4. The Russian Teen Satanic Cult
In the mid-2000s, in the Russian town of Yaroslavl, a group of disturbed teenagers led by Nikolai Ogolobyak started sacrificing small animals to Satan. One of the cult members claimed that after they started praying to Satan, his life got better. Perhaps that is why events escalated to the level they did.
In June 2008, the cult, which now consisted of around eight youths aged 17–19, told their parents they were going to a music festival. Instead, over two separate nights, the cult lured four younger teenagers to a forest on the outskirts of the city. Once there, they forced the victims to drink alcohol before brutally attacking them. Early reports claimed, slightly unbelievably, that each victim had been stabbed 666 times. The cult supposedly also performed acts of cannibalism on the bodies, before throwing the arms and legs into a pit with Satanic markings on it.
The bodies were discovered about two months later, and six cult members were charged with the murders. Ogolobyak got the longest sentence, at 20 years. A seventh cult member was deemed unfit for trial and was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.
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