S1.E92 - Russia’s Worst Duchess: The Blood Duchess, The Case of Darya Saltykova

The Pandemonium team is back - and this time, Cat, Rachel, Meg, and Em are headed to 18th-century Russia, where the tea is hot, the winters are cold, and the noblewomen are absolutely monstrous. Meet Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, better known as The Blood Duchess: a wealthy widow who spent her free time brutally unaliving her serfs and complaining to God about her love life. Was she a sadistic serial unaliver hiding behind holy icons, or just the Russian aristocracy’s answer to “bad vibes only”? The crew digs into the blood-soaked snow of history, decoding Darya’s divine excuses, wildly inefficient murder methods, and extremely unrelatable lifestyle. Come for the history, stay for the petty vengeance, and the historical hauntings.Links We Used: SaltyChika: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast/darya-saltykova-serial-killer/id1468332063?i=1000539734502 https://www.reddit.com/r/PeriodDramas/comments/1gj3d93/the_bloody_duchess_a_historical_series_about/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova_-_GRpergament.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Saltykovahttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8916868/ https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/darya-saltykova/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140829421/daria-nikolaevna-saltykova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Petrovna_Saltykova https://vocal.media/criminal/darya-nikolayevna-saltykova-the-ruthless-noblewoman-s-reign-of-terrorhttps://dbpedia.org/page/Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/darya-saltykova-0014028https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltykov_family https://bridgetomoscow.com/upcoming-group-tours/ghost-tour-of-moscowhttps://www.hauntedhistories.co.uk/the-saltychikha https://www.rbth.com/arts/travel/2013/11/25/haunted_and_supernatural_moscow_31117 https://www.truecrimetrine.com/episodes/episode-03-westley-allan-dodd-phc6r-hg33m-y89sh-mna42-c497z-3nz94-dkm4k-sm5ys-wxcdz-5xzsh-cehpf-75cnd-pxja4-l62da-n429d-7g8nk-drxsp-s8t2p-y6rxl-j9sps-nw23p-3nmeh-hyehm-tzgpc-bpx6nhttps://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Child-Marriage-in-the-States-Two-Pager.pdf