“The Chessboard Killer” Alexander Pichushkin ...

Desperate to fit in, a teenage girl targets the most popular student at her school. The way she sees it, they can either be friends – or enemies. Sources for this episode include:“Death of a Cheerleader” by Randall Sullivan, reprinted in Best of Rolling Stone A Killer By Design b ...  Show more

When a young model vanishes in Italy, the story seems disturbingly familiar—until her sudden reappearance raises more questions than answers. As investigators dig deeper, a case that looked open-and-shut twists into something far stranger.Sources for this episode include:Chloe Ay ...  Show more

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 ...

64 squares on a chessboard. And each represented a victim he viciously murdered. 



His trademark? Shoving a vodka bottle into the cracks of the skull he just split. The victims were almost always still alive during this. 



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After the death of Sam Giancana, investigators found that he had plenty of enemies, and lots of reasons to look over his shoulder. Neither the Chicago Outfit nor the CIA were pleased that he agreed to testify about his criminal activity. But authorities had little to go on becaus ...  Show more

During the 1930s, Albert Anastasia was the leader of Murder Inc., the mafia’s crew of contract killers. But after World War II, he shot his way to the top to become the boss of one of New York’s Five Families. Unfortunately for him, the Feds were more determined than ever to keep ...  Show more