{"product_id":"mother-rasputin-sean-mac-aodha-9798264791246","title":"Mother Rasputin: The Serial Killer Nun","description":"\u003cp\u003eMother Rasputin: The Serial Killer Nun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1950, a routine FBI inquiry about a missing American girl led me to uncover one of Greece's most horrific criminal cases. Marina Soulakiotis, a 67-year-old Orthodox abbess known as \"Mother Rasputin,\" had systematically murdered at least 177 people while operating the Panagia Pefkovounogiatrissa Monastery as a sophisticated killing enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into poverty in 1883, Marina transformed herself from a factory worker into a religious leader who exploited Greece's post-war vulnerabilities. Using promises of miraculous cures and spiritual salvation, she lured wealthy elderly women, tuberculosis patients, and desperate families to her remote monastery. There, she subjected victims to systematic torture disguised as religious discipline, forcing them to sign over their property before murdering them through starvation and abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina's crimes continued for over a decade, protected by religious authority, corrupted officials, and theological justifications that transformed obvious evil into claimed sanctity. Even after her conviction and death in prison in 1954, thousands of Orthodox believers worldwide continue to venerate her as a martyred saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer case revealed the terrifying capacity for religious symbols to be corrupted beyond recognition while maintaining their psychological power, proving that some forms of evil achieve immortality by successfully disguising themselves as virtue and exploiting humanity's deepest spiritual needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Mac Aodha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798264791246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Sean Mac Aodha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997129289983,"sku":"9798264791246","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-rasputin-sean-mac-aodha-9798264791246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}