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Italians are increasingly fascinated by true crime. But which case has been most shown on television? The Garlasco case has received the most attention of any news story in Italian history. According to research conducted by the OmnicomMediaGroup media center for the daily newspaper Libero, the hours dedicated to the Chiara Poggi murder, which occurred in 2007 in the town in the province of Pavia and was reopened in March of this year, have been approximately 8,800 from August 2007 to today, equivalent to more than a year's worth of broadcasts—nearly 367 days to be precise. In second place is the Cogne murder in which a mother killed her three-year-old son in January 2002: a total of 4,380 hours, or six months of broadcast time, which is less than half the Garlasco case. The Avetrana crime ranks last, following the murder of young Sarah Scazzi, who disappeared on 26 August 2010 and whose body was found only in October of the same year—announced live during an episode of the program Chi l’ha visto? (dedicated to the search for missing persons and the analysis of crime cases) while the host was interviewing the victim’s mother. In this case, the overall viewing time was 4,020 hours, or slightly more than five and a half months of television, with peaks throughout the time when young Sarah's body was not discovered and then throughout the trial. The center's media analysts noted that with the advent of social media and television streaming platforms, some crimes, such as the Garlasco, Cogne, Avetrana, and Yara Gambirasio cases, have seen further fragmentation in audience, with viewers recovering clips from programs or news reports that aired several years ago. The various specials on streaming platforms and TV series have also contributed to boosting view counts.
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