Episode 425: Pupetta Maresca

Pupetta Maresca was born into the Naples Camorra Family, a mafia-type criminal organization and society in Italy. Pupetta was always a part of the the criminal underworld, but after her husband, another Camorra mob boss, was murdered, she took revenge into her own hands. Known as “Lady Camorra”, Pupetta Maresca became a prominent woman in Italy throughout her 86 years of life.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/31/she-understood-her-power-the-death-of-mafia-boss-pupetta-maresca

https://nypost.com/2022/10/08/this-mob-wife-was-a-revenge-seeking-godmother-in-her-own-right/

https://crimereads.com/pupetta-maresca-mafia-godmother/

http://rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/last-confessions-of-italys-most-infamous-mafia-murderess-barbie-nadeau-1234586431/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/30/assunta-maresca-first-female-boss-in-camorra-mafia-dies-aged-86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4fldKeGrM