The years of domestic terrorism in Italy (gli anni di piombo) from the late 1960s until the early 1980s are still today largely shrouded in mystery. A few of the protagonists of the violent episodes of the period have, however, captured our imagination. One of these protagonists is Anna Laura Braghetti, a member of the Red Brigades who played a major role in the most dramatic act of political violence of the time: the kidnapping and eventual murder of Aldo Moro, one of the most important political figures of the age. In this presentation, I will talk about Braghetti’s role and discuss her own confessions of the episode, which she recounted in her book, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner), published in 1998.