Russia’s Notorious “Chessboard Killer” Has a Staggering Number of Victims. He Says There Are More

Latest News: Serial Killer Alexander Pichushkin to Admit to 11 More Murders

Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, known as “The Chessboard Killer,” is expected to confess to 11 additional murders while serving life in prison for 48 killings. Active in Moscow’s Bittevsky Park for over a decade, he primarily targeted the elderly and destitute, recording his crimes on a chessboard. Pichushkin, who claimed to have killed as many as 63, was arrested in 2007 after a coworker’s murder and is now facing the possibility of being linked to a total of 59 murders after his upcoming confession.