The Mafia, the KGB and a devout Catholic: the Aldo Moro kidnapping
In 1978, Aldo Moro, president of Italy’s ruling Christian Democratic party, is kidnapped in broad daylight in Rome. His bodyguards are killed at the scene.
The state’s apparent helplessness in the face of a small group of young extremists raises questions that still persist today. I examine the kidnapping, the investigation and the competing explanations of the case.
0:00 Introduction
3:17 Aldo Moro’s life and the historical background
29:50 The kidnapping
38:34 The investigation and search
1:11:21 Alternative explanations
1:47:02 The aftermath
Sources
1. L’affaire Moro. Leonardo Sciascia
2. The Aldo Moro Murder Case. Richard Drake
1. Moro come sull’Orient Express, ucciso da tutti tranne che dalle Br – La Repubblica 12.01.2024
2. Tutti i falsi misteri del caso Moro – Il Post 09.05.2018
3. Caso Moro, verità storica contro teorie del complotto – Il Dubbio 30.06.2025
1. Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sul rapimento e sulla morte di Aldo Moro –2014-2018
https://archivio.camera.it/patrimonio/main-page/commissione-parlamentare-inchiesta-sul-rapimento-e-sulla-morte-aldo-moro-2014-2018
2. The “Moro Affair” - left-wing terrorism and conspiracy in Italy in the late 1970s
The state’s apparent helplessness in the face of a small group of young extremists raises questions that still persist today. I examine the kidnapping, the investigation and the competing explanations of the case.
0:00 Introduction
3:17 Aldo Moro’s life and the historical background
29:50 The kidnapping
38:34 The investigation and search
1:11:21 Alternative explanations
1:47:02 The aftermath
Sources
1. L’affaire Moro. Leonardo Sciascia
2. The Aldo Moro Murder Case. Richard Drake
1. Moro come sull’Orient Express, ucciso da tutti tranne che dalle Br – La Repubblica 12.01.2024
2. Tutti i falsi misteri del caso Moro – Il Post 09.05.2018
3. Caso Moro, verità storica contro teorie del complotto – Il Dubbio 30.06.2025
1. Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sul rapimento e sulla morte di Aldo Moro –2014-2018
https://archivio.camera.it/patrimonio/main-page/commissione-parlamentare-inchiesta-sul-rapimento-e-sulla-morte-aldo-moro-2014-2018
2. The “Moro Affair” - left-wing terrorism and conspiracy in Italy in the late 1970s