Known as one of the worst serial killers of all time, Andrei Chikatilo roamed the streets of Rostov-on-Don for nearly 12 years, killing, sexually assaulting, and mutilating at least 52 women and children.
For 12 years, beginning in 1978, Chikatilo stalked his victims in bus and train stations, on the streets and in cafes.
He targeted lost souls, including drifters and the mentally challenged, as well as excellent students from good families, naive young women and helpless little girls left unattended.
The Rostov Ripper used his self-described “magnetism” to persuade his victims to follow him down dark forest paths, where, in Chikatilo’s words, he would be seized by trembling excitement and ambush them, crushing them with his 200-pound frame.
Chikatilo would then tie their hands, rape them and slash them with a foot-long knife.
The killer would often gouge out his victims’ eyes, cut out and chew on their sexual organs and stuff their mutilated bodies with soil.
During the hunt for the Rostov Ripper, there were hidden cameras at train stations and undercover policewomen dressed as runaways.
Other undercover officers would dress as rail workers and mushroom pickers.
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