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|type of villain = Serial Killer  
|type of villain = Serial Killer  
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|crimes = Serial [[murder]]<br>Rape<br>[[Torture]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Misogyny]]
|crimes = Serial [[murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Misogyny]]
|hobby = Killing people  
|hobby = Killing people  
}}'''Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov''', AKA '''The Werewolf of Siberia''' and '''The Angarsk Maniac''', (born 7 March 1964) is a Russian serial killer and rapist. He has been convicted of 78 murders, although his self-professed victim count is 83.
}}'''Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov''', AKA '''The Werewolf of Siberia''' and '''The Angarsk Maniac''', (born 7 March 1964) is a Russian serial killer and rapist. He has been convicted of 78 murders, although his self-professed victim count is 83.
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In January 2015 Popkov was sentenced to life imprisonment for 22 counts of murder. Two years later he confessed to 59 additional murders, bringing the total victim count to 81 and making Popkov the most prolific serial killer in Russian history, surpassing even [[Andrei Chikatilo]] and [[Alexander Pichushkin]]. Police were unable to obtain evidence for three of these killings but he was convicted on the other 56 and received a second life sentence. In 2020 he confessed to yet more killings, bringing the total victim count to 83.
In January 2015 Popkov was sentenced to life imprisonment for 22 counts of murder. Two years later he confessed to 59 additional murders, bringing the total victim count to 81 and making Popkov the most prolific serial killer in Russian history, surpassing even [[Andrei Chikatilo]] and [[Alexander Pichushkin]]. Police were unable to obtain evidence for three of these killings but he was convicted on the other 56 and received a second life sentence. In 2020 he confessed to yet more killings, bringing the total victim count to 83.
==Biography==
==Biography==