About this episode

The episode explores the chilling story of the Chessboard Killer, one of Russia's deadliest serial killers who believed he was playing a game.

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People in this episode

Host: Kallmekris

Topics covered

• serial killer
• true crime
• investigation
• obsession
• Russia
• Chessboard Killer

Keywords

• Chessboard Killer
• serial killer
• true crime
• Russia
• investigation
• obsession

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Places: Russia

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