Episode 166 - Back to School, My Dude (Andrei Chikatilo)

It’s September, and back to school season is in full swing on Murder, My Dude!

While that usually means homework and recess for most people, for us, it means school bus accidents and one of the most sinister killer’s we’ve ever covered.

Andrei Chikatilo’s life was a Stalinist horror story, with an upbringing dominated by birth defects, intentional famines, and World War II. These surroundings helped create a monster - one that would terrorize the Rostov-on-Don section of the Soviet Union for over a decade. 

This week, we tell his story.

BUT FIRST! This Week in Murder explores the aforementioned school bus accidents and a hate crime in California.

And, as always, we play a rollicking game of Who Died The Worst?!