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Nov 2022
1h 30m

Mikhail Popkov: 83 and Counting...

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Mikhail Popkov is Russia's most prolific serial killer. It took Russian officials 20 years to track him down, and at the time they believed that he'd killed 22 women - but he'd since admitted to killing more, with his victim count currently standing on 83. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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