The long awaited chapter Courtney has been working on is finally here!

In 2010 the the Akademgorodok micro district of Irkutsk was terrorized by the Academy Maniac's, otherwise known as The Hammer Men, from January to April. For month's residents would live in fear as 16 people were attacked, and, in the beginning, the police weren't doing anything to help. In Part one, we talk about the Killers' backgrounds and the first 11 victims.

This is a rough story, so grab a drink and join us down the rabbit hole.

Academic maniacs: the sentence of “threamers” was handed down in Irkutsk four years ago. (2017, April 30). Irkutsk Media. Retrieved February 14, 2023, from https://irkutskmedia.ru/news/585126/Admin_L6Ma5Gus. (2021, December 1). Akademovsky maniac Nikita Lytkin committed suicide in the Irkutsk colony. Pledge Times. https://pledgetimes.com/akademovsky-maniac-nikita-lytkin-committed-suicide-in-the-irkutsk-colony/Cork, B. (n.d.). “Academovsky hammers” turned out to be young neo-Nazis. VSP. Retrieved February 14, 2023, from https://www.vsp.ru/2011/04/09/merzkaya-istoriya/Cudjoe, D. (n.d.). Artyom Anoufriev And Nikita Lytkin: Copycat Teenage Serial Killers Of Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs. https://cdn.scooper.news/static/half/detail/207/1030853.html?page_from=shareLIPCHINSKAYA, О. (2015, February 4). “We are gods, we decide who to live and who to die.” irk.kp.ru. Retrieved February 14, 2023, from https://www.irk.kp.ru/daily/25669.4/830365/Lisina, Y. (2012, October 16). The trial of the “hampers”: Anufriev cut his neck on the way to the meeting. irk.kp. Retrieved May 18, 2023, from https://www.irk.kp.ru/online/news/1272353/Lisina, Y. (2016, August 24). Teacher of academic maniac Artem Anufriev: &qout;Hate for everyone inspired him by his mother. irk.kp.ru. Retrieved February 14, 2023, from https://www.irk.kp.ru/daily/25960/2900180/Manaev, G. (2023, February 14). 5 scariest Russian maniacs. Russia Beyond. https://www.rbth.com/history/329511-5-scariest-russian-criminalsRussian serial killer Artem Anufriev. (n.d.). https://en.delachieve.com/russian-serial-killer-artem-anufriev/The Academy Maniacs. (n.d.). Criminal. https://vocal.media/criminal/the-academy-maniacsWikipedia contributors. (2023). Academy maniacs. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_maniacs#Nikita_LytkinЛипчинская, О. (2018, April 2). Академовский маньяк-молоточник из Иркутска в колонии пишет книгу и. . . во всем винит журналистов. irk.kp.ru. https://www.irk.kp.ru/daily/26221/3104843/«Убить – это весело». Следователь по делу юных убийц из Академгородка рассказал  «Иркутскому репортёру» о своих обвиняемых. (2011, October 29). https://www.vsp.ru/2011/10/29/ubit-eto-veselo/Support the showIf you enjoyed learning about this case, check out our Instagram @bookofthedeadpod or website botdpod.com
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