Andrei Chicitillo grew up in the impoverished and famine-riddled Ukraine at the height of

the Soviet Union's dominance over the region.

With his father away at war, Chicitillo lived with his abusive mom and grew up witnessing

the atrocities of war and the pain and suffering caused by starvation.

Today, we'll discuss Chicitillo's upbringing and how it may have led to his sexual shortcomings

and his violent, sexually motivated crimes.

We'll also look at his early murders and the start of the massive investigation to catch

this ruthless serial killer.

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From the standpoint when you're dealing with a sexual sadist, is that they will inflict

either psychological or physical pain on the victim, not because they enjoy inflicting

the pain, but as they enjoy the suffering that the victim is going through.

And so when you look at this type of an individual, the question always comes up as to whether

or not it's genetics that create these monsters or whether or not it's the environment

that creates these monsters.

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