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The Chess Board Killer - June 16 2020 - Daily True Crime

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Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

June 16th: Alexander Pichuskin Arrested (2006) We’ve talked about it before, but there seems to be a common theme amongst some of the most heinous killers. A head injury. On June 16th 2006 a man was arrested for killing 49 individuals. A man who, just before a childhood head injury, was considered a normal, social, child. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racementment.

0:04.0

We have a weird...

0:06.0

...by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

We've talked about it before, but there seems to be a common theme among some of the most heinous killers.

0:16.0

A head injury.

0:18.0

On June 16, 2006, a man was arrested for killing 49 individuals.

0:23.6

A man who, just before a childhood head injury, was considered a normal, social child.

0:29.6

So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:36.6

Alexander Pushushkin was born on April 19th, Sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:43.8

Alexander Poshchuskin was born on April 9, 1974, in Russia.

0:48.3

From the beginning, Alexander was remembered as a pretty normal child.

0:55.2

That was, of course, until he fell backwards off a swing and was struck in the head as it swung back. This head injury resulted in a damaged frontal cortex that caused Alexander to go from

1:00.2

mild-mannered to hostile and impulsive.

1:04.1

His mother took this injury and decided he needed to attend a school for children with

1:08.1

disabilities.

1:09.9

She treated him like a damaged child and molded his life around his injury.

1:14.8

His grandfather, on the other hand, saw Alexander as incredibly intelligent and that

1:20.5

his mother was letting him waste his innate talents.

1:23.8

So, instead of hiding him away, Alexander's grandfather took him to live in his home and encouraged

1:29.6

him to pursue every intellectual outlet. Quickly, Alexander realized that his biggest skill was that

1:36.3

of the game of chess. He would spend hours playing with his grandfather, who eventually took him to play

1:42.6

exhibition games in Bitsa Park.

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