Pretty Scary with Clair Buckley
Aug 14, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
There are some cases where investigators know exactly what they're looking for - a motive, a pattern, a connection between victims. And then there are cases like this one, where none of those things…
Clair BuckleyHost
There are many cases where investigators know exactly what or who they are looking for.
And then there are cases like this one, where none of those things seem to exist.
Imagine waking up to news of another random murder, then another, and then another.
Different victims, different locations, no obvious reason why they were chosen, no witnesses, no clear suspect.
Just a growing sense that someone, somewhere, is killing for reasons no one can understand.
People stopped walking alone, parents kept their children indoors, and police launched one of the biggest investigations the region had ever seen.
What they eventually uncovered would become one of the most disturbing criminal cases of the modern era.
Not just because of the crimes themselves, but because of the chilling evidence left behind.
[dramatic sound] This case happened in Ukraine, so just before we go any further, I am gonna do my absolute best to pronounce the names and places correctly, but forgive me if I butcher them.
In Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in the summer of 2007, some of the most brutal murders ever took place.
Only Viktor and Igor would be charged with murder, but their parents, one of whom was a defense lawyer, argued that these young men had been set up by the police.
However, amongst other evidence, it was when their mobile phones were recovered from their homes that there was absolutely no denying they were responsible.
It made the case an open and shut one for the police and the courts, but the footage that was viewed that helped convict the men was something no one had ever seen before, and would become one of the most famous leaked videos of all time.
And it would be the very beginning of one of the most terrifying true crime stories that I have ever heard.
There are many cases where investigators know exactly what or who they are looking for.
And then there are cases like this one, where none of those things seem to exist.
Imagine waking up to news of another random murder, then another, and then another.
Different victims, different locations, no obvious reason why they were chosen, no witnesses, no clear suspect.
Just a growing sense that someone, somewhere, is killing for reasons no one can understand.
People stopped walking alone, parents kept their children indoors, and police launched one of the biggest investigations the region had ever seen.
What they eventually uncovered would become one of the most disturbing criminal cases of the modern era.
Not just because of the crimes themselves, but because of the chilling evidence left behind.
[dramatic sound] This case happened in Ukraine, so just before we go any further, I am gonna do my absolute best to pronounce the names and places correctly, but forgive me if I butcher them.
In Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in the summer of 2007, some of the most brutal murders ever took place.
Only Viktor and Igor would be charged with murder, but their parents, one of whom was a defense lawyer, argued that these young men had been set up by the police.
However, amongst other evidence, it was when their mobile phones were recovered from their homes that there was absolutely no denying they were responsible.
It made the case an open and shut one for the police and the courts, but the footage that was viewed that helped convict the men was something no one had ever seen before, and would become one of the most famous leaked videos of all time.
And it would be the very beginning of one of the most terrifying true crime stories that I have ever heard.
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