Citizen X

This week we're traveling back to the Soviet Union of the 1980s with Citizen X! Join us as we learn about the people who hunted Andrei Chikatilo, the myth of eyes retaining the last image they see before they die, blood typing tests, leather jackets, and more! Sources: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_X Monday Morning Critic Interview with Chris Gerolmo: https://youtu.be/OTgt3qA8bE4?si=KPSXouQ0xBQoTONS Rare Historical Photos: 1980s Soviet Fashion: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/soviet-fashion-from-1980s/ Ebay, Vintage NKVD Coat: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1693160699/vintage-military-leather-coat-nkvd-ussr?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ussr+leather+coat&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&pro=1&frs=1&sts=1&content_source=ea92b9d4-aade-40d3-b4f5-76303f343729%253A173171afec9899d2d1a7aae295e34fbd6f5b6db7&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=ea92b9d4-aade-40d3-b4f5-76303f343729%3A173171afec9899d2d1a7aae295e34fbd6f5b6db7 Photo: Two Young Women in Gorky Park, 1990: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/two-young-women-wearing-black-leather-and-heavy-make-up-news-photo/635964153?adppopup=true Photo: Eduard Shevardnaze Surrounded by Body Guards, 1991: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/soviet-foreign-minister-eduard-on-his-way-to-the-parliament-news-photo/635967087?adppopup=true "Body-wide chimerism and mosaicism are predominant causes of naturally occurring ABO discrepancies Eva-Maria Dauber, Oskar A. Haas, Karin Nebral, Christoph Gassner, Sabrina Haslinger, René Geyeregger, Hein Hustinx, Sofia Lejon Crottet, Erwin A. Scharberg, Michael Müller-Steinhardt … See all authors First published: 07 July 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.19618" Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrei-Romanovich-Chikatilo https://www.themoscowtimes.com/archive/a-killers-confidante-in-a-murderous-town Priscilla L. Walton, "If You Love Someone, Hunt Them Down and Kill Them," in Our Cannibals, Ourselves (University of Illinois Press), https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcgrz.10 David E. Powell, "Social Problems in Russia," Current History 92, no. 576 (1993): 325030. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45316885 https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/andrei-chikatilo Charlotte Houghteling, "Capital Offense: Reducing Crime in the Former Soviet Union," Harvard International Review 21, no.3 (1999): 15-6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42762546 Veronique Campion-Vincent, "The Tell-Tale Eye," Folklore 110 (1999): 13-24. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1261063 Arthur B. Evans, "Optograms and Fiction: Photo in a Dead Man's Eye," Science Fiction Studies 20, no.3 (1993): 341-61. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4240276 Alexander, Rustam. "Soviet Legal and Criminological Debates on the Decriminalization of Homosexuality (1965–75)." Slavic Review 77, no. 1 (2018): 30–52. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26565348. Rustam Alexander, The Queer Life of Lieutenant Petrenko: The KGB and Male Homosexuality in the Ukrainian SSR of the 1960s. Europe-Asia Studies. Jun2023, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p721-741. Eremin, Arkadiy, and Oleg Konstantinovich Petrovich-Belkin. "State Policies Regarding Sexual Minorities in Russia: From Russian Empire to Modern Day Russian Federation." Sexuality & Culture 26, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 289–311. doi:10.1007/s12119-021-09891-0.