The Red Ripper
Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer
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The Red Ripper
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Narrated by:
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Michael Page
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By:
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Peter Conradi
About this listen
By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Although he was initially arrested in 1984, the police lacked enough evidence to pin the unsolved murders on him and he was able to torture and kill dozens more before his eventual conviction. Compiling exclusive interviews and trial transcripts, journalist and editor at London's Sunday Times Peter Conradi reveals how the grandfather and former teacher carried out a horrific twelve-year killing spree.
Based on extensive research into Chikatilo's past and the elements of Soviet society that allowed his crimes to go unsolved for so long, Conradi delves into the life of one of history's most prolific and disturbing serial killers. Interviews with Moscow police detectives detail the fervent hunt for the man who preyed on young children, prostitutes, and runaways.
A chilling look into the deranged mind of a monster, The Red Ripper is a comprehensive and shocking true crime account of one of the twentieth century's deadliest killers.
Contains mature themes.
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The author does a good job in filling in details of many of the political, cultural, judicial and technological conditions of the time and how these factors, along with others, allowed the killer to get away with his crimes for so long. He also provides respectful but honest accounts of the victims without white-washing them, so it's not like every victim is a genius, pillar of the community, best kid in school or any other favorable portrayal that true-crime podcasts and videos seem to insist on for anyone who gets murdered.
The story has a detailed psychiatric analysis of the serial-killer, providing a theory on how he became the sadistic murderer that tortured and killed so many people from mid-life onwards.
The reader is good, well suited for non-fiction and does a commendable job at pronouncing Russian people and place names, even the apparently unpronounceable ones.
I'm not sure if this is a translation but there are some minor artifacts that may confuse slightly. Of particular interest to me was the author describing an early victim as 'an attractive fifteen-year-old'. Based on how he writes, I think he meant to say that, to the killer, she was an attractive fifteen-year-old but it's not always clear that the author is speaking the words or thoughts of the killer, not expressing his own opinion.
A very interesting story, fascinating and graphic. If you're not ok with talk of sexual violence, including some towards children, then this may not be for you but if you can stomach it, I recommend.
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