The Bloody Taxi Driver: Alexander Elistratov
In Moscow between 2005 and 2007, six people got into an old green Zhiguli and never got out alive. The driver looked like a family man. Neighbors said he was kind. Under the seat he kept a sawn-off shotgun.
Alexander Ivanovich Elistratov worked as an unlicensed cabbie, hunting at night in the city’s eastern districts. He robbed passengers who looked like they had money. Those who resisted were shot and dumped by the roadside. The take was often a few hundred rubles.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of the Bloody Taxi Driver — the rides that ended in murder, the near-misses that should…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.