Laura Palna's Diaries. True Crime Stories of the Most High-Profile Murders

Laura Palna's Diaries — one of the most popular Russian-speaking podcasts about serial killers and maniacs.

For more than two years, journalists Mitya Lebedev and Masha Pogrebnyak have been telling each other about the most horrifying and bloody crimes in Russia and the world. During this time, they have studied hundreds of criminal cases, and the podcast has garnered over 8 million listens. Fans love the podcast for its lighthearted delivery, meticulous presentation of facts, and humor that helps cope with the horrific. The hosts explain how people become killers, studying everything possible: from the psychological profiles of maniacs to the historical context. Criminalistics and documentary evidence help understand why maniacs are caught for decades, what happens in their heads, and how childhood trauma leads to deviations.

This book collects the most terrifying and vivid stories from the first seasons of the podcast. You will learn: — why to pour sulfuric acid into a bathtub; — how difficult it is to approach the main singer of the country; — what the saliva of dying girls helps with; — what one can do under the command of... a dog; — what might be hiding in an ordinary garage. Especially for this edition, the authors of Laura Palna's Diaries have written two new stories that were not in the podcast!