Netflix extends Monster of Florence with three-episode Pacciani chapter

Netflix is extending The Monster of Florence with a three-episode second chapter directed by Stefano Sollima, shifting the focus to farm labourer Pietro Pacciani.

The follow-up centres on Pacciani and the so-called Snack Buddies lead, after the first instalment explored the so-called Sardinian lead. Sollima, who directed the original run, returns for the new chapter.

The order follows viewing success. The first instalment, a four-episode limited series — meaning a story told in a fixed number of episodes — dropped on Netflix on Oct. 22, 2025. It became Netflix's most-watched series globally in its first week of release in October 2025, as reported by Variety.

The drama is based on Italy's most famous unsolved case, the killings of couples in the hills around Florence. Investigators unearthed a 22-calibre bullet stamped with the letter "H" buried in the vegetable garden of Pacciani's Tuscan home on April 29, 1992. Pacciani, who became dubbed the Monster of Florence, was given a life sentence for killing six of eight couples and found guilty of raping his two daughters, a ruling that was subsequently overturned, according to the same report.

Pacciani died in 1998 from a heart attack at age 73 before he could be retried. Two alleged accomplices were later convicted of participating in some of the murders.

For the new chapter, the production stayed close to the real locations. The Pacciani trial scenes were filmed in the actual maximum-security courtroom in Florence where his 1994 trial took place. His real home in Mercatale Val di Pesa, a hamlet south of Florence in the Chianti hills, was reconstructed brick by brick for the set.

The series is produced by Wildside, a Fremantle company, and Sollima's AlterEgo. The producers are Sonia Rovai, Gina Gardini, Sollima and Lorenzo Mieli, with Sollima reuniting with writer Leonardo Fasoli and cinematographer Paolo Carnera. Sollima created the series alongside Fasoli, and it is the second project produced by AlterEgo.

Netflix first announced the new chapter directed by Sollima in June, in a company statement carried by Netflix. The first instalment was shot largely on location in Florence and its surroundings, and its Oct. 22 release tied in with the tenth anniversary of Netflix's service in Italy, as reported by Deadline.

For viewers, this means the story continues beyond its original four-episode close. No release date for the three new episodes has been disclosed.