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S1E7 Andrei Chikatilo: The Real Citizen X - The Rostov Ripper PART 1
For twelve years, Citizen X had been a ghost, haunting the railway lines and forest strips of the USSR. The state insisted that serial killers were a "capitalist disease" that didn't exist in their…
S1 Andrei Chikatilo: The Real Citizen X - The Rostov Ripper
For twelve years, Citizen X had been a ghost, haunting the railway lines and forest strips of the USSR. The state insisted that serial killers were a "capitalist disease" that didn't exist in their…
S1E6 Kovács Péter - The Monster of Martfű And the Man Who Served 11 Years for a Crime He Didn't Commit
"How do you catch a monster when he looks exactly like a 'model citizen'? In the socialist era of the 1960s, serial killers weren't supposed to exist. They were considered a 'Western disease.' So…
S1 Kovács Péter - The Monster of Martfű And the Man Who Served 11 Years for a Crime He Didn't Commit
How do you catch a monster when he looks exactly like a 'model citizen'? In the socialist era of the 1960s, serial killers weren't supposed to exist. They were considered a 'Western disease.' So when…
S1E5 Pista Pipás -The Coldblooded Crossdressing Assassin of Hungary
- There is a business, you could earn a little money... - What kind of business is it? - A woman's husband should be hanged.With this conversation, Pipás Pista's bitter story began.Perhaps no other…
S1 Pista Pipás -The Coldblooded Crossdressing Assassin of Hungary
- There is a business, you could earn a little money... - What kind of business is it? - A woman's husband should be hanged.With this conversation, Pipás Pista's bitter story began.Perhaps no other…
S1 My cat has a lot to say about the The Angel makers of Nagyrév
For 18 years, the town of Nagyrév held a dark secret. It wasn't a serial killer stalking the streets—it was the women of Nagyrév who had started a poisoning ring that claimed over 50 lives, earning…
S1E4 The Angelmakers of Nagyrév: the most shocking case in rural Hungary
For 18 years, the town of Nagyrév held a dark secret. It wasn't a serial killer stalking the streets—it was the women of Nagyrév who had started a poisoning ring that claimed over 50 lives, earning…
S1 The Angelmakers of Nagyrév: the most shocking case in rural Hungary
For 18 years, the town of Nagyrév held a dark secret. It wasn't a serial killer stalking the streets—it was the women of Nagyrév who had started a poisoning ring that claimed over 50 lives, earning…
S1 The Monster of Cinkota / Kiss Blea
The Monster of Cinkota | The Serial Killer Who Got Away #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity For one of Hungary’s most notorious serial killers, we actually know surprisingly little. Béla Kiss was…
S1E3 The Monster of Cinkota | The Serial Killer Who Got Away
The Monster of Cinkota | The Serial Killer Who Got Away #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity For one of Hungary’s most notorious serial killers, we actually know surprisingly little. Béla Kiss was…
S1 The Monster of Cinkota: The Man Who Vanished
For one of Hungary’s most notorious serial killers, we actually know surprisingly little. Béla Kiss was never questioned by the police, never brought before a court, and never made to answer for what…
S1 Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi #truecrimepodcast #podcast #truecrimecommunity
Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi #truecrimepodcast #podcast #truecrimecommunity On the 3rd of September, 1954, two police officers arrived at a small house in Törökszentmiklós after a…
S1E2 Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi
Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi #truecrimepodcast #podcast #truecrimecommunity On the 3rd of September, 1954, two police officers arrived at a small house in Törökszentmiklós after a…
S1 Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi
Was She Born Evil? - Piroska Jancso Ladanyi #truecrimepodcast #podcast #truecrimecommunity On the 3rd of September, 1954, two police officers arrived at a small house in Törökszentmiklós after a…
S1 Piroska Jancsó Ladányi – Born Evil… or Made?
On the 3rd of September, 1954, two police officers arrived at a small house in Törökszentmiklós after a report that a sack of stolen clothing might be found on the property.What began as a minor…
S1 Elizabeth Bathory - Serial Killer or Victim of a Witch Hunt?
Báthory was a powerful noblewoman in the 16th century and is often called the most prolific female serial killer in history, accused of murdering over 600 young women within her castles. Legend…
S1E1 Elizabeth Bathory - Serial Killer or Victim of a Witch Hunt?
Báthory was a powerful noblewoman in the 16th century and is often called the most prolific female serial killer in history, accused of murdering over 600 young women within her castles. Legend…
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