Richard Ramirez

Andrei Chikatilo

Aileen Wuornos

Genene Jones

Ted Bundy

The Killers: Andrei Chikatilo

Murders committed: At least 56

Chikatilo lived in Rostov, 500 miles from Moscow. While living a double life as a married man, Communist Party member and teacher, Chikatilo stalked many of his victims in local train and bus stations. The majority were children. He was a cannibal and a sadist who kept 'trophies' of his victims… small personal items that would remind him of his acts.

It took authorities twelve years to bring him to justice because they were hindered by Chikatilo's status as a loyal Party member. Many blame the incompetence of Soviet authorities and their refusal to admit the existence of a serial killer in their socialist society for his reign of terror.

He was executed by firing squad in prison on February 14, 1994.

There is a very good film that follows the investigation that led to his capture called "Citizen X." It does not celebrate Chikatilo as the bogeyman, but rather, examines the politics and bureaucracy that prevented him from being brought to justice sooner.

Windows Media
(68 seconds, 2.2MB)

Quicktime
(68 seconds, 2.2MB)