The Criminal Craic

EPISODE 19: DeDushka


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"I think most of you will have heard about the case I’m covering in today’s episode. As soon as I say that you might call the individual involved a plangonologist. This term refers to a collector of dolls, but more specifically to someone who has a deep interest in dolls rather than a mere collector....

Episode written and researched and, art work created by Victoria.

Episode edited by Gem.

Today’s episode contains content which may be TRIGGERING including the sexual assault of a child, the desecration of graves , and discussion of mental health conditions.

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REFERENCES

Articles

1 Russian historian Anatoly Moskvin collected dead girls at home. www.hnn.us. 28th November 2011.

2 The Russian doll man. www.Adargle.medium.com.15th February 2021.

3 The doll maker’s dark secret: a true crime story that shook Russia to it’s core. truecrimestories.medium.com. 20th June 2025.

4The mummified dolls of Nizhny Novgorod: The chilling case of Anatoly Moskvin. www.theuniversalnews.com.25th July 2025.

5 The Russian historian who lived with 29 dolls made of corpses. www.Livionotebook.medium.com. 3rd November 2025.

6Tatyana Kokina-Slavina (TanyaTank). www.Kokina.ru

Wikipedia

7 Anatoly Moskvin.

8 Death in Russian traditions.9 Matroshka doll. Definition of DeDushka.

Wiktionary

10 Definition of the word "plangonologist". www.wikitionary.org.




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