EP265: The Red Ripper Andrei Chikatilo - Part 2 of 2

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The manhunt was massive. The victims were piling up. And yet, for years, Andrei Chikatilo continued to slip through the cracks of the Soviet justice system. In Part 2 of this Early Release series, we follow the chilling escalation of The Red Ripper’s crimes—his increasingly brazen attacks, the wrongful arrests, and the sheer horror of a killer who seemed unstoppable.But justice would eventually catch up. We dive into the groundbreaking forensic work, the psychological profile that finally cracked the case, and Chikatilo’s jaw-dropping confession that stunned the world.🎧 Finish the story before it’s released to the public.Content Warning: This episode contains graphic discussions of sexual violence, murder, and crimes against children. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:20.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:33.0	Hi, I'm Shannon.
0:34.4	Hi, I'm Tanya.
0:35.6	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
0:42.8	Hey, Shannon.
0:44.0	Hey, Tanya.
0:44.7	How are you?
0:45.5	Doing pretty good today.
0:46.7	How about you?
0:47.6	It's a Friday.
0:48.8	I'm having a good day.
0:51.8	What about you?
0:52.5	Yeah, my day's fantastic. You know, living the dream.
0:56.6	And I can hear it in your voice.
0:59.6	Can't you? I can.
1:01.7	It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood.
1:04.5	Well, what I'm going to do for us is I'm going to finish up that Andre Romanoff, Chical Tilo story, The Red Ripper.
1:13.6	That fucking horrible guy, yes.
1:16.1	And I left you guys kind of hanging halfway. I left you guys with his works up to 92. So we still
1:23.6	have plenty of years to go with his work. But I'm going to remind you that of his monikers of the Red Ripper, the Butcher of Rostov,
1:33.3	the Rostov Ripper, the Forrestrip Killer, and the Mad Beast, he earned every single one of those.
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