April 9, 1974 - Alexander Pichushkin
Operating largely within a single Moscow park over roughly fourteen years, Pichushkin built one of the highest confirmed victim counts in Russian criminal history — a sustained campaign that went undetected long enough to reach near-mythic local notoriety. His stated ambition to fill every square on a chessboard with a killing gave investigators an unusual window into the structured, goal-oriented thinking behind the crimes. The case drew significant attention to how prolific offenders can remain active in plain, public spaces.
From Wikipedia
Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Пичу́шкин; born 9 April 1974), also known as the Chessboard Killer (Убийца с шахматной доской) and the Bitsa Park Maniac (Битцевский маньяк), is a Russian serial killer and former warehouse worker who is believed to have killed at least forty-nine people, and possibly as many as sixty, between 1992 and 2006. Pichushkin was active in Moscow's Bitsa Park, where a number of the victims' bodies were found. On 29 October 2007, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. At time of imprisonment, he was unmarried with no children.
Further reading on Amazon:
As an Amazon Associate, Evil Birthdays earns from qualifying purchases.
- Last updated on .