Sometimes genius and madness are only a thin line away from each other. Anatoly Moskvin was considered a brilliant if not genius-level academic whose knowledge of languages and Celtic history was unmatched. He also had a peculiar interested in graveyards and burial rites, which became the main focus of his research. While his colleagues considered him an odd man, even they could not believe what horrors were found in his house when police stopped by to visit him to see if he would consult on a grave robbing case.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Moskvin

https://7news.com.au/news/world/russian-man-lived-with-girls-mummified-corpses-turned-them-into-dolls--c-1536329

https://allthatsinteresting.com/anatoly-moskvin

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8904599/Graverobber-stole-girls-corpses-doll-collection-refuses-apologise-parents.html

https://nypost.com/2020/11/03/russian-grave-robber-who-kept-bodies-of-26-girls-wont-apologize-to-parents/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15653074

https://medium.com/our-weird-wonderful-world/the-russian-doll-collector-d91456ec2ad7

https://medium.com/chameleon/anatoly-moskvin-the-lord-of-the-mummies-f2f2b7e711ed