Episode 102: The Werewolf of Russia (Serial Killer Mikhail Popkov)
The 17 year old girl woke up in a panic. Where was she? It was so bright and cold - a hospital?
She turned her head to the left - a pale dead body. She tried to scream but her voice wouldn’t work. She looked to her right - a dead body. She wanted to jump up and run out of there but half of her body was now paralyzed.
She had woken up in a morgue with half her hair torn out, she couldn’t move, and she didn’t even remember her name.
All she knew was earlier she was in a forest staring at the werewolf.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Werewolf Killer: The True Story of a Russian Cop Turned Serial Killer” - by C.L. Swinney
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-serial-killer-policeman-mikhail-popkov-werewolf-angarsk-murders-irkutsk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZh0ftH9irY
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/russias-deadliest-serial-killer-known-22473536
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7950585/mikhail-popkov-russia-serial-killer-survivor-story/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mikhail-popkov-russia-serial-killer-siberia-werewolf-police-officer-murder-victims-a8675671.html
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