Borgo Virgilio (Italy) – In Lombardy, Italy, Hitchcock’s shocking “Psycho” has become a reality: dressed in women’s clothing and a wig, a man disguises himself as his late mother to collect her monthly pension.
Men dressed as mothers
As reported by the daily newspaper “Corriere della Sera”, among others, in the city of Borgo Virgilio in the province of Mantua (Italy) a man was caught dressing up as his dead mother! The 57-year-old man had previously covered up his mother’s natural death for three years to collect his monthly pension. But then a big problem arose: the woman’s ID card had expired – no payment without valid documents. So she put on a dress, a wig and went to the registry office at the city hall.
The body was hidden in the basement
According to the newspaper, authorities immediately recognized the fraud. They asked him to come back in proper clothes. The 57-year-old man did so, but the police were already waiting at the city hall. During the investigation, officers uncovered a frightening secret: the woman had died of natural causes in 2022.
Her son hid her body in the basement, where police also found mummified remains leaning against a wall. They were taken to a nearby hospital morgue for examination. According to the newspaper, the man is now charged with hiding a body and Deception determined. It is not known how much money he collected illegally.
In Hitchcock’s classic film “Psycho,” a man impersonates his dead mother to commit murder
This case is reminiscent of the classic film “Psycho”
In the classic 1960 film “Psycho” by director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) kills his mother and keeps her mummified corpse in his motel.
The shy man disguises himself as his domineering mother and kills another woman wearing a dress and wig. The famous shower scene in which Bates stabs a motel occupant is one of the most famous in US cinema.
