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Survivor Woke In A Morgue After Werewolf Attack
- A 17-year-old named Spelana was picked up by a man in a car, knocked unconscious, and later woke in a morgue with half her hair torn out and partial paralysis.
- She escaped the killer's attack in a forest and survived long enough to eventually identify details about the assailant that matched a police officer's badge.
Childhood Trauma Linked To Later Targeting Of Women
- Mikhail Popkov's abusive childhood, parental neglect, and humiliation at summer camp created deep resentment that the podcast links to his later violence against women.
- The host traces patterns: favoritism toward his sister, being bullied, and a traumatic discovery of his parents' infidelity as formative catalysts.
Cop Used Badge To Lure Victims
- Popkov became a police officer in Angarsk and routinely offered rides to drunk women at night under the guise of protecting them.
- Many of those same women were later found raped, tortured, and murdered, which hid his crimes behind a cloak of authority.