Ralph Brydges | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ralph Lyonel Brydges 1856 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 18 April 1946 (aged 89–90) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | "The Monster of Rome" |
| Conviction | N/A |
| Criminal penalty | N/A |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5–9 (suspected) |
Span of crimes | 1923–1928 |
| Country | Italy, Switzerland, Germany, South Africa |
| States | Rome, Geneva, Gauteng |
Date apprehended | N/A |
Ralph Lyonel Brydges (1856 – 18 April 1946) was an English Protestant pastor and paedophile who was accused of being "The Monster of Rome" (Italian: il mostro di Roma), a suspected serial killer of young girls who was active in Rome from 1924 to 1927.[1][2] Another man, photographer Gino Girolimoni, was wrongfully accused but later exonerated of the crimes,[3] for which the inspector Giuseppe Dosi later accused Brydges of committing.[4] Brydges was never tried for the crimes, amidst pressure from the British government, and later left Italy, supposedly committing other killings in other countries before his death in 1946.[5]
- ^ "La catena di delitti del seviziatore delle bambine" [The chain of crimes of the torturer of girls]. La Stampa (in Italian). 12 May 1927. p. 4. ISSN 1122-1763. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via Archivo La Stampa.
- ^ Rendina, Claudio (10 May 2015). "'È lo strangolatore delle bambine' Preso Girolimoni 'mostro' innocente" ['He is the strangler of little girls'; Girolimoni, taken as a 'monster', is innocent]. La Repubblica (in Italian). ISSN 0390-1076. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via Archivio la Repubblica.
- ^ "Vittima di un errore poliziesco è vissuto trentatré anni solo e in miseria" [Victim of a police error, he lived alone and in misery for thirty-three years]. La Stampa (in Italian). 21 November 1961. p. 9. ISSN 1122-1763. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via Archivo La Stampa.
- ^ Spettoli, Letizia (9 October 2017). "Ralph Lyonel Brydges: la storia del vero mostro di Roma" [Ralph Lyonel Brydges: the history of the true monster of Rome]. Notizie.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Bassini, Fausto (9 May 2012). "Il mostro e il commissario che lo braccò fino a Genova" [The monster and the commissioner who hunted him as far as Genoa]. Il Giornale (in Italian). ISSN 1124-8831. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.