Notorious Ukrainian cannibalistic serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was arrested on November 20, 1990
Notorious Ukrainian cannibalistic serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was arrested on November 20, 1990. Chikatilo was convicted of sexually molesting and killing 52 women and children. His final words were, "Don’t blow my brains out! The Japanese want to buy them!" Click the link-in-bio for the last words of more infamous killers.⠀ Over the following 12 years, Chikatilo committed over 50 known murders. Because reports of crimes like serial murder and rape were greatly suppressed by Soviet authorities in the state-controlled media, stories began taking a life of their own; among the rumors that circulated was that the victims were killed and mutilated by a werewolf. The murders weren’t publicized until August 1984, by which time Chikatilo had killed at least 30 people. He was suspected of killing Yelena Zabotnova and had been seen with her, but because another man confessed to the murder under torture and was consequently executed, Chikatilo was able to cont...