Warning!
Some people are evil - this what history of humanity is teaching us. And yet, it is always hard to imagine that someone we know and respect can be hiding any horrible secrets. This is why the grim story of a teacher Anatoly Slivko will definitelly give you goosebumps - this man was the most trusted and adored monster in the world, who turned love of his victims into his deadliest weapon.
In early 1960s, Anatoly Slivko founded a Youth Club (equivalent to Boy Scout Club) in Novocherkassk, Soviet Russia. Soon, every boy in the city was dreaming about becoming a member of it. Young scouts often went hiking, camping, travelling together, and their parents never hesitated before sending children away with their beloved supervisor. Slivko seemed like the best teacher any child can have - creative, modern, always full of new ideas and great plans. For hundreds of local boys, his club was the best place to be, despite the grim fact that within 20 years of its existence, 7 young scouts went missing without a trace.
For years, police failed to understand that all the boys became victims of the same criminal mind. Even harder was it to assume that a respectful man and an honored teacher Slivko had something to do with it. The thuth might have never been discovered, if after the last dissaperence, one of the boys didn't mention something about experiments that young scouts conducted with their teacher. Soon, the horrifying truth started to reveale itself.
Anatoly Slivko, a married man and a father of two, never felt very attracted to his wife. Unfortunately, he had very different sexual interests: in 1961, he witnessed of a road accident and saw one of the victims - a boy in a school uniform - taken away to a hospital. The horrible image of a lifeless young body covered in blood stuck in Anatoly's head as the most arousing thing he had ever seen... He could never forget this memory and kept dreaming about seeing it again...
Couple of years later, Slivko approached some of his students and proposed to film a war movie. The boys, who were ready to follow their teacher into any adventure, were happy to participate. "Movies" were always filmed in the woods, and scripts always included some scenes where defeated enemies or spies were tied up and tortured. Later, the teacher used these images to pleasure himself.
Soon after, Slivko created a secret hideout deep in the woods, where he played "death games" with his students. Sometimes, the boys thought they were making a movie; sometimes, they were conducting experimens that involved hanging until unconscious and then the revival of the victim. Years were passing by, and at least 43 boys followed the man into the woods, let him dress them in a new school uniform, hang them and film them suffering.
It is nearly impossible to believe that within 20 years none of the victims ever talked to their parents. Most of the times, Slivko managed to revive his victims after suffocation and send them home. The boys usually suffered partial memory loss, besides, they trusted every explanation the teacher gave them. The young scouts believed him and kept his secrets, even though 7 boya never came back from the woods. For them, the deadly games ended with a tragedy; and their most trusted friend made sure their bodies would never be discovered. Only in 1985, police finally suspected that the noble teacher could be responsible for his students' disappearance. In a secret room in the club building they discovered dosens of video tapes and images, a detailed diary, school clothes, tools and maniac's favorite souvenirs - several pairs of shoes with cut off toes.
Anatoly Slivko was accused of murdering 7 of his students, as well as sexual abuse and necrophilia. He was sentenced to death and executed in September 1989. But even in the courtroom, his young victims admitted that the time they spent with Slivko was the happiest in their lives: while their parents were busy at work, the monster-teacher took them on adventures, listened to their thoughts and dreams and made them really happy.
The way this man betrayed the trust of his purehearted students and made their love for him into a weapon, turns him into an example of the most horrible monster a human can become.