Mikhail Popkov: 83 and Counting...

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Over the course of nearly two decades, Mikhail Popkov murdered more than 80 young woman and girls, making him one of Russia's worst serial killers. During the time Mikhail Popkov was committing his gruesome crimes in Siberia, he was dubbed "the Wednesday Murderer" by law enfor ...

One of Russia's most infamous serial killers ever... 

He has killed over 53 women and children... and it all started because he couldn't get a boner. You read that right. 



His erectile dysfunction led him down a dark sinister path of murder ...

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, The Rostov Ripper, and The Red Ripper who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and th ...  Show more

Mikhail Popkov grew to develop a strong hatred of women as an adult. When he started believing his wife was having an affair, he decided that he needed to set out to punish any woman who was going out and having fun instead of staying home with their family. For more stories of t ...  Show more