109 - The Chessboard Killer: Alexander Pichushkin

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Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Alexander Pichushkin insisted he’d killed sixty-three people after being apprehended in 2006 but authorities only had enough evidence to convict him of forty-eight murders. The bodies of other victims had vanished. He killed his first victim in 1992 and didn’t get caught until 2006. Not only was he not remorseful, he was proud. He was disappointed that he wasn’t convicted of killing more people than his idol, Chikatilo, convicted of 52 murders in 1992. His goal was kill 64 - one for every space on a chessboard. Why? Why did he want to kill anyone? Who did he kill? How did he kill them? And how did he get away with it for so damn long? We look into all of this, in another dark, October, true crime edition, of Timesuck. Timesuck is brought to you today by Hims! Get a trial month of Hims for just $5 today right now while supplies last. Go to ForHims.com/TIMESUCK Timesuck is also brought to you today by Audible! Start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. Go to Audible.com/TIMESUCK Or text TIMESUCK to 500500 Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 3000 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	The death of his childhood dog, early chest victories against old drunk men in a park adjacent to a
0:05.4	depressed government housing project, a fascination with the Rostov Ripper Andre Cicatilo,
0:10.8	the abandonment by a father in the death of a loving grandfather, and a childhood head injury
0:15.9	from a swing. These would be the main ingredients that would mix together would create Alexander
0:21.0	Yuravich Poshushkin known to family and friends Asasha known to the world as the chessboard killer
0:27.2	aka the Beets of Park Maniac. He sits now in solitary confinement in a Russian prison as he has
0:33.6	since his 2007 conviction on 48 murders and three attempted murders. Poshushkin's trial created
0:40.6	intense national debate in Russia regarding reinstating the death penalty. The last person to be
0:46.2	executed in Russia was another Moscow serial killer Sergei Glovkin aka the Fisher aka the Boa
0:53.5	convicted of raping and killing 11 young boys between 1986 and 1992 and then given a single shot to
1:00.1	the back of his head 1996. Just like the United States, Russia has had an unfortunate amount of
1:06.1	monsters dedicated to exterminating human beings. During his trial Poshushkin actually insisted he
1:12.9	killed 63 people but authorities only had enough evidence to convict him of 48. He killed his
1:18.0	first victim in 1992 didn't get caught until 2006 not only was he not remorseful, he was proud.
1:24.3	He was disappointed that he wasn't convicted of killing more people than his idle
1:28.7	chiketilo convicted of 52 murders in 1992. His goal was 64, one for every space on a chessboard. Why?
1:38.1	Why did he want to kill anyone? Who did he kill? How did he kill them and how did he get away with it
1:43.2	for so damn long? We look into all this in another dark October true crime edition of Time Suck.
2:01.6	Happy Monday Time Suckers Hail Nimrod, only him today he demands it. I'm Dan
2:06.4	Cummins aka the prophet of Nimrod and you are listening to Time Suck. Welcome to the cult of the
2:12.2	curious. Today's Time Suck is brought to you by Donald McRodell's Roanoke recluse spider removal.
2:18.8	Most meat sacks have one thing in common they don't like being covered from head to toe
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