Anatoly Moskvin, Necropolyst

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Location: Nizhny Novogrod, Russia
Dates Active: November 2, 2011
Category: Necromancy, Strange Crimes, Terrifying Toys, Witchcraft
Cause: Insanity
Status: Ongoing
Entry ID: 011624C-00029

Summery: 

Russian historian digs up the bodies of young girls and turns them into dolls.

In Depth:

Anatoly Moskvin, a noted history expert, journalist, linguist, and self proclaimed 'necropolyst' who specializes in burial rituals, had his home raided by Russian police on a tip. What the police found was the bodies of 29 girls and young women, all of whom were between the ages of 10 and 30 when they died, all encased in a custom cloth and wax "body" with features such as faced painted on them. Anatoly had apparently been digging up bodies from around local cemeteries, bringing them home and transforming their corpses into dolls.

He would apparently celebrate their birthdays, watch cartoons with them, sing songs, and have tea parties with the dolls. He was also heavily researching various methods of reviving the girls, through both science and the occult, and that making them into dolls was to keep them from feeling bad about their decaying appearance should his experiments be successful.

Anatoly is currently being held in a mental institution in Russia, with his potential release becoming a public issue every single time it comes up.

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Last Updated: March 23, 2024

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