The killer department

By Robert Cullen

Subjects: Serial murderers, Murderers, Insane, Criminal and dangerous, Citizen X, Biography, Russia, Serial murders, Case studies, True Crime, Murder, serIal murder, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Mentally ill offenders, Sex crimes, Criminal and dangerous Insane

Description: The spellbinding true tale of the discovery, chase, capture, and execution of Andrei Chikatilo, a serial killing madman who sexually assaulted, mutilated, and killed at least 53 women and children near Rostov-on-Don, Russia, between 1978 and 1986. The story is told by Colonel Vicktor Burakov, Soviet Militia, a brilliant, tenacious investigator who would be the very last man I'd want pursuing me for a crime I committed. This story, by Robert Cullen, was made into the HBO movie *Citizen X*.