Posted on 11/24/2025 2:22:00 PM PST by DFG
An Italian son has been accused of dressing up as his dead mother in an effort to claim her pension while her body was hidden at home.
The 56-year-old man, an unemployed nurse from Mantua, reportedly managed to claim thousands of euros before his act was exposed.
He had also allegedly hidden the dead body of his mother, Graziella Dall'Oglio, at the family home until it had become mummified.
Ms Dall'Oglio passed away around three years ago at the age of 82, according to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.
But her son failed to officially report her death and instead wrapped her body in a sheet, stuffed it into a sleeping bag and hid it in the house.
He then allegedly dressed up as his mother, complete with lipstick, foundation and a pearl necklace, before setting out to renew her identity card in a government office in the suburb of Borgo Virgilio.
The son had reportedly cut his hair so it would fall in a similar style to his late mother's.
He underwent a 'Mrs Doubtfire-style transformation', the paper said, referring to the 1993 movie starring Robin Williams.
The man arrived at the government office on the outskirts of Mantua earlier this month, where he presented himself as Ms Dall'Oglio.
But his blatant deception raised the suspicions of one employee, who realised there was something peculiar about the 'woman' - including their thick neck and deep voice.
The member of staff quickly reported the incident to police and even alerted the local mayor.
Authorities compared official photographs of the real Ms Dall'Oglio to those of her son and realised they had been duped.
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If she had an EBT card; he never would have to go in person at all.
Just another L-O-L-A...
It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.
The rate of craziness is out of hand around the world it must be the water.
Or the woke societal unwillingness to take mental illness seriously.
I think you have something there.
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