Russia's Worst Serial Killers, The Academy Maniacs and Alexander Pichushkin

From war lords, to drug kingpins, Cartels, criminals, gangs, serial killers, and ever day psychos, World on Drugs with Steve Furey deep dives into subjects and people other wont. We analyze it through the lens of comedy, to try and see how and why these people/event went down the wrong road. So come join me, Steve Furey and my funny friends to learn about some of the people who stay in the shadows.

This week we got my buddy Daouud Naimyar (@daouud_Naimyar) is on the show! We both started stand up together in Northern ca, and he's one of my best comedy buds. This episode is equally terrifying as it is hilarious. Daouud and i take it to places, most people wouldnt. Alot like these two psychos Anouvfriev and Lytkin. They murdered 15+ people in the matter of 6 months in Russia. They also loved, and looked up to Alexandre Pichushkin who murdered 40+ people in a park he played chess in every day, so we do a lil, Inception episode. An episode inside of an episode. 2 for the price of one! Enjoy! and please share and comment!

Sources

Criminalminds.com Blog

Rosfinmonitoring. Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation. List of

Terrorists and Extremists. http://fedsfm.ru/documents/terrorists.html

Official Russian site for the financial monitoring of terrorist and extremist activities in Russia. Much of the data is on current, rather than historical, criminals, but much of the biographical information on Anoufriev and Lytkin come from this site, which in turn used data and information collected by police authorities during the investigation and trial.

Nikita, Mogutin. “Medical Maniac Begs His Victims for Forgiveness.” Life Magazine Russia. 9 June 2011.

An overview of the case, published shortly after their arrest, during a pre-trial interview. Covers much of the timeline and basics of the case, but published before their trial and well before their sentencing. Includes an interview with Anoufriev.

“Hammers Who Attacked Passerby’s Sentenced.” Interfax Russia. 2 April 2013. An overview of the case published during sentencing, with much of the common background found on other Russian news sites. Includes a list of the specific criminal codes charged against Anoufriev and Lytkin.

“The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation "by a quarter" reduced the term of one of the "Academician hammers" who killed 6 people.” NEWS Ru. Crime. 8 October 2013.

An overview of the case, updated for the resentencing of Lytkin. Covers family developments during the period immediately following the arrest of the two men.