The Apartment Maniac: Andrei Golovachyov
You place an ad for a room. A polite man answers, looks around, and says he’ll take it. Then he comes back with a knife.
Between 1996 and 2000, Andrei Grigoryevich Golovachyov — known as the Apartment Maniac and Shvarts — traveled across six regions of Russia answering classified ads for rooms and apartments. He stabbed victims dozens of times and slit their throats. He later claimed he was taking their life force. Investigators eventually linked him to at least 14 murders.
Born in the Komi Republic, Golovachyov began as a small-time criminal before his first killings in Ukhta. After a judge…
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