The Taxi Driver Maniac: Alexei Ivanov and the Women Who Never Made It Home
In 2015, four women in Novosibirsk accepted a ride from a taxi driver and vanished. Their bodies were later found in the woods — beaten, burned, and mutilated. The man behind the wheel called himself “The Cleaner.” He said he was purifying the city of “promiscuous” women.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of Alexei Yevgenyevich Ivanov, the unofficial taxi driver whose six-month killing spree terrorized Siberia until one victim’s call left a digital trail that finally stopped him. From a broken marriage and a sudden descent into violence to the confession, recantation, and life sentence…
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