In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale dissects the life and legacy of Andrei Chikatilo, the infamous Butcher of Rostov, who murdered, mutilated, and cannibalized over 50 victims in the shadows of the crumbling Soviet Union. Against the backdrop of post-Stalin famine, Cold War paranoia, and a regime that denied the very existence of serial killers, Chikatilo hunted with terrifying efficiency—luring women and children from train stations and forests into his orbit of depravity. He killed in silence for over a decade, protected by a state blinded by ideology and fear. With his signature sadism and sexual violence, Chikatilo's case revealed the rot at the heart of Soviet justice and left a legacy of horror that haunts Russia to this day. This 28-minute episode takes listeners from famine-stricken Ukraine through the fall of the Iron Curtain—and into the cell where evil met its end.
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