From about 15 years on up, a great deal of my thoughts were basically unshareable.

We are all evil in some form or another.

Yes, I am.

Not 100%, but I am.

My mother was a sick, angry, hungry, and very sad woman.

I hated her, but I wanted to love my mother.

This is serial killing, a podcast.

Hello again, and welcome to Serial Killing of Podcast. This is Alyssa Carroll, and I am your host and the creator of At Serial underscore Killing on Instagram, where we go

through the life stories of serial killers to see if we might catch a glimpse of why they displayed

their famous vile and disturbing behaviors. This week's podcast will be on Alexander Petuskin. Now, if it were considered socially acceptable

to have favorite offenders with regards to true crime, well, then Alexander would be in my top five.

Now, that's not to say that I'm okay with the things that he did because I'm not, not by any stretch of the imagination.

But I believe some things he experienced in his childhood could have a direct correlation

with his later behavior. There's no real way of knowing with 100% certainty, but in my opinion,

there is a strong case for him not actually being born to kill.

His case just seems much more black and white compared to most serial killers.

So let's jump right in.

Alexander Petchuskin was known as the chessboard killer, the Bitsa Park Maniac.

He was born in the northeastern part of Moscow in the Soviet Union on April 9, 1974, making him an Ares.

So as we always do, let's get into some history for that region at that time.

The Soviet Union from 1964 to about 1982 was known as the Breznev era.

The economy was great.

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