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S1:E11 – The Dollmaker

Anatoly Moskvin was once a well-respected academic in his small city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. That is, until police made the gruesome discovery of some of his homemade "friends" on a fateful day in 2011. Listen to Kayla attempt Russian pronunciations and explore the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Sources:

Delong, W. (2019, February 12). Russian man found with the bodies of 29 young girls mummified to look like dolls in his apartment. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/anatoly-moskvin
In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, compulsory medical measures will be applied to a man who has committed abuses against the bodies of the deceased and their burial places. (n.d.). [Feb 27 2013]. Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. https://nnovgorod.sledcom.ru/news/item/727130
Kokina-Slavina, T. (n.d.). Interview with Anatoly Moskvin. https://www.kokina.ru/moskvin/interview.htm
Man “made dolls out of corpses.” (2012, March 6). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15653074
Russian grave digger dresses up 29 bodies and puts them on display at home. (2011, November 8). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8878306/Russian-grave-digger-dresses-up-29-bodies-and-puts-them-on-display-at-home.html
Stewart, W. (2014, October 27). Bodysnatcher dug up my girl’s murdered body then mummified her corpse. Mail Online. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2809228/Evil-murderer-dug-little-girl-s-dead-body-mummified-corpse-taunted-ten-years-Grieving-mother-relives-nightmare-bodysnatcher-genius.html