In the case of “real life” serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, known as the infamous Bitsa Maniac, the Chessboard Killer, and arguably one of Russia’s most consummate serial killer, it’s almost impossible to draw the line between fact and fiction. Between his mysterious past, the inventiveness of the press, and his own fabrications, Pichushkin’s story requires an eye for the difference between killers from the silver screen and true monsters.