If she wasn't such a smart mouth with an attitude, then maybe she wouldn't have to be placed into the time out garage all the time. Being dead doesn't mean you can be a brat.
i see people trying to be sympathetic with the guy but i just cant get passed the fact he was specifically stealing little girl and teen corpses. like imagine the grief of these parents to find out their child's corpse was repurposed for, well, this.
@@CyberneticOrganism01 The dead bodies of children who were once living and loved by their families... you do know why necr0philia is wrong right? it's the same reason in this case.
So you're telling me that the parents lived with him, knew about the dolls, knew he had a strange connection with them, AND the place smelt like rotting bodies, yet they just shrugged it off? Wtaf?!?! Surely they must have had an idea about what was happening.
They sound like the most astonishingly apathetic parents I've ever heard of. I mean, I get that mental health wasn't exactly well-understood in Communist Russia, but holy fucking hell, they'd have to be either denser than lead or almost as detached from reality as their son to not see he had massive, massive issues.
The dolls aren’t stuffed with the mummies, the dolls are dressed up mummies themselves, some faces are the actual faces of the girls mummified and covered with polish
@@LidiaTomashevskaya What about the body of the girl in the thumbnail, with the red coat? The girl's face is so horrifying and deformed I can't bear to look at it.
I can’t help but feel sorry for him. It sounded like a combination of trauma, mental Illness, but also high intelligence. He was undeniably a smart and caring man but also was sick and needed support that wasn’t there for him. Also social isolation is very hard. Humans need company. And when you are weird, you still are just as lonely, and will find ways to feel less lonely. Whether it be hoarding animals or collecting corpses you hear talk to you
For those wondering, the custom at the cemetery represents a black wedding (Crna svadba in Serbian). It is also practiced in some parts of Serbia among the Vlachs. The deceased person must marry a living one, and the living person must remain faithful to that marriage for a while. For those interested in the occult, this is an interesting concept to explore and read about
I guess a black wedding or plague wedding can be a Jewish custom too. Consisting of a wedding performed in time of crisis, for example, during epidemics, the bride and the groom, either poor orphans, beggars, or disabled, were wed in an effort to ward-off diseases. Sad.
What so telling me this family waited for some kid to randomly turn up to marry their dead daughter and he on a random school project accidentally turned up randomly at the wrong time?? Im starting to think he heard of this occult practice and is using it as an excuse for what he did. The family could have still been there waiting till this day if Anatoly didnt accidentally/randomly go there or was given a different project to do!!
@@indianastones6032 in this case, I would say that it is rather a case of "wrong place, wrong time". The black wedding can take place even after the burial, but within a certain period
I actually feel sad for him. His childhood trauma never left him & he coped the only way he knew how; albeit, very darkly. The way you describe him, he seemed like a nice guy... minus the grave-robbing, of course. I genuinely hope he's alright these days. (assuming he's still alive)
Yeah, I don't tend to cover a lot of true crime on here but was kind of drawn to this story for a lot of the reasons you stated. As macabre as this all is, there's a strong feeling of sadness over the whole thing.
Came here to say this as well. Absolutely twisted actions, but he was a man who was wretchedly twisted by others as a child. Such a horrific tragedy on every level
Multiple severely traumatic incidents. Bullied, sexually assaulted, and mentally ill with no treatment. While his actions were wrong he never meant to hurt anyone despite how much others had hurt him. We have all seen stories of people who had not experienced a fraction of what this man did yet went on to commit horrific acts of violence. This man did not. I hope he is released and can live out his days in peace. I truly believed he has already suffered more than the weight of his actions. I feel sorry for him.
Whilst it is true that he underwent bullying and other abuse and maybe didn't intend to "hurt anyone" but the fact is he did AND would do it again. Don't you see where this is what makes him a danger to society??? He is a mentally ill person who because of his particular illness makes him dangerous.
I agree, as morbid as his actions were he needs/needed help. I’m curious about his parents, as well. And Russian mental health assists. I’ve no understanding of Russian culture.
Idk why I was expecting anatoly to be a serial killer or grapist but he never killed anyone and nary a grape forced upon his children, he just wanted to give the kids another chance at life, I get " road to hell" " best intentions" and all that but his were truly of the purest nature, and still he remains incarcerated, he's a sad man who wanted to give dead kids another shot at life, that's the real tragedy
Yeah I'm not how sever his crimes were in Russia, not that it matters since he's in the hell that is mental wards, but in the US it would be couple felonies, mostly grave robbing ir desecration or whatever. With his IQ and past he would eventually be released especially with his confession.
Yes- when I saw the title and the start of the video, I thought he was a mass murderer. But he was just a sick man- not a murderer. He was dealing with trauma.
I think this man was traumatized as a child in more than one situation. But what pushed him to do this I think was the dead girl he was forced to kiss and be married to. I think he had Psychriatic issues since childhood. So at one point he should be released into a halfway house and be monitored constantly due to his medication and condition. Keeping him behind lock & key is not the answer. Clearly he has some serious mental health conditions. The problem also lied with him parents and never listened to him at all.
Someone said in one of the comments above that it's an occult ritual called a black wedding. It probably attached some spirits to him that made him go insane. The occult is real. Dark spirits are real. The devil sometimes does make people do it. I'm wondering if he experimented with magic mushrooms at all. Those can open gateways for even more spirits to infect a person's soul. It is more severe if they're already primed for dark entities to take hold. I'm surprised he's even still alive.
It’s a terribly sad situation where a highly intelligent and sensitive man is abused and traumatised throughout his childhood, neglected by his parents who if they’d listened to their son and believed him could have done much to help him avoid the awful path he went down.
What the hell reality were his parents living in, that none of this raised even slight concern? This poor guy is clearly mentally ill, and they just write everything off as 'oh, he's so eccentric'? As a parent myself, I can't fathom that level of obliviousness -- it's either actively willful blindness, or such intense apathy one has to wonder how they function in daily life.
I am a person who is mentally ill who also makes art and lives with my parents, I cannot understand how his parents didn't know that the dolls were corpses, there's no way that they didn't know (evidence: look at them)
there is a sense of shame in mental illness in russia. they would probably rather think of their son as eccentric even if they know deep down he is mentally ill because of that shame. i think that could explain their mental health as well. living with that and not getting your child help in fear of judgement has to make you feel like shitty people.
He is a very sad example of untreated trauma - his intentions seem so pure. Although it is a horrific thing to do it's far away of some really gruesome stories. He's a tragic figure. And thinking about how many really bad and cruel monsters living out there in society harming, assaulting and killing it seems so unfair he's kept that way.
Poor boy he didn't have a chance, it's no wonder he grew to become what he did. I don't think he should be released because I think he'll do something similar or worse unmonitored. Great video, definitely appreciate it, couldn't of been easy putting together. Keep up the great work.
I'm shocked after watching several videos that you do not have a larger following. I really hope your channel takes off. You have a talent for story telling. Good luck!
Great presentation. You told a highly horrific story using facts and compassion -- no manufactured drama. I'm a new sub and am really enjoying your content. Looking forward to more!
This was both gruesome and sad. You did a great job of keeping the story focused and on track. Clearly, what he did was wrong, but I feel that he needs treatment and not be constantly doped up and abused.
He is obviously seriously mentally ill and there's reason to believe he should not be released for his safety and potentially that of others. As for the man, his story is heartbreaking and an example of how adults, including his parents, seriously let him down. I believe it reasonable to argue that his is the story of the need and giving of unconditional love. Although I can't imagine the pain his actions brought on these parent, but in my opinion, as one father pointed out, far too many children aren't but should know the love, care and attention these deseased children were given.
As for the safety of him and others, he never physically hurt anyone. Yes, the pain and grief of the passed on children but I don’t see him as a danger to anyone.
as one of the fathers pointed out, this man took better care of his daughter in death than he himself ( the father ) ever did whilst she was alive ! That's just as sad in itself, And as for this man being incarcerated with no end insight to a bit of freedom, love care, and companionship, Whilst real predators are out and about roaming around like the monsters that they are free to go about their predatory lives, being given anonymous names and board and lodgings, with absolutely no regard for human life It just shows that the justice system is as messed up as some of these people, How sad
I feel that since he did not hurt anyone beyond the emotional shock with his actions, he should be a free man on the condition he never dig up any more people and that he passes a psychiatric exam. He sounds like a man who has deep trauma and needs help to overcome it, not some terror who should rot away in an asylum under the influence of a drug cocktail. The question is, is he beyond help?
I guess that's the question. I do feel a lot of sympathy for the guy but what he did was just so twisted its hard to imagine how you come back from that place mentally.
He hurt the families of the young girls. So you think it acceptable if you had a child someone would dig them up and turn them into a doll. He is in an asylum for his own safety and safety for others. He will get medication which is needed to stabilised him and therapy. He has deep trauma and takes years to get over so it’s not just a quick fix. Putting him out into society will not help him coz he would just get left and not helped. You don’t understand how mental health system and mental health works.
I agree with you. And if this was my child that was dug up, after getting past the shock, at lest I’d know her corpse wasn’t mistreated in some other way.
Based on what you have said about Anatoly Moskvin, he is probably not a danger to humans, and so if he were released would probably not kill or harm anyone. However, if his positive and negative symptoms are bad enough, he would quite possibly return to grave-robbing and would probably not be able to take care of himself. In addition to this, if he is on a large cocktail of drugs to control his schizophrenia, he could well be in the situation that the side effects of the medication (such as sedation) make it difficult for him to work and support himself, which could mean he would stop taking his medication on release and his psychosis would return. I think he would probably do better in some form of psychiatric care home.
A couple of my friends were his students, and they are absolutely adamant that Moskvin is harmless and kind man who would never harm anyone. He is still very much mentally unwell though, I just hope he will get better.
Thank you for adding a Warning at the beginning of your videos when there are flashing lights for those of us with epilepsy. It is very much appreciated. So I can still enjoy the story I simply scroll down so the video is obscured and listen. Unfortunately I feel that many people have been traumatized in their childhood and were written off as having a wild imagination. I believe if these people's parents/guardians had only listened to their children and provided them with the proper therapy they would be in a much more stable place in their adulthood. Sadly Anatoly became one of the more extreme cases when trying to deal with his childhood trauma on his own.
Schizophrenia is no joke. In my opinion, he should have had treatment at an early age, but nobody seemed to care enough to help him find what he needed. Socially isolated and living with voices telling you what to do plus all the trauma he suffered from a pedophile as well as a weird burial and marriage ceremony at such an early age, nothing but a stew for advanced mental illness as an adult.
Seriously??? What is with people pretending to e experts in mental health I went through All of what he did almost except for the wedding thing but mother tried to thingy me of to men who knew the family old men at that for relationship etc even witnessed her try get my old uncle to marry my teen sis so that sorta counts Anyway I don't have mental illness or did what he did for that Ppl make such nonsense for ppls choices coz that's what it was choices Many times I felt tempted to get r3venge or tr3at ppl bsd like thyr do me but I chose not to I do suffer injury healing etc but brain n body injury isn't illness it's injury that heals when processed n felt
"... just temporarily dead" - Moskvin is so far removed from reality, it is hard to imagine how he might get any kind of normalcy outside of a mental institution. However, compared to the actual serial killers and psychopaths that are out there, his case is rather more sad than horrific, and considering what Russian mental institutions were used for in the communist past, that is a harsh punishment.
You have a great voice for story telling. I am impressed by your balanced portrayal of these very sad events. I have in the past had experience with the power of belief systems and acknowledge the potential for misuse, but fundamentally it distorted his perception of reality. While I obviously do not in anyway condone his actions, I’m left with the same sense of sorrow for the perpetrator who was a desperately lonely man… I also bet all those working on ensuring Justice were irreversibly changed by this case. Tks for sharing!
Здравствуйте, спасибо за ролик, у вас приятный голос. По ситуации могу сказать: очень жаль всех! У Москвина была параноидная шизофрения, которая раскрывается на полную в 25-35 лет. Но видимо симптомы проявлялись и в детстве после травматического случая с изнасилованием. Очень печально что родители не заметили и не помогли ребенку. Сейчас он находится в психиатрической клинике, на препаратах лития и прочее, и находится в длительной ремиссии. Если бы он начал лечиться раньше, стал бы прекрасным профессором, который знал больше 10 иностранных языков! Хорошо что его задержала полиция и передала медикам, самое страшное что могло случиться как я думаю: если бы родители умерли, он бы слетел с катушек и мог бы похитить живую девочку для своих фантазий
Sad. This man had the potential and intentions to do so much GOOD in this world. Which I honestly belive he could have saved alot of kids if he was in his right mind. But his trauma and mental illnesses were just the cards he was delt. Technically he didnt harm any kids and just wanted to give them a longer life. He just did it in a very unconventional and macabre way.
tbh, it sounds like he was born autistic but was never diagnosed, as such a diagnosis didn’t exist back then in the USSR. And then he was traumatized on multiple occasions. He never received the help he needed and went through so much trauma that contributed to him developing a mental illness later in life. I feel sorry for this man, damn, I expected him to turn out to be a serial killer, he endured so much abuse and neglect but he never hurt anyone. He didn’t mean to hurt the parents of those children, he simply believed he could revive the corpses…he treated them with love and respect, although at the beginning of the story, I expected to hear a different scenario, involving him r*ping their bodies. My heart broke when I found out that he was subjected to abuse and beatings in the psychiatric ward to which he was sentenced. I’m sorry, man. That’s a wild world. There are so many people out there walking freely in the streets that are way more evil than he is, including those doctors who were violent to him.
13:10 I notice you put a picture of Elena de Hoyos whose corpse was stolen by Carl Tanzler and also basically turned into a doll. The stories seem to be similar now that I think of it. I believe he had visions of his ancestors saying he needed to marry her and she ended up dying of TB before he even knew her so he paid for her burial and stole her body. I’m new to your channel, and I really enjoy these types of videos. Tanzler would also make an interesting video if you haven’t already! Wishing you and your channel the best and hope you continue to grow and produce great content.
There's something sadly sentimental about keeping the "dolls" close, but that wasn't likely the mindset of this man. He wasn't robbing graves for the intimacy of loving someone who cannot leave, but because his specific delusions related to black magic and the restoring of life through the dark arts. He's more like an inspired Dr.Frankenstein than a lovelorn madman or any sort of would-be father. I've known a few people who are paranoid schizophrenic, and they just generally don't seem like sentimental people. I think this man believed wholeheartedly in his project, and his behavior was going to continue until life was restored.
He's not a vile monster. He's mentally ill and has been deprived of proper care. What he did, he did from a place of compassion, seemingly. But of course, for those not sharing in is delusions, it's horrific. It's sad, and I gooe the man can get help and compassion. If he hadn't had his own demons to battle, perhaps he could have done some great deeds. It's tragic.
While I don’t condone grave robbing and if it were my child stolen I’m not sure I’d feel good about it. This could have been a far darker tale, at least he didn’t kill children to fill his ‘collection’ I’m only sorry he didn’t get the help he needed for his mental illness, and can we just admit that learning 13 languages is dammed impressive! I struggled to barely learn two
Such a traumatising start to life. You can almost empathise with his twisted grip on reality and state of mind. There is also a terrifyingly similar look in his eyes to that of one Gregori Rasputin
"One father refused payment, saying Moskvin had treated his daughter better than he had during her life." - Uh...excuse me!?! Wtf is THAT supposed to mean? 😕
It means the father felt guilty that he didn't treat his daughter well when she was alive. Not hard to understand. Maybe he was a workaholic and didn't pay her much attention. Maybe he yelled a lot, who knows. But he felt guilt nonetheless.
Man, i find regular dolls creepy. The dead eyed stares and stillness in something designed to look alive just disturbs me. To find out these creepy dolls were actually dead children would have left me awake for weeks if I'd have been one of those officers...
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I remember when I was really young and supposed to be sleeping but secretly watching TV a movie based on him was on and I was so scared by it I thought it was a fever dream
Excellent sympathetic presentation of an incredibly complicated situation. Suffering on all sides although the parents obviously completely undeserving of any pain. Anatoli more sad than terrible but if his sentence was being handled in a humane way it is certainly justified.
Doesn’t sound very humane to me but I don’t know Russian culture and how they handle mental illness. It’s not managed very well in other cultures so I don’t expect it’s done well. Sadly, his parents were either oblivious or in denial? He needed help long ago. They probably did too if the state of their home is any indication.
I saw another documentary about him . They said that one of the familys was ok that he had their daughter and said that it was better than being buried in the ground. I don't know if it's true but thats what they said.
Sad story that could have been averse had he sought help from the right people. This is clearly a spiritual disturbance that needed the help of a priest. To be released from his spiritual connection with the dead girl he was married to in that ceremony
This a very sad case, and its good to see you portray it in a way which didn't make him look like some mindless monster, that he was just human like us but was led astray and suffered due to it, and he done what he thought was right, he just thought he was stopping them hurting the way had hurt. it also shows how some heath care systems have failed people, mean he showed the red flags from a young age he could have been easily leaded the right path and got help but he was abandoned by them instead.
That's rather obvious. The whole point is that he was not mentally capable to look at his actions objectively. His thought process was clearly twisted due to a mental illness
1:57 dim the lights and get comfortable?!?! HELL NO IM KEEPIN THEM DAMN LIGHTS ONNNN!!! This is easily one of the scariest cases I've ever known of. This and The Beast of Jersey are the two that keep me up at night.
i honestly don't feel bad for him, sorry, but what he did was creepy & awful and taking a child out of their grave and turning them into weird dolls is inexcusable to me. if he did that to my child i would find him and make him pay, i hope they lock him away and throw away the key.
No matter how disturbing this story is you can’t deny it’s tragic. Ofc it’s a very deranged thing to do but he didn’t physically hurt anyone and he was completely honest about what he did. It’s clear that he had some serious issues from his childhood that took a toll on his mental state and he was obsessed with having his own children what he couldn’t have. I don’t think there was any ill intentions at all. I pitty him more than anything
I'm not discounting the paranormal but a potential explanation for Anatoli's visions/dreams after the funeral, especially given his young age, it could very well have just been a response to trauma. After the first time (of about a dozen) my ex overdosed on my watch and I had to administer CPR (which I had to figure out on the fly as I'd never learned how) I vividly saw her lifeless blue face every time I closed my eyes for about a month. That dead/dying version of her silently followed me in my nightmares for a long time, occasionally making strained, choked breathing sounds. I was 18, He was just a kid. We all process trauma differently but some details lined up with my own response to a traumatic event so I figured I'd give my two cents. Regardless I couldn't imagine going through what he did at such a young age.
This poor guy needed help he never received! His parents saw those dolls and never got concerned about it! It shows how careless and loveless they were.
For those confused by the wedding ceremony described in the beginning, let me explain: in traditional Indo-European (which includes the Slavic tribes) and Asian religious beliefs, the spirits of ones family have a significant impact on your daily life, and ancestral veneration is deeply important. A dead family member who never got to marry or live a full life can become a restless, bitter, and violent spirit if not appeased. The little girl in question never got to grow up and have a proper wedding, so her parents married her off after death to prevent that tragedy from twisting her spirit. 40 days is an ancient "spiritual turnaround time" in Slavic cultures. After 40 days, the soul is believed to depart Earth for the afterlife, which is why Anatoly was told to keep the "contract" until that point; they wanted to make sure her soul moved on.
I feel so bad for Anatoly. Genius always walks a very thin line; one breath at just the wrong moment can tip them over into insanity. He had parents who don't seem to have much concern for their young child's psyche when he was bullied, assaulted, raped, and forced to kiss a corpse when he was obviously not understanding what the he'll was going on. I think he was a very compassionate caring human being. He just took that compassion to a bad place. I wish that he could be cared for in a decent mental health facility that would take proper compassionate care for him for the rest of his life.
This. It seems he problaby had or developed mental illness as a kid, especially after all the things he had went though. This combined with his high intelligence, made him spiral even worse. He had good intentions, but he was never given a chance to heal it and show it in healthy ways.
This really is a sad story for all involved. He was terribly abused and traumatized and then he took children from their families because he thought they were discarded. It seems that I n his twisted mind he was saving the children because no one saved him. Sadly I think he should remain locked up. Edit: I think you should definitely have a larger following. This and every video of yours I’ve seen is quality work!
I live in the US, Texas. I had to think about this before I commented. I'm torn like you. A part of me understands the outrage of what this person did. However, looking what is happening to kids today, I have empathy as well. We have kids having their sex changed! Kids being sold into Sex Slavery or worse. Kids being attacked simply because they make easy victims. Now, I look at this man who wanted bring back kids from death. I look at this and can't help but think, "Anatoly could have done FAR worse." He could have molested, killed and kept kids in his back yard. He could have have tried to keep kids in a basement like Marc Dutroux. So many things run through my mind. I cannot help but think of things being allowed here in the US and the West in general to kids. Yeah, what Anatoly did is wrong, but given Robert Black, Marc Dutroux, Gacey, Epstein, Adam Montgomery, Chris Watts, Steve McDougal, and changing the sex of kids, I can come away with empathy in this as well. Anatoly Moskvin could have been far more Evil.
Wow, what a crazy twisted story!! I think its beyond crazy that he was forced to marry a corpse at a young age. That alone happening to someone of any age is so horrible.
A sad, lonely, and disturbed man who wanted to restore life to those whose lives ended way too soon; not a mass murderer, not a sexual predator, not a necrophile. There was no evil intent. I can only imagine the emotional trauma the parents of these children suffered, the anger and hatred they felt, nor can I imagine what a tortured schizophrenic mind Anatoly had. I just can't hate him. I feel nothing but empathy for all involved. They all suffered.
Fantastic report. Clearly this guy cannot ever be released. Far too much risk that all this time locked up he has had chance to think about ‘giving a second chance’ to live children as well as the dead ones (and making dead kids into dolls is not the go). But no need to torture the poor guy. How did his family not guess that his ‘art project’ dolls were not corpses I do not know?! The dude sleeps in cemeteries then starts collecting life sized ‘dolls’ that smell like rotting dead people WTF?! I can’t help but feel a little sorry for him though
I can somewhat relate to what he was trying to do. My grandmother passed away several years ago before Xmas and I was incredibly distrot about it. My family is broke AF and knowing that my grandmother(her ashes at least) is just sitting on a shelve in a fancy vase collecting dust is just wrong to me. I can guess how he felt. But grave robbing is still a crime regardless of intent, so I'm glad he was eventually caught
"In an interview after his arrest, Moskvin stated he felt great sympathy for the dead children and thought that they could be brought back to life by either science or black magic. As an expert on Celtic culture, Moskvin learned that the ancient Druids slept on graves in order to communicate with spirits of their dead. He also studied the culture of the peoples of Siberia, in particular the ancient Yakuts, and discovered they had a similar practice for communicating with the dead. Moskvin began searching for obituaries of recently deceased children. When he found an obituary that "spoke" to him, he would sleep on the child's grave in order to determine if the spirit wished to be brought back to life. Moskvin claimed he had been doing this for around twenty years and insisted that when he began, he never dug up a grave without the permission of the child within. As he grew older, it became physically painful for him to sleep on the graves, so he began bringing the bodies home where it would be more comfortable to sleep near them. He hoped the spirits would be more willing to speak in a safe, welcoming home and that they might be easier to hear when they were no longer underground." Moskvin was aware that he was committing a crime, but felt the dead children were "calling out" to be rescued and believed that rescuing the children was more important than obeying the law. What he did was wrong yes, but not from ill intention, keep in mind that this is a person grew up with traumas and mental illness. He certainly does not have a necrophilia fetish, he never violated any of the bodies for sexual pleasure, all evidences suggested he simply wished to revive the children because he felt remorse for their young passing. If he had appropriate guidance he could have became a great mortician and use his talent in the right place
The father who said this criminal tested his daughter better than her did in her life is such a harsh realist of Many children today. I don’t understand some peoples obsession with releasing criminals and giving them a “second chance” at the price of those surrounding them. Like these kinda criminals can live peacefully in a well regulated prison, releasing them is preposterous. They can be given a second chance, in a better quality prison.
I don't understand this kind of narrow-minded thinking. No such prison is "quality", or "well regulated". Why do you think people will do anything to get out of prison? You have to draw a line between people who are too far gone and people who CAN be successfully rehabilitated, and another line between violent criminals and mentally ill people.
I feel horrible for the parents. I know it seems hard to believe that they didn’t know and obviously they should’ve asked more questions and set boundaries about the “dolls” but denial is like a drug.
And oh my god imagine finding out your dead daughter was being kept in someone’s GARAGE BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF HIS “LEAST FAVORITES”?
LOL, not very flattering.
@@andrewhall7176 I know one thing’s for damn sure is I wouldn’t cope. That would crack the egg.
@@voidowoI wouldn't blame you.
If she wasn't such a smart mouth with an attitude, then maybe she wouldn't have to be placed into the time out garage all the time. Being dead doesn't mean you can be a brat.
I feel bad 4 him that’s sad 😔
i see people trying to be sympathetic with the guy but i just cant get passed the fact he was specifically stealing little girl and teen corpses. like imagine the grief of these parents to find out their child's corpse was repurposed for, well, this.
Those parents have lost their children not once, but twice because of this man..
It's many things.
He's caused people grief.
And he's a grieved man himself.
I don't understand what's the big deal... those are dead bodies.
@@CyberneticOrganism01 The dead bodies of children who were once living and loved by their families... you do know why necr0philia is wrong right? it's the same reason in this case.
@@morbidhime That is no concern for someone who is non-religious or scientific
So you're telling me that the parents lived with him, knew about the dolls, knew he had a strange connection with them, AND the place smelt like rotting bodies, yet they just shrugged it off? Wtaf?!?! Surely they must have had an idea about what was happening.
They sound like the most astonishingly apathetic parents I've ever heard of. I mean, I get that mental health wasn't exactly well-understood in Communist Russia, but holy fucking hell, they'd have to be either denser than lead or almost as detached from reality as their son to not see he had massive, massive issues.
Apathy to Russians is like air to everyone else.
People can be incredibly dense when they’re in denial. It’s remarkable.
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I see the propaganda has you twisted.
@@phloophnunya867 You're the propaganda lover, I lived in Russia and left before it turned fully into NS Germany from Wish.сом
The dolls aren’t stuffed with the mummies, the dolls are dressed up mummies themselves, some faces are the actual faces of the girls mummified and covered with polish
How do you know?
@@canal_changeling I am russian, I've read about this case a lot
That was what I was wondering because you can tell some of those faces are not from dolls or toys
@@LidiaTomashevskaya What about the body of the girl in the thumbnail, with the red coat? The girl's face is so horrifying and deformed I can't bear to look at it.
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Totally agreed. I like the pace of his narrative and not using movies clips to insert into the story like others.
It'll get there
I can’t help but feel sorry for him. It sounded like a combination of trauma, mental Illness, but also high intelligence. He was undeniably a smart and caring man but also was sick and needed support that wasn’t there for him. Also social isolation is very hard. Humans need company. And when you are weird, you still are just as lonely, and will find ways to feel less lonely. Whether it be hoarding animals or collecting corpses you hear talk to you
Agreed, he was clearly unwell. He obviously cared in his own way, and he didn't get off on the habit.
He should have gotten a cat or a dog... But he probably would have killed his pets.
Same thing happened to Dahmer… no?
Deffo autism before people understood autism
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Tbh as an autistic person, I heavily disagree, he likely developed aspd
For those wondering, the custom at the cemetery represents a black wedding (Crna svadba in Serbian). It is also practiced in some parts of Serbia among the Vlachs. The deceased person must marry a living one, and the living person must remain faithful to that marriage for a while. For those interested in the occult, this is an interesting concept to explore and read about
Interesting, thanks for sharing that!
I guess a black wedding or plague wedding can be a Jewish custom too. Consisting of a wedding performed in time of crisis, for example, during epidemics, the bride and the groom, either poor orphans, beggars, or disabled, were wed in an effort to ward-off diseases.
Sad.
The same ritual, with minor variations, is performed in many cultures around the world. In China, for example
What so telling me this family waited for some kid to randomly turn up to marry their dead daughter and he on a random school project accidentally turned up randomly at the wrong time?? Im starting to think he heard of this occult practice and is using it as an excuse for what he did. The family could have still been there waiting till this day if Anatoly didnt accidentally/randomly go there or was given a different project to do!!
@@indianastones6032 in this case, I would say that it is rather a case of "wrong place, wrong time". The black wedding can take place even after the burial, but within a certain period
I actually feel sad for him.
His childhood trauma never left him & he coped the only way he knew how; albeit, very darkly.
The way you describe him, he seemed like a nice guy... minus the grave-robbing, of course.
I genuinely hope he's alright these days. (assuming he's still alive)
Yeah, I don't tend to cover a lot of true crime on here but was kind of drawn to this story for a lot of the reasons you stated. As macabre as this all is, there's a strong feeling of sadness over the whole thing.
Came here to say this as well. Absolutely twisted actions, but he was a man who was wretchedly twisted by others as a child. Such a horrific tragedy on every level
While the rape probably did happen, some still argue that the story about Natasha's funeral was completely the product of his imagination though
@@LadoTsulukidze ...what rape?
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Didn't you watch? He came back home and was covered in bruises and said a man SA'd him. He was a pre-teen.
Multiple severely traumatic incidents. Bullied, sexually assaulted, and mentally ill with no treatment. While his actions were wrong he never meant to hurt anyone despite how much others had hurt him. We have all seen stories of people who had not experienced a fraction of what this man did yet went on to commit horrific acts of violence. This man did not. I hope he is released and can live out his days in peace. I truly believed he has already suffered more than the weight of his actions. I feel sorry for him.
Are you SERIOUS??? Release him? You yourself are a very scary person!
Whilst it is true that he underwent bullying and other abuse and maybe didn't intend to "hurt anyone" but the fact is he did AND would do it again. Don't you see where this is what makes him a danger to society??? He is a mentally ill person who because of his particular illness makes him dangerous.
I agree, as morbid as his actions were he needs/needed help. I’m curious about his parents, as well. And Russian mental health assists. I’ve no understanding of Russian culture.
@@giselec6773 ok bud.
God forbid someone disagrees with you on annything…
Idk why I was expecting anatoly to be a serial killer or grapist but he never killed anyone and nary a grape forced upon his children, he just wanted to give the kids another chance at life, I get " road to hell" " best intentions" and all that but his were truly of the purest nature, and still he remains incarcerated, he's a sad man who wanted to give dead kids another shot at life, that's the real tragedy
Grape 🍇? You put killed but forgot to put unalived....🤷🤣🤣🤣
Yeah I'm not how sever his crimes were in Russia, not that it matters since he's in the hell that is mental wards, but in the US it would be couple felonies, mostly grave robbing ir desecration or whatever. With his IQ and past he would eventually be released especially with his confession.
It's RAPIST.
Get it together. It's not a racial slur.
He is now in a mental institution. I hope he gets help he needs there
I remember seeing the footage of all his "dolls" for the first time. I couldn't sleep for 3 nights. It was horrifying
Incredibly sad story. Clearly a very troubled man who didnt mean to do any harm.
Yes- when I saw the title and the start of the video, I thought he was a mass murderer. But he was just a sick man- not a murderer. He was dealing with trauma.
I think this man was traumatized as a child in more than one situation. But what pushed him to do this I think was the dead girl he was forced to kiss and be married to. I think he had Psychriatic issues since childhood. So at one point he should be released into a halfway house and be monitored constantly due to his medication and condition. Keeping him behind lock & key is not the answer. Clearly he has some serious mental health conditions. The problem also lied with him parents and never listened to him at all.
Someone said in one of the comments above that it's an occult ritual called a black wedding. It probably attached some spirits to him that made him go insane. The occult is real. Dark spirits are real. The devil sometimes does make people do it.
I'm wondering if he experimented with magic mushrooms at all. Those can open gateways for even more spirits to infect a person's soul. It is more severe if they're already primed for dark entities to take hold. I'm surprised he's even still alive.
It’s a terribly sad situation where a highly intelligent and sensitive man is abused and traumatised throughout his childhood, neglected by his parents who if they’d listened to their son and believed him could have done much to help him avoid the awful path he went down.
What the hell reality were his parents living in, that none of this raised even slight concern? This poor guy is clearly mentally ill, and they just write everything off as 'oh, he's so eccentric'? As a parent myself, I can't fathom that level of obliviousness -- it's either actively willful blindness, or such intense apathy one has to wonder how they function in daily life.
I am a person who is mentally ill who also makes art and lives with my parents, I cannot understand how his parents didn't know that the dolls were corpses, there's no way that they didn't know (evidence: look at them)
Exactly! This is my first thought! I don’t know Russian culture but dang! To let his actions slide?! No real concern? I don’t get it.
there is a sense of shame in mental illness in russia. they would probably rather think of their son as eccentric even if they know deep down he is mentally ill because of that shame. i think that could explain their mental health as well. living with that and not getting your child help in fear of judgement has to make you feel like shitty people.
He is a very sad example of untreated trauma - his intentions seem so pure. Although it is a horrific thing to do it's far away of some really gruesome stories. He's a tragic figure. And thinking about how many really bad and cruel monsters living out there in society harming, assaulting and killing it seems so unfair he's kept that way.
Poor boy he didn't have a chance, it's no wonder he grew to become what he did. I don't think he should be released because I think he'll do something similar or worse unmonitored. Great video, definitely appreciate it, couldn't of been easy putting together. Keep up the great work.
I'm shocked after watching several videos that you do not have a larger following. I really hope your channel takes off. You have a talent for story telling. Good luck!
Appreciate it thank you!
Great presentation. You told a highly horrific story using facts and compassion -- no manufactured drama. I'm a new sub and am really enjoying your content. Looking forward to more!
Poor kid didn’t have a chance in life, so much stacked up against him. Obviously what he did was wrong but his intentions weren’t full of malice imo
This was both gruesome and sad. You did a great job of keeping the story focused and on track. Clearly, what he did was wrong, but I feel that he needs treatment and not be constantly doped up and abused.
Jesus the beginning with the corpse wedding and nightmares is almost too perfect for a horror film.
I find a lot of true crime stories to be hard to follow but this was very well done. One of my new favorite channels
He is obviously seriously mentally ill and there's reason to believe he should not be released for his safety and potentially that of others. As for the man, his story is heartbreaking and an example of how adults, including his parents, seriously let him down. I believe it reasonable to argue that his is the story of the need and giving of unconditional love. Although I can't imagine the pain his actions brought on these parent, but in my opinion, as one father pointed out, far too many children aren't but should know the love, care and attention these deseased children were given.
As for the safety of him and others, he never physically hurt anyone. Yes, the pain and grief of the passed on children but I don’t see him as a danger to anyone.
as one of the fathers pointed out, this man took better care of his daughter in death than he himself ( the father ) ever did whilst she was alive !
That's just as sad in itself,
And as for this man being incarcerated with no end insight to a bit of freedom, love care, and companionship,
Whilst real predators are out and about roaming around like the monsters that they are free to go about their predatory lives, being given anonymous names and board and lodgings, with absolutely no regard for human life
It just shows that the justice system is as messed up as some of these people,
How sad
I feel that since he did not hurt anyone beyond the emotional shock with his actions, he should be a free man on the condition he never dig up any more people and that he passes a psychiatric exam.
He sounds like a man who has deep trauma and needs help to overcome it, not some terror who should rot away in an asylum under the influence of a drug cocktail. The question is, is he beyond help?
I guess that's the question. I do feel a lot of sympathy for the guy but what he did was just so twisted its hard to imagine how you come back from that place mentally.
He hurt the families of the young girls. So you think it acceptable if you had a child someone would dig them up and turn them into a doll. He is in an asylum for his own safety and safety for others. He will get medication which is needed to stabilised him and therapy. He has deep trauma and takes years to get over so it’s not just a quick fix. Putting him out into society will not help him coz he would just get left and not helped. You don’t understand how mental health system and mental health works.
I agree with you. And if this was my child that was dug up, after getting past the shock, at lest I’d know her corpse wasn’t mistreated in some other way.
@@Blak2blue so turning them into a doll isn’t mistreating them ? You need to see a psychiatrist. Justify this
Based on what you have said about Anatoly Moskvin, he is probably not a danger to humans, and so if he were released would probably not kill or harm anyone. However, if his positive and negative symptoms are bad enough, he would quite possibly return to grave-robbing and would probably not be able to take care of himself. In addition to this, if he is on a large cocktail of drugs to control his schizophrenia, he could well be in the situation that the side effects of the medication (such as sedation) make it difficult for him to work and support himself, which could mean he would stop taking his medication on release and his psychosis would return. I think he would probably do better in some form of psychiatric care home.
Yeah, at least he wasn't harming anyone living nor were they sexually motivated. He was an immensely tortured being.
A couple of my friends were his students, and they are absolutely adamant that Moskvin is harmless and kind man who would never harm anyone. He is still very much mentally unwell though, I just hope he will get better.
Amazing the way you bring these stories to life. Well done
Thank you for adding a Warning at the beginning of your videos when there are flashing lights for those of us with epilepsy. It is very much appreciated. So I can still enjoy the story I simply scroll down so the video is obscured and listen. Unfortunately I feel that many people have been traumatized in their childhood and were written off as having a wild imagination. I believe if these people's parents/guardians had only listened to their children and provided them with the proper therapy they would be in a much more stable place in their adulthood. Sadly Anatoly became one of the more extreme cases when trying to deal with his childhood trauma on his own.
One of the most unsettling stories ever told
Schizophrenia is no joke. In my opinion, he should have had treatment at an early age, but nobody seemed to care enough to help him find what he needed. Socially isolated and living with voices telling you what to do plus all the trauma he suffered from a pedophile as well as a weird burial and marriage ceremony at such an early age, nothing but a stew for advanced mental illness as an adult.
Seriously??? What is with people pretending to e experts in mental health
I went through All of what he did almost except for the wedding thing but mother tried to thingy me of to men who knew the family old men at that for relationship etc even witnessed her try get my old uncle to marry my teen sis so that sorta counts
Anyway I don't have mental illness or did what he did for that
Ppl make such nonsense for ppls choices coz that's what it was choices
Many times I felt tempted to get r3venge or tr3at ppl bsd like thyr do me but I chose not to
I do suffer injury healing etc but brain n body injury isn't illness it's injury that heals when processed n felt
And none of what he went though causes schrizo
You're born with it
N most ppl ego have don't hsv3 it at all
There are demons n they are behind it all
"... just temporarily dead" - Moskvin is so far removed from reality, it is hard to imagine how he might get any kind of normalcy outside of a mental institution. However, compared to the actual serial killers and psychopaths that are out there, his case is rather more sad than horrific, and considering what Russian mental institutions were used for in the communist past, that is a harsh punishment.
100 percent agreed!
You have a great voice for story telling. I am impressed by your balanced portrayal of these very sad events. I have in the past had experience with the power of belief systems and acknowledge the potential for misuse, but fundamentally it distorted his perception of reality. While I obviously do not in anyway condone his actions, I’m left with the same sense of sorrow for the perpetrator who was a desperately lonely man… I also bet all those working on ensuring Justice were irreversibly changed by this case. Tks for sharing!
Здравствуйте, спасибо за ролик, у вас приятный голос. По ситуации могу сказать: очень жаль всех! У Москвина была параноидная шизофрения, которая раскрывается на полную в 25-35 лет. Но видимо симптомы проявлялись и в детстве после травматического случая с изнасилованием. Очень печально что родители не заметили и не помогли ребенку. Сейчас он находится в психиатрической клинике, на препаратах лития и прочее, и находится в длительной ремиссии. Если бы он начал лечиться раньше, стал бы прекрасным профессором, который знал больше 10 иностранных языков! Хорошо что его задержала полиция и передала медикам, самое страшное что могло случиться как я думаю: если бы родители умерли, он бы слетел с катушек и мог бы похитить живую девочку для своих фантазий
Sad. This man had the potential and intentions to do so much GOOD in this world. Which I honestly belive he could have saved alot of kids if he was in his right mind. But his trauma and mental illnesses were just the cards he was delt. Technically he didnt harm any kids and just wanted to give them a longer life. He just did it in a very unconventional and macabre way.
What gives you that conclusion . He was sick. These kids couldn't even rest after death . .
I’ve heard of this story before, but never so in-depth. Great video! Super excited to check out your other stuff, keep up the awesome work! 😊
tbh, it sounds like he was born autistic but was never diagnosed, as such a diagnosis didn’t exist back then in the USSR. And then he was traumatized on multiple occasions. He never received the help he needed and went through so much trauma that contributed to him developing a mental illness later in life. I feel sorry for this man, damn, I expected him to turn out to be a serial killer, he endured so much abuse and neglect but he never hurt anyone. He didn’t mean to hurt the parents of those children, he simply believed he could revive the corpses…he treated them with love and respect, although at the beginning of the story, I expected to hear a different scenario, involving him r*ping their bodies. My heart broke when I found out that he was subjected to abuse and beatings in the psychiatric ward to which he was sentenced.
I’m sorry, man. That’s a wild world. There are so many people out there walking freely in the streets that are way more evil than he is, including those doctors who were violent to him.
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Hope to see more of your videos and that your channel keeps growing. Cheers!
Appreciate it! Welcome :)
13:10 I notice you put a picture of Elena de Hoyos whose corpse was stolen by Carl Tanzler and also basically turned into a doll. The stories seem to be similar now that I think of it. I believe he had visions of his ancestors saying he needed to marry her and she ended up dying of TB before he even knew her so he paid for her burial and stole her body.
I’m new to your channel, and I really enjoy these types of videos. Tanzler would also make an interesting video if you haven’t already! Wishing you and your channel the best and hope you continue to grow and produce great content.
I don’t tend to dip into true crime very often but yeah I’d love to cover the Tanzler case at some point.
I supremely regret having gained this knowledge. Is there a way to unlearn it?
It's sad that such a brilliant man went so insane😢
I now wonder if this incredibly troubled man was the inspiration behind the Creepypasta character known as Jason the Toymaker
Or Joyce Carol Oates' creepy story "The Dollmaster."
Just discovered your channel. Great narration and voice. Thanks for making this.
Not much creeps me out but I had goosebumps and the chills the whole time I watched this. Amazing story telling.
That’s what I like to hear! :)
There's something sadly sentimental about keeping the "dolls" close, but that wasn't likely the mindset of this man. He wasn't robbing graves for the intimacy of loving someone who cannot leave, but because his specific delusions related to black magic and the restoring of life through the dark arts. He's more like an inspired Dr.Frankenstein than a lovelorn madman or any sort of would-be father. I've known a few people who are paranoid schizophrenic, and they just generally don't seem like sentimental people. I think this man believed wholeheartedly in his project, and his behavior was going to continue until life was restored.
He's not a vile monster. He's mentally ill and has been deprived of proper care.
What he did, he did from a place of compassion, seemingly. But of course, for those not sharing in is delusions, it's horrific.
It's sad, and I gooe the man can get help and compassion. If he hadn't had his own demons to battle, perhaps he could have done some great deeds.
It's tragic.
While I don’t condone grave robbing and if it were my child stolen I’m not sure I’d feel good about it. This could have been a far darker tale, at least he didn’t kill children to fill his ‘collection’ I’m only sorry he didn’t get the help he needed for his mental illness, and can we just admit that learning 13 languages is dammed impressive! I struggled to barely learn two
I was so captivated by your video and voice, i hope you'll cover some more true crime in the future?
Genuinely I shouldn’t be watching this so late at night
The b roll and editing looks amazing
Thanks!
This was disturbing..more so as a 160 minute horror flick. I'm sure there's much even worse.
Such a traumatising start to life. You can almost empathise with his twisted grip on reality and state of mind.
There is also a terrifyingly similar look in his eyes to that of one Gregori Rasputin
There's a profound sadness in this story.
That doll with red hoodie and red lips is freaking me out !!!
"One father refused payment, saying Moskvin had treated his daughter better than he had during her life."
- Uh...excuse me!?! Wtf is THAT supposed to mean? 😕
It means the father felt guilty that he didn't treat his daughter well when she was alive. Not hard to understand.
Maybe he was a workaholic and didn't pay her much attention. Maybe he yelled a lot, who knows. But he felt guilt nonetheless.
The parents must have slowly went nose blind.
Man, i find regular dolls creepy. The dead eyed stares and stillness in something designed to look alive just disturbs me. To find out these creepy dolls were actually dead children would have left me awake for weeks if I'd have been one of those officers...
Thats sick and sad the man wanted kids of his own but he couldn’t so he chose the most gruesome way of having kids may god bless this man 🙏
Im 40 and this is the most terrific and Sad history. I feel Sorry for him.
This channel is so good that I subscribed about 3 or 4 days ago! It should have millions of viewers however I believe that it hasn’t been discovered by many yet!💫💝
Feel free to watch a million times if you want to help out. Joking aside, thanks for watching!
This is truly horrifying!
I remember when I was really young and supposed to be sleeping but secretly watching TV a movie based on him was on and I was so scared by it I thought it was a fever dream
Excellent sympathetic presentation of an incredibly complicated situation. Suffering on all sides although the parents obviously completely undeserving of any pain. Anatoli more sad than terrible but if his sentence was being handled in a humane way it is certainly justified.
Doesn’t sound very humane to me but I don’t know Russian culture and how they handle mental illness. It’s not managed very well in other cultures so I don’t expect it’s done well. Sadly, his parents were either oblivious or in denial? He needed help long ago. They probably did too if the state of their home is any indication.
I saw another documentary about him . They said that one of the familys was ok that he had their daughter and said that it was better than being buried in the ground. I don't know if it's true but thats what they said.
This is a gripping story! Terrifying!
Sad story that could have been averse had he sought help from the right people. This is clearly a spiritual disturbance that needed the help of a priest. To be released from his spiritual connection with the dead girl he was married to in that ceremony
This a very sad case, and its good to see you portray it in a way which didn't make him look like some mindless monster, that he was just human like us but was led astray and suffered due to it, and he done what he thought was right, he just thought he was stopping them hurting the way had hurt. it also shows how some heath care systems have failed people, mean he showed the red flags from a young age he could have been easily leaded the right path and got help but he was abandoned by them instead.
So very sad on every aspect!!!😢
I love your channel, your presentation and narration.
Imagine that doll crawling into your bed at night 😮.
ill try not to, but thnx im literally fixin to go to bed 😭
You don’t get to reclaim dead loved ones as your kids to help you regulate through your pain. 🙄🙄🙄
That's rather obvious. The whole point is that he was not mentally capable to look at his actions objectively. His thought process was clearly twisted due to a mental illness
@@alicjahansen1845 I wonder how necessary it really was to “elucidate” all of this for me.
Creepy! 😮 The Russian version of Ed Gein.
1:57 dim the lights and get comfortable?!?! HELL NO IM KEEPIN THEM DAMN LIGHTS ONNNN!!! This is easily one of the scariest cases I've ever known of. This and The Beast of Jersey are the two that keep me up at night.
i honestly don't feel bad for him, sorry, but what he did was creepy & awful and taking a child out of their grave and turning them into weird dolls is inexcusable to me. if he did that to my child i would find him and make him pay, i hope they lock him away and throw away the key.
No matter how disturbing this story is you can’t deny it’s tragic. Ofc it’s a very deranged thing to do but he didn’t physically hurt anyone and he was completely honest about what he did. It’s clear that he had some serious issues from his childhood that took a toll on his mental state and he was obsessed with having his own children what he couldn’t have. I don’t think there was any ill intentions at all. I pitty him more than anything
Your videos are scaring the sh!t out of me in a good way
I'm not discounting the paranormal but a potential explanation for Anatoli's visions/dreams after the funeral, especially given his young age, it could very well have just been a response to trauma. After the first time (of about a dozen) my ex overdosed on my watch and I had to administer CPR (which I had to figure out on the fly as I'd never learned how) I vividly saw her lifeless blue face every time I closed my eyes for about a month. That dead/dying version of her silently followed me in my nightmares for a long time, occasionally making strained, choked breathing sounds. I was 18, He was just a kid. We all process trauma differently but some details lined up with my own response to a traumatic event so I figured I'd give my two cents. Regardless I couldn't imagine going through what he did at such a young age.
Released???? Hell to the NO! That crazy bastard would go right back to digging up bodies. No, he needs to stay locked up forever.
You are a very nice compassionate man, I can tell these things, Darrell. 🙄
@@annamossity8879 just bc someone has a sad backstory doesn't mean they should be forgiven for psychotic behavior
@@annamossity8879 Womp womp.
This poor guy needed help he never received!
His parents saw those dolls and never got concerned about it!
It shows how careless and loveless they were.
For those confused by the wedding ceremony described in the beginning, let me explain: in traditional Indo-European (which includes the Slavic tribes) and Asian religious beliefs, the spirits of ones family have a significant impact on your daily life, and ancestral veneration is deeply important. A dead family member who never got to marry or live a full life can become a restless, bitter, and violent spirit if not appeased. The little girl in question never got to grow up and have a proper wedding, so her parents married her off after death to prevent that tragedy from twisting her spirit. 40 days is an ancient "spiritual turnaround time" in Slavic cultures. After 40 days, the soul is believed to depart Earth for the afterlife, which is why Anatoly was told to keep the "contract" until that point; they wanted to make sure her soul moved on.
I feel so bad for Anatoly. Genius always walks a very thin line; one breath at just the wrong moment can tip them over into insanity. He had parents who don't seem to have much concern for their young child's psyche when he was bullied, assaulted, raped, and forced to kiss a corpse when he was obviously not understanding what the he'll was going on. I think he was a very compassionate caring human being. He just took that compassion to a bad place.
I wish that he could be cared for in a decent mental health facility that would take proper compassionate care for him for the rest of his life.
What a freaking nutty case
nah bro need to stay in the hospital. thats a sick man!
I've watched alot of criminal documentaries never have i ever felt sorry for any of them untill this one.
This. It seems he problaby had or developed mental illness as a kid, especially after all the things he had went though. This combined with his high intelligence, made him spiral even worse. He had good intentions, but he was never given a chance to heal it and show it in healthy ways.
This really is a sad story for all involved. He was terribly abused and traumatized and then he took children from their families because he thought they were discarded. It seems that I n his twisted mind he was saving the children because no one saved him.
Sadly I think he should remain locked up.
Edit: I think you should definitely have a larger following. This and every video of yours I’ve seen is quality work!
I live in the US, Texas. I had to think about this before I commented. I'm torn like you. A part of me understands the outrage of what this person did. However, looking what is happening to kids today, I have empathy as well. We have kids having their sex changed! Kids being sold into Sex Slavery or worse. Kids being attacked simply because they make easy victims. Now, I look at this man who wanted bring back kids from death. I look at this and can't help but think, "Anatoly could have done FAR worse." He could have molested, killed and kept kids in his back yard. He could have have tried to keep kids in a basement like Marc Dutroux. So many things run through my mind. I cannot help but think of things being allowed here in the US and the West in general to kids. Yeah, what Anatoly did is wrong, but given Robert Black, Marc Dutroux, Gacey, Epstein, Adam Montgomery, Chris Watts, Steve McDougal, and changing the sex of kids, I can come away with empathy in this as well. Anatoly Moskvin could have been far more Evil.
Wow, what a crazy twisted story!! I think its beyond crazy that he was forced to marry a corpse at a young age. That alone happening to someone of any age is so horrible.
A sad, lonely, and disturbed man who wanted to restore life to those whose lives ended way too soon; not a mass murderer, not a sexual predator, not a necrophile. There was no evil intent. I can only imagine the emotional trauma the parents of these children suffered, the anger and hatred they felt, nor can I imagine what a tortured schizophrenic mind Anatoly had. I just can't hate him. I feel nothing but empathy for all involved. They all suffered.
Fantastic report. Clearly this guy cannot ever be released. Far too much risk that all this time locked up he has had chance to think about ‘giving a second chance’ to live children as well as the dead ones (and making dead kids into dolls is not the go). But no need to torture the poor guy. How did his family not guess that his ‘art project’ dolls were not corpses I do not know?! The dude sleeps in cemeteries then starts collecting life sized ‘dolls’ that smell like rotting dead people WTF?! I can’t help but feel a little sorry for him though
Absolutely spooked.
I can somewhat relate to what he was trying to do. My grandmother passed away several years ago before Xmas and I was incredibly distrot about it. My family is broke AF and knowing that my grandmother(her ashes at least) is just sitting on a shelve in a fancy vase collecting dust is just wrong to me. I can guess how he felt. But grave robbing is still a crime regardless of intent, so I'm glad he was eventually caught
Just when you thought you've seen it all..
Very sad story!
"In an interview after his arrest, Moskvin stated he felt great sympathy for the dead children and thought that they could be brought back to life by either science or black magic. As an expert on Celtic culture, Moskvin learned that the ancient Druids slept on graves in order to communicate with spirits of their dead. He also studied the culture of the peoples of Siberia, in particular the ancient Yakuts, and discovered they had a similar practice for communicating with the dead.
Moskvin began searching for obituaries of recently deceased children. When he found an obituary that "spoke" to him, he would sleep on the child's grave in order to determine if the spirit wished to be brought back to life. Moskvin claimed he had been doing this for around twenty years and insisted that when he began, he never dug up a grave without the permission of the child within. As he grew older, it became physically painful for him to sleep on the graves, so he began bringing the bodies home where it would be more comfortable to sleep near them. He hoped the spirits would be more willing to speak in a safe, welcoming home and that they might be easier to hear when they were no longer underground."
Moskvin was aware that he was committing a crime, but felt the dead children were "calling out" to be rescued and believed that rescuing the children was more important than obeying the law.
What he did was wrong yes, but not from ill intention, keep in mind that this is a person grew up with traumas and mental illness. He certainly does not have a necrophilia fetish, he never violated any of the bodies for sexual pleasure, all evidences suggested he simply wished to revive the children because he felt remorse for their young passing.
If he had appropriate guidance he could have became a great mortician and use his talent in the right place
Great narrator
The father who said this criminal tested his daughter better than her did in her life is such a harsh realist of Many children today.
I don’t understand some peoples obsession with releasing criminals and giving them a “second chance” at the price of those surrounding them. Like these kinda criminals can live peacefully in a well regulated prison, releasing them is preposterous. They can be given a second chance, in a better quality prison.
I don't understand this kind of narrow-minded thinking. No such prison is "quality", or "well regulated". Why do you think people will do anything to get out of prison? You have to draw a line between people who are too far gone and people who CAN be successfully rehabilitated, and another line between violent criminals and mentally ill people.
That house must have smelt dank
Loving your podcasts x
Thank you! :)
but the “organic material” literally says “padding”….
I feel horrible for the parents. I know it seems hard to believe that they didn’t know and obviously they should’ve asked more questions and set boundaries about the “dolls” but denial is like a drug.
What a sad story and sad man.