In the remote Russian region of Sakhalin in the 2000s, a brutal serial killer was on the loose. He targeted young women and children, hiding his crimes behind the mask of a “normal neighbor.” This episode tells the chilling story of Mikhail Popkov — one of Russia’s most violent serial murderers. How did he evade justice for so long? And why did the system stay silent?
In the remote Russian region of Sakhalin in the 2000s, a brutal serial killer was on the loose. He targeted young women and children, hiding his crimes behind the mask of a “normal neighbor.” This episode tells the chilling story of Mikhail Popkov — one of Russia’s most violent serial murderers. How did he evade justice for so long? And why did the system stay silent?