From Russia with crime

A pensioner hired a hitman to kill her flatmate in a communal apartment

Episode Summary

In this shocking episode of From Russia with Crime, we dive into two surreal cases from Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region, where elderly women decided the best way to resolve neighbor disputes was to hire contract killers. One was a school accountant who marked territory with a permanent marker. The other just wanted her recently released cellmate neighbor gone — forever. With staged murders, fake crime scenes, and undercover cops playing assassins, this episode is a grim reminder of how far people will go when walls are thin and grudges run deep.

Episode Notes

In this shocking episode of From Russia with Crime, we dive into two surreal cases from Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region, where elderly women decided the best way to resolve neighbor disputes was to hire contract killers. One was a school accountant who marked territory with a permanent marker. The other just wanted her recently released cellmate neighbor gone — forever. With staged murders, fake crime scenes, and undercover cops playing assassins, this episode is a grim reminder of how far people will go when walls are thin and grudges run deep.