With ax, noose, guillotine, Mastro Titta served the pope
One of the most extraordinary artifacts of papal Rome is not to be found in the Vatican Museums or in St. Peter's Basilica, or, for that matter, in any ecclesiastical venue. It is tucked away on an obscure side street, in Rome's sleepy Criminology Museum, operated as a hobby by the Italian "Ministry of Grace and Justice."
There, in a back room on the first floor, 12 feet tall and looking to be in perfect working order, ...