About
Serial killer and rapist responsible for at least fifty-three murders in the Soviet Union. He killed his victims -- all women and children -- during the late 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s.
Before Fame
He was an excellent student who, at the age of fourteen, began editing his school's newspaper.
Trivia
He confessed to fifty-six murders, although he was only held accountable for fifty-three of them.
Family Life
His marriage to Feodosia Odnacheva produced a son and a daughter.
Associated With
The film Evilenko, starring Malcolm McDowell, was based on Chikatilo's murders.
