S1.E92 - Russia’s Worst Duchess: The Blood Duchess, The Case of Darya Saltykova
Description
The Pandemonium team is back - and this time, Cat, Rachel, Meg, and Em are headed to 18th-century Russia, where the tea is hot, the winters are cold, and the noblewomen are absolutely monstrous.
Meet Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, better known as The Blood Duchess: a wealthy widow who spent her free time brutally unaliving her serfs and complaining to God about her love life. Was she a sadistic serial unaliver hiding behind holy icons, or just the Russian aristocracy’s answer to “bad vibes only”?
The crew digs into the blood-soaked snow of history, decoding Darya’s divine excuses, wildly inefficient murder methods, and extremely unrelatable lifestyle.
Come for the history, stay for the petty vengeance, and the historical hauntings.
Links We Used: SaltyChika:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova
https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast/darya-saltykova-serial-killer/id1468332063?i=1000539734502
https://www.reddit.com/r/PeriodDramas/comments/1gj3d93/the_bloody_duchess_a_historical_series_about/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova_-_GRpergament.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Saltykovahttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt8916868/
https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/darya-saltykova/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140829421/daria-nikolaevna-saltykova
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Petrovna_Saltykova
https://vocal.media/criminal/darya-nikolayevna-saltykova-the-ruthless-noblewoman-s-reign-of-terror
https://dbpedia.org/page/Darya_Nikolayevna_Saltykova
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/darya-saltykova-0014028
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltykov_family
https://bridgetomoscow.com/upcoming-group-tours/ghost-tour-of-moscow
https://www.hauntedhistories.co.uk/the-saltychikha
https://www.rbth.com/arts/travel/2013/11/25/haunted_and_supernatural_moscow_31117
https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Child-Marriage-in-the-States-Two-Pager.pdf
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