · Řada 1Jo Piazza is on a mission to solve the 100 year old murder mystery of her great great grandmother, but she is also trying to connect with her family’s heritage and transport all…
