In this episode of History’s Horrible Humans, we dive into the chilling life of Darya Saltykova, the Russian noblewoman who terrorized her servants and murdered dozens of young women in the 18th century. From her privileged beginnings to her descent into sadistic cruelty, we explore how her crimes shocked Russia and led Catherine the Great to personally intervene. Through her arrest, public humiliation, and final years in darkness, Saltykova’s story stands as a grim lesson about power, corruption, and the horrifying things that can hide behind respectability.