May 24, 1953 - Alexander Komin
The date provided does not match the Wikipedia source, which gives his birth date as July 15, 1953, not May 24 — worth flagging before publication. Setting that aside, Komin's case stands out for the calculated, infrastructural nature of his crimes: the construction of an underground bunker beneath his garage points to deliberate, sustained planning rather than impulsive violence. Over a two-year period in mid-1990s Russia, he held multiple people in captivity simultaneously, placing him among a narrow category of offenders whose crimes involved prolonged domination and deprivation rather than a single act.
From Wikipedia
Alexander Nikolayevich Komin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ко́мин, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Komin; 15 July 1953 – 15 June 1999), known as The Slaveholder (Russian: Рабовладелец, Rabovladyelyets), was a Russian enslaver and serial killer. At various times from 1995 to 1997, he kept six people as prisoners in a 9-metre-deep bunker under his garage. Four of his prisoners were eventually murdered.
Komin was featured in several documentaries, including "Cooperative Prisoner" (1998) from the series Criminal Russia, Bunker. The modern version (2015) from the series "The investigation was conducted..." and a documentary film which appeared on Japanese television from the series Maniacs of the 20th Century.
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