“Eccentric” Professor Mummified 26 Dead Girls and Turned Them Into Dolls
He wanted to bring them back to life.
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Anatoly Moskvin’s obsession with death led him to bring the dead home with him. Yet, no one knew for years, not even his parents. His story and crimes beg the question: where is the line between “genius” and just plain “madness?”
Who is Anatoly Moskvin?
Anatoly Moskvin is a Russian academic. He speaks 13 languages, was a journalist in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, wrote for Necrologies, a Russian newspaper that focuses on obituaries, cemeteries, and dead people, and taught college classes.
As well as studying languages, his interests included Celtic history and folklore. He even taught Celtic studies at Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University.
His peers dubbed him a “genius” and described him as “eccentric.” Anatoly named himself a “necropolyst,” or an expert on cemeteries.
