Police Officer Calls in the Body He Just Left There

Police Officer Calls in the Body He Just Left There: The Serial Murders of Mijail PopkovFor nearly two decades, the same man who murdered over eighty women in Siberia appeared at crime scenes wearing the uniform that gave him access to his victims. He radioed in discoveries. He took notes. He spoke with colleagues. No one realized the Siberian Werewolf was standing right beside them.This investigation explores the impossible gap between visibility and invisibility-how a disciplined, impeccable officer passed a psychological evaluation with red flags, how forty-five thousand suspects were processed while the killer attended case meetings, and why a seventeen-year-old survivor's testimony in 1998 was dismissed by a wife who shared his badge. We examine the DNA breakthrough in 2012 that finally matched his genetic profile to over twenty crime scenes, the confessions that revealed eighty-one murders, and the chilling pattern: bodies appearing on Wednesdays, tire tracks from a standard police vehicle, weapons from the evidence locker itself.Victim: Mijail Popkov (perpetrator)Date: 1992-2010Location: Angarsk and Siberia, RussiaStatus: Convicted 2015-2018; life imprisonment- A police officer attended the funeral of one of his victims and paid for the funeral expenses from his own pocket.- Svetlana Mis'diabychus reported her attacker in 1998; his wife provided an alibi; the case closed; he continued killing for fourteen more years.- Popkov used weapons confiscated from the police evidence locker itself to commit murders, then participated in investigations of his own crimes.- The syphilis he contracted from victims during his killing spree provided forensic proof that corroborated survivor testimony across a decade and a half.Mijail Popkov, Angarsk Siberia serial killer, 1992 Russian homicide, investigation, murder, true detective, unsolved pattern, forensic evidence, serial killers, institutional failure, true crime EnglishTo listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected] listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie