WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tamara Samsonova, known as the 'Granny Ripper', was a seemingly harmless Russian pensioner Tamara Mitrofanovna Samsonova was known as the 'Granny Ripper' (Image: Wikipedia )

There's a classic horror film cliche that portrays elderly women as terrified, vulnerable creatures destined to fall victim to the monster's clutches. But what unfolds when they become the beast themselves?

Enter Russian OAP Tamara Samsonova - a chilling example of this twisted reality.

Dubbed the "Granny Ripper" and even "Baba Yaga" after the spine-chilling witch from Slavic legend, Samsonova might have appeared to be a harmless grandmother, but this murderous pensioner became one of Russia's most savage and deadly serial killers .

Now approaching 80, Samsonova was born in Siber

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