In 1990, the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killer was finally caught and arrested
The 1990 arrest of Andrei Chikatilo ended a decade-long reign of terror in the Soviet Union, revealing how bureaucratic rigidness had allowed a serial killer to evade capture for years.
On November 20, 1990, Soviet police finally apprehended Andrei Chikatilo, the 'Rostov Ripper,' ending one of the most horrific manhunts in criminal history. Over twelve years, Chikatilo committed at least 52 murders across the USSR. His ability to remain at large was partly due to a Soviet ideology that insisted such 'Western' crimes didn't exist in a socialist utopia.
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