He was a schoolteacher. A father. A quiet man. But beneath the gray Soviet exterior, Andrei Chikatilo was something far more sinister—a predator who murdered children and young women with ritualistic cruelty for over a decade. Known as The Rostov Ripper, Chikatilo operated in the shadows of a collapsing Soviet system, exploiting bureaucratic dysfunction and secrecy to commit at least 52 sadistic murders. He mutilated bodies, drank blood, and mutilated his victims in ways that even seasoned investigators called “inhuman.” In this horrifying episode of Devil’s DNA, we journey into postwar paranoia, KGB cover-ups, and the raw evil of a man who turned forests and train stations into hunting grounds. We break down his confessions, the ideological blindness that protected him, and the day the monster was finally unmasked. 🪓🧥🧪 Some killers hide behind masks—Chikatilo hid behind the Iron Curtain. And his crimes are among the darkest ever recorded.