Retroflash

December 12, 1969. A public square in Milan, Piazza Fontana, a moment like any other. Then a sudden rupture interrupts the flow of ordinary life. This episode enters the instant when confusion replaces certainty and a city is forced to confront something it cannot yet understand. 📘 Retroflash Podcast — Contemporary History & Chronicles What happened. And what remains. Contemporary history in...

A séance in a Bologna apartment. A mysterious clue: “Gradoli.” A series of false leads and missed opportunities. This episode uncovers the surreal and controversial twists of the Moro investigation, from the Lago della Duchessa hoax to the discovery of the Red Brigades’ hideout in Via Gradoli. 📘 Retroflash Podcast — Contemporary History & Chronicles What happened. And what remains. Contempora...

For fifty-five days, Italy lived in suspense as Aldo Moro wrote dozens of letters from his “people’s prison.” We revisit the tense negotiations, the political divisions, the failed searches, and the moment his body was discovered in the red Renault 4 in Via Caetani. A gripping reconstruction of one of Europe’s most dramatic hostage cases. 📘 Retroflash Podcast — Contemporary History & Chronicl...

On March 16, 1978, the Red Brigades launched the brutal Via Fani ambush, killing Moro’s security detail and kidnapping one of Italy’s most influential political leaders. This episode explores the political tensions, the rise of the Red Brigades, and the two minutes of gunfire that altered Italian history forever. A deep, clear introduction to the Moro case and the Years of Lead. 📘 Retroflash Podc...