Russia's granny ripper for roughly 15 years and unassuming Russian woman named Tamara Samsonova may

have secretly murdered between 10 and perhaps as many as 14 people which was finally arrested in 2015.

She was 68 years old, just weeks removed from her final gruesome murder, her age and the way she

dismembered her victim's bodies led to her granny ripper nickname. She's also given the nickname of

Babushka Yaga due to rumors of cannibalism, her interest in the occult and the fact that her overall

look led many to label her a real life Babuyaga. She was finally caught when some of her victims'

body parts were found dumped haphazardly near her apartment. Despite having her own apartment nearby,

police found her residing in the nearby residence of her last victim, not a good look. When they walked

in, there was blood on the walls. There was a saw she'd used to cut her poor victim up just laying

out in the open and even worse look. And then as if the police needed any more evidence of her guilt,

investigators obtained CCTV footage of her hauling body parts out of the murdered woman's

apartment in bags, including what would turn out to be a head in a covered cooking pot.

When Samsonova's story broke into the press, Russian tabloids went buck-wild.

And started without any real proof claiming that Babushka Yaga ate her victims,

that she killed in order to complete dark occult rituals. Many Russians based on the press her

story received believed that Tamara Samsonova was an actual witch as well. Crazy, right?

It is crazy. It's all a very Russian thing to believe as well. Current belief in the occult is

very strong in Russia today. Faith healers, witches, sorcerers, yes, sorcerers,

currently very much in demand. More so than actual medical doctors, a highly entertaining,

a preposterously, gloriously vodka soaked Russian episode waits today on TimeSuck.

Happy Monday and work can wait. I'm Dan Kelman, the Suck Master, the Master's Sucker,

and you're listening to TimeSuck. Hail Nimrod, praiseful Jangels, Helus Afina, and Glory be to

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