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title: "Mikhail Popkov: 83 and Counting..."
description: "The chilling true story of Mikhail Popkov, the Angarsk Maniac who murdered at least 81 women across Siberia, evading capture for two decades through police incompetence and corruption."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/mikhail-popkov-83-and-counting.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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---

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The chilling true story of Mikhail Popkov, the Angarsk Maniac who murdered at least 81 women across Siberia, evading capture for two decades through police incompetence and corruption.
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