Pichushkin was born on 9 April 1974 in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and grew up on 2 Khersonskaya Street in Moscow proper. … 展开

Russian media have speculated that Pichushkin was motivated, in part, by a macabre competition with another notorious Russian serial killer, Andrei … 展开

In June 2006, Pichushkin offered to go for a walk with his 36-year-old coworker, Marina Moskalyova. Though she was reportedly suspicious of him, Moskalyova agreed to go. Before she left, she wrote a note to her son letting him know she was with Pichushkin and left … 展开

Pichushkin was convicted on 24 October 2007 of forty-nine murders and three attempted murders. He asked a Russian court to add an additional eleven victims to his body count, bringing his claimed death toll to sixty, and three surviving victims. During his trial, … 展开

Books
• Harrington, Roger (2018). Alexander Pichushkin: The Shocking True Story of The Chessboard Killer. Amazon Digital Services LLC. ISBN 9781983033735.
• Kepler, Lars (2018). The Sandman. Penguin Random House … 展开

• List of Russian serial killers
• List of serial killers by number of victims 展开

• Interview with Pichushkin via Wayback Machine
• Russian serial killer convicted October 24, 2007
• CrimeLibrary.com via Wayback Machine
• Criminal Brief 展开