Yuri Tsiuman

Yuri Leonidovich Tsiuman (born 30 January 1969), known as The Black Tights Killer ("Черноколготочник", transliteration "Chernokolgotochnik"), and The Night Guest, is a Soviet serial killer. All of his victims are reported to have worn black pantyhose. This article of clothing became known as the killer's "calling card".

Biography Tsiuman was born on 30 January 1969, in the city of Taganrog, Russia. He had a difficult childhood: his parents were chronic alcoholics who constantly beat him and even threatened to kill him, something for which his father was repeatedly tried. When his father became seriously ill and died in one of the family's rooms, instead of going to the police his mother began instead to bring in lovers and have sex with them, all in front of her son.

During his childhood, Tsiuman was practically speechless with his peers and was considered a quiet and calm character. He always sat on the bench at the entrance of his grandmother's house and was instructed to roll children in wheelchairs around the yard.

As an adult, he was considered an intelligent person and had a passion for thriller films (for watching new films, he used cable TV), was an alcoholic, and had significant issues in talking with women, an illness called hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Tsiuman's first murder was committed in 1986 on 24-25 December. He had attacked a 16-year-old school girl named Maria during the night and had taken her hostage. At first, she resisted, but later gave in and suggested that Tsiuman go to her apartment, all in the hope that there was somebody there to save her. Unfortunately, there was nobody home. In the apartment, Tsiuman tied her up, beat, raped and strangled her (or rather, tried to strangle her). Before leaving the apartment, he robbed and set fire to the girl's property and room. Further information about the fate of Tsiuman's first victim differs between sources: in one source it is said that the arson failed and the girl survived; in the other, that she died.

From 1987 to 1989 there were no murders due to Tsiuman's enlistment in the Russian army and serving on the missile forces team.

Yuri Tsiuman was not very cautious with his actions. On 26 November 1992, the killer was detained by two random strangers named Mikurov and Chizhevsky when attempting to commit another murder. By this time, however, the investigation had gathered mounting evidence against Tsiuman, including a blood group, hair samples, belongings, photographs, along with matching fingerprints and other forensic evidence.

In 2011, he unsuccessfully tried to challenge the replacement of the death penalty with life imprisonment in the Supreme Court of Russia, considering imprisonment as a deterioration of his position.

In the media Episode "A look inside" from the series "Russian psychiatrist" (1996). Episode "The Triangle of Death" from the series "Unexplained, but fact" (2005). Episode "Dashing 90's" from the series "Chikatilo's Successors" (2007). "Hunting for maniacs" - Channel First (2008). Episode "Black Tights Killers" from the series "The investigation led by…" (2011). "Your bitch" - song by performer ZAMAI (2016).