He did well at school, but failed the entrance exam for the Moscow State University. He frequently wet his bed and for that his mother brutally beat and humiliated him. With his father at war, the young Chikatilo had to share a bed with his mother. Chikatilo had many fantasies of leading German captives into the woods and executing them. During World War II Chikatilo witnessed some of the devastating and bloody effects of German bombing raids. Although it is not known if this story was true, there were some alleged instances of cannibalism during the famine. His childhood was quite traumatic, particularly as the USSR was soon at war with Germany and Stalin's plans of agricultural collectivisation had recently caused a devastating famine.Ĭhikatilo later heard rumours that he'd had an older brother who died in the famine and had been cannibalised by starving neighbors. He was born with Hydrocephalus, which would later impair control of his bladder and seminal functions. Chikatilo was born in the village of Yablochnoye in 1936.
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