31. The Russian Doll Case: A Historian's Disturbing Obsession with Mummified Girls

The Russian Doll Case involves Anatoly Moskvin, a historian who exhumed and mummified the bodies of 26 young girls, believing he was preserving them for future resurrection. His fascination with death stemmed from a traumatic childhood event, and over the course of a decade, he collected these bodies, dressing them as dolls and treating them as his daughters. Moskvin believed he was "saving" the girls, justifying his actions as an attempt to communicate with their souls. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and deemed unfit for trial, remaining in psychiatric detention since his 2011 arrest. His actions have left families of the victims traumatized, calling for his continued confinement.

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