Andrei Chikatilo
The Soviet "Hannibal Lecter," Chikatilo is said to have kiled over 52 people, mostly young boys. He was executed in 1994.
As a kid Andrei's brother was taken by the villagers and eaten during times of
famine. Or so he was told. This sexually impotent dirty-old-man from hell killed children
with impunity while he lived a quiet married life as a teacher.
Chikatilo lived in Rostov, 500 miles from Moscow, where he prayed mostly on children. He
stalked many of his victims in train and bus stations and had a penchant for disembowlment
and mutilation. He was also a cannibal and a sadist. His macabre twelve-year killing spree
was uncovered in 1982. Previously he was taken in for questioning and let go when police
found that his blood did not match the semen found in the victim. A little known fact is
that the blood and semen of a person does not necessary have to match. There are rare
exceptions, one of which was Chikatilo. Free again, he continued on his path of
destruction. While he was on trial, his gory descriptions, psychotic behavior and litany
of horrors gave the Soviet public their first taste of serial mayhem. Andrei was executed
in 1994.