Essay Biography of Andrei Chikatilo - 973 Words

Biography of Andrei Chikatilo One of the most gruesome serial killers of all time was Andrei Chikatilo. He was born on October 16, 1936 in Yablochnoye, a Ukrainian farming village. One of his clearest memories of his youth was that of his mother telling him his older brother had been stolen and eaten by neighbors during a great famine. This thought remained with him always and he later disclosed he often imagined the torturous ending his brother must have had. At the start of World War II, his father was sent away, captured by Germans, and didn’t return until the war’s end. As a child, Chikatilo spent most of his time reading books about the Russian partisans fighting Germans. He particularly enjoyed books about Russians who†¦show more content†¦Although his wife realized her new husband was not interested in sex, she did manage to get two kids out of him, Lyudmilla, born in 1965 and Yuri in 1969. After graduating from the Liberal Arts University in Russian Literature, Engineering and Marxism-Leninism in 1971, he accepted a teaching job and Vocational school No. 32 in Novovshakhtinsk. He was very bad at his job, but stayed there because he found the company of young children arousing. He started off just peeping at the children in the restrooms but that eventually escalated to indecent assaults on both male and female students. When parents complained, he was moved to other schools. He had many such incidents at each school he taught at but was never reported to the proper authorities. Under the Soviet regime of the time, any indiscretion by a faculty member would reflect on the entire staff. In 1978, Chikatilo moved to Shakhty where he built a shack near the river. This was where he frequently took his victims. His first victim was a nine-year-old by the name of Lena Zakotnova. He lured her with promises of imported chewing gum to his shack. There he tried to rape her, but unable to achieve an erection, pressed on her throat with his forearm while repeatedly violating her with his fingers. He discovered that this made him orgasm like never before. When he noticed the girl was still alive he became afraid she would tell on him and stabbed her three times in the stomach. He then picked her andShow MoreRelatedThe Crimes of Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo1664 Words   |  7 PagesAndrei Romanovich Chikatilo seemed to be just like a regular man. He had a wife, two kids, was a teacher in Russian literature, an engineer, and a proud soviet party member. No one would have ever guessed he was one of the world’s most notorious serial killers. By day, he was your average Joe literature teacher, but by night he took upon a darker passion that involved rape and murder. He would lure his victims into decollate locations with sadistic intent unknown to them. Chikatilo managed see outRead MoreThe Minds of Serial Killers and how They Work1125 Words   |  5 Pagesbecame well-liked during the 1960s and 1970s . Gacey had also been married and had children according biography.com, a website about infamous and famous peoples biography’s and lives. Gacey had a problem, as a documentary person wrote for Gacey’s biography, Gacey â€Å"later realized he was attracted to men, and experienced great turmoil over his sexuality†(Gacey). Most of the people he killed were young boys and the most infamous way he lured his victims into his home was by telling them they could a job