Alexander Pichushkin terrorized Moscow in the early 2000s by luring victims to the city’s Bittsevsky Park before beating them and, at least initially, disposing of their bodies. He was finally arrested in 2006 after killing his supermarket co-worker.

Pichushkin received his nickname, “The Chessboard Killer,” after police discovered a chessboard he kept with dates for each of his crimes. He had filled nearly all of the 64 squares.

Despite this, police were only able to charge him with 51 counts of murder and attempted murder. Pichushkin confessed to the killings and was convicted in October 2007. “For me, a life without murder is like a life without food for you,” said Pichushkin, who is currently serving life in prison.

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