written that announced Riario's death?
Who Wrote It? On whose behalf?
Why did the ghost have his head split?
Who were the real instigators of the killers of Riario?
What had Riario done to end up murdered?
Did Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano de 'Medici, murdered ten years earlier in Florence, have anything to do with this story?
Was a company of hired assassins created to assassinate him? From who?
Why did Riario enter in church only surrounded by several guards?
What the killers of Riario do after killing him?
Is a true or a false story that Caterina Sforza would show her sex shameless from the stands of the fortress of Forlì, when her enemies asked him to surrender? What did she do instead?
And much more that you will discover and understand for yourself while reading.
So I wish you a good read and a good rediscovery of this completely forgotten historical event.
And, if after reading this book, someone accidentally encounters the ghost again, I'm sure he will understand it much better than before.
Forlì, autumn of 2010... the ghost appears
In a room not far from the historic city center, a researcher of biomagnetic phenomena, or a ghost catcher if you prefer and some witnesses of mysterious facts and presences, are interviewed by the researcher himself
“Have you seen the ghost yet, ma'am?” asked the researcher, while interviewing a lady who wished to remain anonymous.
“Yes. It looks better in the evening or maybe you see better in that hour”, replied the lady.
“Have you seen it several times?”
“Yes”, said the woman again.
“Where is he when you see him?”
“In the municipal building of Forlì. Once I saw it outside Piazza Saffi2, it was suspended outside the wall, near a window on the first floor of the municipal building”, replied the lady.
“You mean he was standing on a window sill or on a ledge of the wall?” the researcher demanded for clarification.
“No. It was outside the wall and seemed to hang in the thin air”.
“Maybe it was suspended on an ancient framework that is now no longer in that wall?” commented the researcher.
“I do not know this”.
“I understand you lady. What did he do outside the wall?” continued the researcher.
“Nothing. It just seemed to dance near a window”, replied the woman.
“Which window?”
“It was the third window of the town hall, counting from the right”, replied the woman”.
“What was the ghost like?”
“Grey, a grey shadow and his head was open and split on one side, as if he were missing or they had cut off part of his head”.
“Wow. A good business card for introduce himself to someone. I guess you were at the least surprised lady?”
“Yes, surprised. You said well”.
“Okay lady. Have you seen it again and more?”
“Yes, sometimes he is in the corridor, another time he was in a larger adjoining room”.
“Do you see it when it's dark or there is little light?” the researcher asked more curious.
“No. I always saw it in the evening but never when it's completely dark”.
“All right, lady. What else have you seen about it?”
“I heard him say and moan something”.
“What did he say?”
“I didn't understand, his voice was weak and dimmering, and as well was his image”, explained the woman.
“Okay lady. What else have you seen?”
“Nothing else. That's all”, concluded the woman.
“Thanks for your information ma'am. If necessary, I will ask you more”, replied the researcher as he concluded the interview with the lady and was preparing to interview another witness present in the room.
“How did you manage to see the ghost?” asked the researcher, turning to the other witness who said he also saw it.
“I learned from friends about this presence in the building and went to look for it”.
“Why did you want to look him for?” asked the researcher curiously.
“I was only interested in seeing it”.
“And what have you seen?”
“More or less what the lady saw, but with a few more details”, replied the witness.
“What's more else details have you seen?”
“More than anything else, I heard him say something”, replied the witness.
“What did you hear saying about?”
“He was worried about his lady”.
“Did he speak directly to you?”
“No. Mostly he complained to anyone who could listen to him”, replied the witness.
“He complained about what?”
“Of what they had done to him and he wanted to take revenge against the traitors and conspirators who attacked him”, replied the witness.
“Did he tell you who his lady was?”
“No, but he said he had to rush to defend her because she was in danger in the next room”.
“So he was worried because her wife was in danger in the next room?”
“Yes, he more or less complained about it and demanded revenge for the conspirators who had done all this”, explained the witness.
“Did the ghost tell you what they had done to him?”
“He didn't say this but he knew who the conspirators were and demanded revenge them”, replied the witness.
“Did he also tell you who the hit men and the conspirators were?”
“Yes.
